PURSUE Release 01: DOW-UAP-D52, Email Correspondance, NA, August 2024

DOW-UAP-D52 is a redacted Department of War PDF released in PURSUE Release 01, cleared for release on May 8, 2026.¹ The release catalog identifies the item as email correspondence, gives the incident date as October 31, 2024, and lists no incident location beyond N/A.¹

The record is not the underlying mission report. It is a two-page email chain about the approved wording of an unclassified tearline from that report.²

  Request to Add the Year

An information disclosure analyst asks whether the year of the incident can be used, noting that the month and day had already been approved but requesting that the tearline include the year as well.² A PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician in 15 AF / DET 1 responds with the requested added information for the unclassified tearline.²

The messages retain SECRET//NOFORN classification headers while the releasable tearline itself is bracketed as unclassified.² Names and contact details are redacted under (b)(6), leaving the offices and roles more visible than the individuals who handled the exchange.²

  Two-Hour Possible UAP Tearline

The unclassified text says that on October 31, 2024, a U.S. aircraft observed a possible UAP.² It describes the object as appearing oval or orb shaped, likely moving at low speed, and remaining in view of the aircraft for more than two hours.²

The release catalog adds that descriptive and estimative language should be read as the reporter's interpretation at the time, not as a conclusive determination about object features or performance.¹

  No Paired Media Listed

The release catalog lists no DVIDS video ID, video title, video pairing, or paired PDF for DOW-UAP-D52.¹ The released public record for this item is therefore the correspondence PDF rather than a video, image series, or separate public-release media package.¹²

  What the Email Chain Shows

DOW-UAP-D52 matters because it shows a small but important disclosure-control step: officials were not only deciding whether a UAP-related tearline could be unclassified, but whether the year of the observation could be included.²

Its evidentiary value is limited but concrete. The record supplies a date, a reported duration of more than two hours, and basic shape and motion characterizations, while omitting the aircraft type, exact location, altitude, sensor data, imagery, and the underlying mission report.²

  Released Correspondence PDF

DOW-UAP-D52, Email Correspondance, NA, August 2024 remote release asset

  References

  References

1. war.gov ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

2. war.gov ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰