Gov't UFO file releases are on the government's terms, at its pace, with its redactions and its framing intact

September 26, 2026

Gov't UFO file releases are on the government's terms, at its pace, with its redactions and its framing intact

Our Analysis of the 6th Tranche of UAP Files

Danny Sheehan

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Sat, Sep 26 2026 at 8:00 AM

Greetings Mark M,

On Friday, September 18, the Department of War released its sixth tranche of UAP records through PURSUE at war.gov/UFO — 71 files, 67 from the DOW and four from Colorado law enforcement, spanning 1952 to 2025. We welcome every piece of information the government makes public, but let's be honest: this arrived on the government's terms, at its pace, with its redactions and its framing intact. That isn't disclosure, and a steady drip of files shouldn't convince us the job is being done.

The centerpiece is nearly 40 Defense Intelligence Reference Documents from AAWSAP, the DIA's $22 million research program on warp drives, wormholes, and antigravity — material already in the public domain, which the Pentagon calls “reference and synthesis products” rather than validated research. Take that caveat seriously, but remember: the government commissioned this work, paid for it, and classified it, all while assuring the public there was nothing worth studying.

The item most worth your time is an hour-long 1952 recording of Captain Edward J. Ruppelt — the man who coined the term “unidentified flying object” and ran the effort that became Project Blue Book — briefing scientists at MIT:

Seventy-five years ago, the officer the government put in charge of this question told a room of scientists that one in five well-documented sightings — clustered around White Sands, Los Alamos, and other sensitive sites — couldn't be explained. Representative Eric Burlison, who pushed for this recording's release, calls today's anomalies “eerily similar.” They are. The lesson isn't that the phenomenon is new; it's that the government has been studying it, and rationing what we're allowed to know, for three-quarters of a century.

Since PURSUE launched in May, the government has released six tranches and more than 450 files — real steps, but ones entirely on its own terms: it decides what appears, how heavily it's redacted, and how it's framed before anyone else can read it. AARO still claims no verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial origin and sole authority over how these cases are labeled, while the most consequential material may sit with private contractors shielded from FOIA. A release you can't audit or compel is a courtesy, not a right — and that's precisely the problem.

This is why our work continues: reading these files closely, separating what's genuinely new from what's repackaged, and pressing Congress and the Administration for a complete, independently audited release that reaches the contractors and can't be quietly repealed. Captain Ruppelt told the truth in 1952 and was managed into silence. Three-quarters of a century is long enough.

I go through all of this in this week's episode of my podcast, Full Disclosure. I'd encourage you to watch it.