PURSUE Release 01: 38_143685_box7_Incident_Summaries_1-100

  Box 7 Checklist Release

The Department of War released this PDF in PURSUE Release 01 on May 8, 2026.¹ Its scanned folder cover bears a declassification label for authority NND 917033.²

  UFO Incident Checklist Bundle

The release describes the file as a bundle of incident summaries centered on "Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects" forms, with some witness lists, statements, and narrative reports.¹ The first visible checklist is incident 1, dated 8 July 1947 at Muroc Air Field and naming 1st Lt. Joseph C. McHenry as observer.²

  Early Military Reporting Trail

This record matters because it preserves the administrative shape of early military UFO reporting: standardized fields, named observers, and supplemental narrative material in one declassified file.² It is best read as an evidence index for the case paperwork, not as a later retelling or evaluation of the sightings.¹

  References

  References

1. war.gov ↩ ↩² ↩³

2. war.gov ↩ ↩² ↩³