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Pentagon UFO Files
Pentagon UFO files and Pentagon UAP files from War.gov rows, AARO records, DVIDS media, and PURSUE-related archive material.
Overview
This topic is the bridge for searches around Pentagon UFO files, Pentagon UAP files, and PURSUE UAP files. It keeps original case names, report IDs, source pages, dates, media types, and official status text together so readers can move from broad search intent into specific archive records.
Key facts
- Primary keyword: Pentagon UFO files.
- Secondary keywords include Pentagon UAP files and PURSUE UAP files.
- AARO and DVIDS records are linked as official public source layers when available.
- Case pages preserve PR numbers, file IDs, original titles, and source metadata.
Why it matters
Pentagon-related searches are high intent, but they need a path from the general phrase into exact official records and media files.
Related archive cases
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PR-018, Unresolved UAP Report, Europe 2024
The United States European Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of ten minutes and thirty seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024. AARO assesses, with high confidence, that the footage depicts the presence of a physical object. The object’s morphological features, performance characteristics, and behaviors are unremarkable and do not warrant further analysis. AARO will continue to investigate this case should further information become available to enable a more conclusive attribution. This unresolved report contributes to AARO’s historical and locational trend analyses.
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PR-009, UAP Report Resolved as a Balloon, Europe 2022
The United States European Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of twenty seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022. AARO assesses, with high confidence, that the object depicted in the video is almost certainly (≥95% likelihood) a balloon. AARO bases its assessment on the object’s strong morphological consistency with other resolved imagery featuring balloons and the object’s performance characteristics strongly aligning with those of lighter-than-air objects, e.g., drifting at wind speed and direction.
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Mt. Etna Object
In December 2018, a forward-looking infrared video sensor aboard an uncrewed U.S. Air Force platform captured this footage while operating over the Mediterranean Sea. This footage depicts an object that appears to be transiting a plume of superheated gas and ash produced by an eruption of Mt. Etna, a volcano in Sicily, Italy. AARO coordinated an interagency and international analytical effort that determined that optical effects from the intense atmospheric conditions near the volcano distorted the video, causing the object to appear to transit the plume. AARO assesses with moderate confidence that the footage instead depicts a balloon approximately 170 kilometers from the caldera traveling at wind speed and direction.
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Puerto Rico Objects
On April 26, 2013, an infrared sensor onboard a U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircraft captured footage of a UAP event over the Rafael Hernandez Airport near Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The footage appears to depict a UAP moving at high speed, splitting into two objects, and entering and exiting the water before disappearing into the ocean off Puerto Rico's northwestern coast. AARO assesses with high confidence that the objects did not demonstrate anomalous speeds or flight behaviors. An Intelligence Community partner's reconstruction of the flight path and look angle from the infrared sensor indicates that the video instead depicts two objects traveling near each other rather than a single object splitting into two. This reconstruction also demonstrates that the objects traveled in a straight line at wind speed and did not enter the water at any point.
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What does PURSUE mean in UAP files?
PURSUE is treated here as a search and source-reference term connected to Pentagon UAP files and modern disclosure records. Pages that mention it should still be checked against their original source rows, PDFs, or official source pages.