DOE-UAP-D007, Enhanced Security Sensor Thermal Capture, Sandia, 2019

DOE-UAP-D007 is a Department of Energy record documenting an unresolved aerial target near Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico on May 11, 2019. The record was declassified and released publicly as part of PURSUE Release 05 on August 7, 2026, pursuant to Section 1842 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. ¹²³

  Provenance and Sensor Detail

The image is a long-wave infrared frame captured by the Enhanced Security Sensor system at Sandia National Laboratories. Official metadata describes it as an unresolved aerial target recorded by the facility's security sensor network. The sensor output was reviewed prior to public release, and the version distributed under PURSUE Release 05 retains the target's observable thermal signature.¹²³

  What the Record Supports

The record confirms that a Sandia perimeter sensor tracked an unidentified thermal target on the recorded date. It does not identify the object or state its altitude, speed, or origin.³

  References

  References

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