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# 7th Tranche of UAP Files Released by U.S. Department of War
- URL: https://www.theoceaniacables.com/7th-tranche-of-uap-files-released-by-u-s-department-of-war/
- Published: 2026-10-24T22:38:43.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T22:38:43.000Z
- Description: PURSUE 07: 28 documents include federal agents' account of a silent black triangle, a 2010 Utah ranch field study & 1950s Air Force reports.
- Author: The Oceania Cables
- Tags: UAP, UFO, Disclosure

## **Summary:**

On 23 October 2026 the United States Department of War posted the seventh tranche of declassified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena records under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. The tranche comprises 28 files, all PDF documents, and contains no videos. It brings the public corpus at war.gov/UFO to 478 files.

The most recent material records a June 2026 sighting at a sensitive national-security site in the western United States. Federal law-enforcement agents observed a matte-black triangular object climb vertically from a ridge line and depart at a speed they compared to a fighter jet — all without a sound. An All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office memorandum records that the object also held a stationary hover for some twenty seconds; the agents' own co-signed FBI statement does not. The two records disagree on how long the sighting lasted.

Fourteen files comprise Air Force reports from 1949 to 1957\. Four were filed from Catalina Island, California. In April 1949 residents of the island reported six objects travelling individually through the night sky. In June 1952 three Boy Scouts on a mountain hike watched a silver object faster than a jet vanish as though disintegrating. A purplish-white light seen by an Air Force sergeant in 1953 was officially concluded to be the planet Jupiter, and a round object that fell straight down in 1955 was assessed as a probable meteor. Elsewhere, a B-52 crew over Saudi Arabia tracked an unidentified return on its gunnery scope in 1957, an F-86D pilot near Guam chased a blinking light that matched his turns in 1956, and a radar detachment in Morocco watched returns change shape in 1953.

Nine files continue the 2008–2010 Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program contractor record compiled by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies. Within these records is the April 2010 Utah Ranch Investigation Report, a field study of a property near Fort Duchesne, Utah, where residents had reported balls of light, dog-like creatures running on two legs and unexplained howling. More than twenty-five witnesses were interviewed, game cameras were installed on the property and hair samples were submitted for DNA analysis. Most cases remain officially unresolved.

## **Detailed Report**

### **1\. Scope of PURSUE Release 07**

The Department of War published the seventh PURSUE tranche on 23 October 2026 through the official portal at war.gov/UFO. The tranche consists of 28 PDF documents and contains no videos. The official statement, attributed to Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs and Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell, read:

> "Today, the Department of War is publishing the seventh release of declassified and historical Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) files as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE). The collection continues to be housed on WAR.GOV/UFO, and the Department will release additional files on a rolling basis. The Department of War and our agency partners are actively working on the next release of UAP files. The seventh release of UAP files is available now on WAR.GOV/UFO."

**Prior coverage of the programme:**

- Release 01 — 8 May 2026: [Declassified UFO Files Now Public: First Drop Under PURSUE](https://www.theoceaniacables.com/declassified-ufo-files-now-public-first-drop-under-pursue/)
- Release 02 — 22 May 2026: [PURSUE Release 02: 72 New Declassified UAP Files Revealed](https://www.theoceaniacables.com/blog/pursue-release-02-72-new-declassified-uap-files-revealed/)
- Release 03 — 12 June 2026: [Third Tranche of Declassified UAP Records Released by U.S. Department of War](https://www.theoceaniacables.com/third-tranche-of-declassified-uap-records-released-by-u-s-department-of-war/)
- Release 04 — 10 July 2026: [U.S. Department of War Releases New UAP Documents](https://www.theoceaniacables.com/u-s-department-of-war-releases-new-uap-documents/)
- Release 05 — 7 August 2026: [PURSUE Release 05: 41 Declassified UAP Files Unsealed](https://www.theoceaniacables.com/pursue-release-05-41-declassified-uap-files-unsealed/)
- Release 06 — 18 September 2026: [PURSUE Release 06: Latest Tranche of UAP Files Released](https://www.theoceaniacables.com/pursue-release-06-latest-tranche-of-uap-files-released/)

### **2\. Federal-Agent Sighting of a Matte-Black Triangle, 2026**

The contemporary record rests on two documents. DOW-UAP-D176 is a three-page memorandum for record prepared by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office following a joint witness debrief. FBI-UAP-D043 is an 11-page FD-302, the FBI's standard interview report form, incorporating a written statement co-signed by the observing Special Agents and carrying landscape photographs.

The memorandum records that at 8:23 in the evening local time on the redacted date, an agent at a secondary observation post detected an object crossing a ridge line to the west and called it out by radio. Two colleagues at the primary post crossed the peak to establish a line of sight, one carrying binoculars and a handheld thermal monocular. The object presented as a matte-black triangle of extremely low aspect ratio — a shape short and broad in proportion to its length — and was nonreflective under the lighting conditions. The witnesses estimated its wingspan at thirteen to fifteen feet, its fuselage length at six to nine feet and its vertical thickness at one to two feet, comparing its outline against trees along the ridge line for scale. Its distance was placed at between approximately 1.4 and 3.2 miles by checking its position against known terrain features.

The memorandum divides the sighting into three phases, in an account that runs to roughly half a minute in total. The object first climbed vertically for approximately ten seconds, rising an estimated 200 to 300 feet above the ridge line without tilting, swaying or wobbling. It then stopped instantly and held a steady hover for approximately twenty seconds. Under infrared it showed a single uniform thermal signature across the airframe, with no localised hot spots, exhaust plumes or heat shimmer. Finally it went from the hover directly into fast horizontal flight, banking and descending into a canyon drainage in roughly two to three seconds, at a speed the observers compared to a military fighter jet. No instrumented speed measurement was obtained. As it banked, its silhouette flattened into a more symmetrical triangle.

The document records that the object generated no detectable sound at any point, and that its surface appeared continuous and featureless, with no visible engines, intakes, control surfaces or cockpit. The two primary witnesses, who reported extensive operational experience with unmanned aerial systems, noted that even a small Group 1 drone — the lightest military classification — or a rotary-wing aircraft at 1.4 miles would have been clearly audible from the observation site. No physiological effects, unusual odours or equipment interference were reported. A ground survey of the canyon the following morning located no wreckage, ground scarring or vegetation damage.

The FD-302 records the agents' own co-signed account, and places the sighting more than an hour earlier, at approximately 7:03 in the evening. One agent called out a detection of a thermally elevated object west of his position at an estimated bearing of 251 degrees, and the statement's author, accompanied by a second agent, ran to the western side of Observation Post 6\. The statement reads: "We initiated a visual survey of the western horizon and almost immediately observed a substantial, nonreflective, dark black triangular object most resembling a delta wing drone." The wingspan was estimated at approximately nine to fifteen feet. The author viewed the object through a handheld thermal device and noted it appeared hotter than ambient temperature, with a consistent thermal signature across the airframe and no visible exhaust gases.

The statement continues: "We both observed the object ascend vertically over a ridge line situated approximately 3.2 miles west of our location on a heading of about 268 degrees. The object climbed to approximately 200 feet above the ridge line, then transitioned from vertical to horizontal flight at a very significant velocity, approaching our position, then descending southeast into the \[redacted\]. We lost visual contact while the object was flying along this \[redacted\] at an estimated range of about 1.5 miles from our position. The total duration of the sighting was approximately three seconds." It concludes that neither agent detected any sound from "the unmanned aerial system."

The two documents differ substantially. The memorandum places the sighting at 8:23 in the evening and describes roughly thirty seconds of activity in three phases, including a twenty-second hover; the agents' co-signed statement places it at approximately 7:03, records a total duration of approximately three seconds and contains no hover at all. The memorandum describes the object departing into a canyon drainage; the statement describes it approaching the observers before descending to the southeast. The photographs attached to the FD-302 show terrain with a dark triangular mark visible in several frames. No radar data, instrumented speed measurement or unredacted sensor video accompanies either document. The case is unresolved.

### **3\. Air Force Intelligence and Unresolved Reports, 1949–1957**

Fourteen files comprise Air Force intelligence reports and unresolved reports from 1949 to 1957.

**3A. Catalina Island Reports, 1949–1955**

Four reports concern Catalina Island, California.

DOW-UAP-D181 is a Project 10073 record card for 28 April 1949 listing six objects observed at the island, each flying alone. It carries a handwritten letter of 1 May 1949 from Percy E. Marbury of Avalon to Kenneth Arnold, describing six objects seen "not in a group, but singly" and four more seen minutes later by his daughter and grandson. The conclusion is "Insufficient Data for Evaluation."

DOW-UAP-D179 forwards a civilian account from 25 June 1952, in which three Boy Scouts on a mountain hike saw a silver-coloured object faster than a conventional jet execute a climbing turn and disappear by disintegration. The reporting officer noted the observers' experience was "probably meager at best."

DOW-UAP-D178 records a round purplish-white object observed over Catalina on the night of 16 November 1953 by Technical Sergeant Robert J. Currie, watching from the San Pedro area. It held station, then moved northwest toward Los Angeles and faded after ten minutes. The official conclusion is Astronomical (Jupiter).

DOW-UAP-D177 records a round object the size of a nickel that changed from orange to red and fell straight down, observed at Avalon on the night of 15 March 1955\. The sighting lasted approximately two seconds. The conclusion is "Probable meteor."

**3B. Airborne and Radar Contacts, 1953–1957**

Four reports record contacts made from the air or on radar.

DOW-UAP-D155 records a radar contact made by a B-52 over Saudi Arabia in 1957\. The aircraft, taking part in Strategic Air Command's Operation Powerflight, picked up an unidentified return on its A-3A gunnery scope while preparing to rendezvous with a tanker. The return held at the 6,000-yard marker for five to seven minutes, at 39,000 feet and 642 knots, before fading as the B-52 banked. The report notes that the unidentified aircraft appeared where no aircraft were expected.

DOW-UAP-D156 records a night chase near Guam on 31 December 1956\. An F-86D pilot flying a holding pattern sighted a blinking white light that passed beneath his aircraft. He turned with it; the light matched his turns, climbed above him, circled and could not be closed. A lighted weather balloon had been launched one hour and thirty-eight minutes earlier, but the pilot stated on re-questioning that he did not believe the object was the balloon, because it manoeuvred with the interceptor and accelerated past it. Evaluation remained open pending further review of the balloon track.

DOW-UAP-D163 records an encounter near Hässleholm, Sweden, on 17 December 1953\. Captain Ulf Christiernsson, chief pilot of Transair, was flying a DC-3 when a shining metal object approached head-on at an estimated 600 metres below the aircraft. The object was spherical to elliptical in shape, showed no exhaust or condensation trail and remained in view for six to seven seconds. The Swedish Defense Staff confirmed that no Swedish aircraft were in the area. The Air Attaché described Christiernsson as an experienced pilot but noted personal doubts about his reliability.

DOW-UAP-D160 records unidentified returns on a TPS-1D radar set at Detachment 2 of the 737th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron in Morocco. The returns varied in shape from V to W to M, numbered from one to twelve and lay in a straight line at 20 to 40 miles. They held position for several minutes before fading. Electronics personnel offered anomalous propagation, ship-borne radar jamming or geese and storks in flight as possible causes. No visual confirmation was obtained.

**3C. Ground Observations in Canada, Alaska and Indiana**

Four reports record observations made from the ground.

DOW-UAP-D158 records an observation at Prince George Airport, British Columbia. Two airmen of the 918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, guarding a B-29, watched a round white-blue blinking light the size of a basketball held at arm's length. It descended like a falling star to approximately 150 feet, held station for thirty seconds, rose 300 feet and climbed away to the west. A buzzing sound was heard for about two seconds. Both airmen were rated reliable.

DOW-UAP-D161 records a light reported by Raleigh Iyapanna, a 14-year-old resident of Little Diomede Island. The light appeared on the southern tip of Big Diomede Island, on the Soviet side, at approximately 95 feet above sea level and lasted several seconds. The preparing officer found no evidence that it served a signalling purpose and rated the source's reliability as fair.

DOW-UAP-D162 records a stationary light observed on 1 December 1953 by Clifford Iknokinok, a 26-year-old hunter and Alaska National Guard sergeant at Gambell on St. Lawrence Island. The light sat over open sea to the west, where no land lies, and disappeared as though switched off after about five minutes. The preparing officer noted the possibility of an unidentified ship in or near United States territorial waters and rated the source trustworthy.

DOW-UAP-D164 records a sighting near Seymour, Indiana, in 1954\. Hiram Jones, a 60-year-old drugstore owner, and his wife watched two large circular rings of white cloudy substance, each holding four bright points of light that rotated slowly clockwise. The objects approached in staggered formation, tilted into a stable hover and departed at high speed, leaving a bluish-white vapour trail. No sound was heard.

**3D. Reports from Italy and Germany**

Two reports were forwarded through diplomatic channels.

DOW-UAP-D157 forwards a report from Professor G. B. Sias of Sassari, Sardinia. On the evening of 27 August 1952 Sias watched a transparent small cloud cross the sky, followed by a sphere of green-blue, silver-bright light slightly larger than the full moon. The light moved east to west at high speed, appearing and disappearing behind a luminous ribbon, for a total of three to five seconds. Two other witnesses several kilometres away corroborated the sighting. Sias, corresponding with Father Junkes of the Vatican Observatory, calculated a distance of roughly 1,000 to 1,700 kilometres and an implied diameter of several kilometres. The Air Attaché described Sias as intelligent but noted he appeared intense and "not exactly fanatic."

DOW-UAP-D159 reproduces extracts from the Tempelhof air traffic control logs for 10–11 August 1953\. The logs record multiple reports of red lights or rockets over the Soviet zone. A British European Airways DC-3 inbound to Tempelhof reported red-coloured rockets approximately one mile ahead. British Berlin Air Safety Center stated that the Soviets had checked a stationary red light reported west of Genthin and could not account for it.

### **4\. Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies Files, 2008–2010**

Nine files derive from the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program, a Defense Intelligence Agency study effort conducted under contract HHM402-08-C-0072 by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies between 2008 and 2010.

DOW-UAP-D174, the Utah Ranch Investigation Report of April 2010, is the most substantial file in the group. The subject of the investigation was a ranching property near Fort Duchesne in northeastern Utah. Residents of the surrounding area had repeatedly reported unidentified balls of light seen at close range, dog-like creatures running on two legs in daylight, and unnatural animalistic howling. The report notes that the great majority of these accounts had occurred within the previous five to seven years.

The report covers two deployments to the area, each carried out by a team of two investigators and two scientists — the first from 22 to 26 March 2010, the second from 19 to 23 April 2010\. Its abstract set out four aims. Investigators were to interview residents across the surrounding area, measure baseline magnetic, electromagnetic, radiation and soil parameters with portable sensors, and use plants, including transgenic plants, as biosensors. The fourth aim was to initiate games, puzzles and other strategies in order to establish communication with the source or origin of the reported anomalies.

By 7 May 2010 more than twenty-five people had been interviewed in person. Eleven separate individuals had witnessed a bipedal "dog-like" creature or orbs of light at different times and locations. Witnesses described a large dog- or wolf-like creature able to walk and run at speed on two legs at an estimated standing height of six to seven feet, with at least three separate creature types indicated. Four witnesses described small, hairy, three-foot-tall troll-like creatures with long arms moving in a manner compared to chimpanzees or orangutans. Further reports concerned large worm-like creatures, a prehistoric pterodactyl-like creature, "little people" and a maggot measuring about eight feet long and two to three feet in diameter.

During the March deployment a re-interviewed witness reported that days earlier he had seen what he believed was a "Skinwalker," chased by his dogs through a barbed-wire fence, from which a hair sample was collected and submitted for analysis. Family members reported a similar encounter with a "black shadowy figure" outside their residence within two hours. The report supports the identification of the property as the ranch commonly known in open sources as Skinwalker Ranch, but the title itself remains redacted in the released text.

Seven Moultrie digital game cameras were installed on the property and a neighbouring property, with memory cards secured weekly by BAASS security personnel stationed there. The report records photographs of tracks in the snow in which two sets of tracks merge into one, and in which tracks appear to walk "through" a barbed-wire fence. Hair samples from the vicinity of the tracks were undergoing scientific DNA analysis; no laboratory results are presented as final conclusions.

Electromagnetic sweeps of the property recorded an unexplained signal at a point on the mesa: "Location D2 recorded two large signals in both the horizontal and vertical positions… The first signal was 1210, 1213 and 1216 MHz and the second large spike was 1232.5, 1235.5 and 1238.5 MHz." The report states that further measurements and research, particularly into satellite transmitting frequencies and times, would be required to identify their origin.

The other files from the same contract show how the Utah Ranch work sat inside a wider Defense Intelligence Agency study. They include a project management plan, a proposed database, materials supplied by the Mutual UFO Network, monthly progress reports, and a late self-assessment of the contractor's analytical methods.

### **Conclusion**

The seventh PURSUE tranche places a 2026 federal-agent observation, fourteen Air Force reports from 1949 to 1957, and nine files from the 2008–2010 contractor record into the public domain. It brings the corpus at war.gov/UFO to 478 files.

The tranche does not establish the identity of any of the objects reported in its files. Most cases remain officially unresolved. Processing of additional records for subsequent releases continues, and the date of the next tranche is unannounced.