Trump admin launches Pentagon UAP archive

The Trump administration on Friday opened a Department of Defense website that publishes declassified files, videos, photographs and documents related to unidentified anomalous phenomena. The portal debuts the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, or PURSUE, and assembles records previously scattered across agencies and classifications.

The site includes the first tranche of records the administration says relate to decades of UFO and UAP investigations. The material comes from the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) and other federal partners and is now available for public review.

Officials said the interagency effort behind the portal involves the White House, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Energy, NASA, the FBI and the Department of Defense. The administration described the release as an effort to identify and make public government files tied to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena and unidentified flying objects.

Former President Trump wrote on Truth Social that the release was part of a promise to the American people and called for “complete and maximum transparency.” A Pentagon statement noted the portal is intended to let researchers, journalists and the public examine records and surface facts that may merit further inquiry.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth described the files as long hidden behind classifications and wrote they have “long fueled justified speculation-and it’s time the American people see it for themselves.” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman wrote that the agency will “follow the data” and “remain candid about what is known and what remains unexplained.”

Officials cautioned many of the materials have not been fully analyzed and may lack context, identification data or technical review. The administration said additional declassification reviews and ongoing investigations could produce further releases and updates to the site.

The portal follows months of related activity, including the registration of the domain aliens.gov earlier this year. Public interest in UAPs rose in 2024 after a series of drone sightings and Pentagon-confirmed videos showing aerial objects performing unusual maneuvers. Congressional hearings, military inquiries and testimony from former officials have increased demands for coordinated reporting and more accessible records.

AARO will continue to work with intelligence and scientific partners to classify, review and analyze incoming reports. The administration said PURSUE is a starting point for a broader interagency process to centralize records and create a system for reporting and studying UAP encounters.