Department of Defense drops sixth round of UAP files
- Channel
- NBC News
- Length
- 6 min
- Format
- Clip
- Speakers
- NBC News anchor (addressed on-air as "Scottie"/"Scotty"; full name not stated in the transcript), Jordan Flowers
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Summary
An NBC News segment covers the sixth Department of War PURSUE file release (18 September 2026), showing two Middle East infrared clips of objects reported at roughly 480 and 500 mph and a set of Colorado law-enforcement cellphone videos of silent colored lights tied to a local drone-sighting wave. Disclosure Foundation executive director Jordan Flowers, interviewed live, says the releases still lack analytic context and calls for a national intelligence estimate. He highlights a released 1952 audio presentation by Air Force Captain Edward Ruppelt describing roughly 800 reviewed UFO cases, 20% unexplained, concentrated near sensitive military and nuclear sites, with speeds up to 3,500 mph. Asked about a previously discussed 'luring' operation, Flowers says a prior release documents an incursion his organization believes occurred at White Sands Missile Range, supported by an FBI 302 witness form, a Director of National Intelligence statement, photos and video, and says Congressman Eric Burlison has confirmed the operation was 'very successful.' The segment ends without government confirmation or independent verification of Flowers's more specific claims.
We publish a summary, chapters, the claims and short quotes. The transcript itself is never published.
Speakers
- NBC News anchor (addressed on-air as "Scottie"/"Scotty"; full name not stated in the transcript)Host
- Jordan FlowersExecutive Director, Disclosure Foundation
Claims
- Unverified
A US military infrared platform over the Middle East tracked six small spherical objects flying in changing formations, reportedly as fast as 480 mph, released with no further analytic context.
TRACKING SIX, WHAT THEY CALLED SMALL SPHERICAL OBJECTS THAT SEEM PRETTY AGILE. AND THEY'RE SEEN FLYING AND CHANGING FORMATIONS
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A second Middle East infrared clip from 2025 tracked an object reportedly as fast as 500 mph, with very little other released context.
THIS ONE ALSO FROM THE MIDDLE EAST IN 2025. THEY SAY THEY TRACKED IT GOING AS FAST AS 500 MILES AN HOUR, BUT VERY LITTLE OTHER THAN THAT
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Cellphone videos from Colorado law-enforcement officers show silent lights flashing red, blue and green that matched the timing and location of a months-long wave of drone sightings that had baffled local sheriff's departments.
THE ONES FROM CELL PHONES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO REPORTED SILENT LIGHTS FLASHING RED, BLUE AND GREEN IN THE SKY. THAT MATCHED THE TIME AND KIND OF THE AREA WHERE A RASH OF DRONE SIGHTINGS HAD BAFFLED LOCAL SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS IN COLORADO
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The government has acknowledged that unidentified objects are flying that it does not understand and against which it does not appear to have effective countermeasures.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THESE THINGS ARE FLYING AROUND. WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE, HOW THEY WORK. WE DON'T APPEAR TO HAVE EFFECTIVE COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST THEM
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One of the videos shown as part of the sixth release is not new footage; it was released decades ago and is part of the National Archives.
THAT'S NOT A NEW VIDEO. WE'VE SEEN THAT VIDEO BEFORE. IN FACT, THAT VIDEO WAS RELEASED DECADES AGO, PART OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
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A 1952 hour-long audio presentation was released in the latest tranche thanks to Rep. Eric Burlison, who Flowers believes wrote to an FFRDC he identifies (uncertainly) as "Lincoln Labs" to secure its release.
WAS RELEASED THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF CONGRESSMAN ERIC BURLISON, WHO WROTE A LETTER TO, I BELIEVE IT WAS LINCOLN LABS, ONE OF THE FFRDCS, TO GET THIS FILE OUT
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The 1952 Ruppelt presentation states the Air Force reviewed about 800 UFO cases, of which 20% remained unexplained after technical analysis, sourced from credible military personnel and technical observers, concentrated near sensitive national-security and nuclear-weapons installations, describing the objects as silent with anomalous flight characteristics and speeds up to 3,500 mph.
HE TALKS ABOUT HOW THERE'S 800 CASES. 20% OF THEM ARE UNEXPLAINED, EVEN AFTER TECHNICAL ANALYSIS... THEY HAVE SPEEDS OF UP TO 3500MPH
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In a late-2025 release, an incursion at a western US military facility was documented; the Disclosure Foundation believes, for several unstated reasons, that the facility may have been White Sands Missile Range.
THERE WAS AN INCURSION AT A WESTERN MILITARY FACILITY THAT OUR ORGANIZATION SEEMS TO THINK FOR SEVERAL REASONS, MAY HAVE BEEN WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE
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The alleged incursion is documented by an FBI 302 witness-testimony form from personnel at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, a separate DNI personal statement, photographs, and videos, released in the PURSUE tranche prior to the sixth.
THERE WAS AN FBI 302 FORM... FROM PERSONNEL AT THE OFFICE... OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. THERE WAS ALSO A DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PERSONAL STATEMENT ABOUT THIS INCURSION. THERE WAS PHOTOGRAPHS AND THERE WAS VIDEOS
- Unverified
Rep. Eric Burlison has publicly confirmed that the luring operation happened and, in his own words, was "very successful."
YOU HAVE CONGRESSMAN ERIC BURLISON CONFIRMING THAT, YES, THIS LURING OPERATION HAPPENED, AND NOT ONLY DID IT HAPPEN, BUT THAT IT WAS, QUOTE, VERY SUCCESSFUL
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The government appears to have technology able to potentially attract, and perhaps take down and retrieve, UAP.
WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY THAT APPEARS TO BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY ATTRACT AND PERHAPS EVEN TAKE DOWN AND RETRIEVE WHATEVER THESE THINGS ARE
Topics
- PURSUE file releaseThe Department of War's ongoing, numbered public releases of UAP-related videos and documents (this segment covers the sixth), often arriving with minimal analytic context ("a shred of context").
- UAP mission reportA military report format in which a sensor operator describes an unidentified object's appearance and estimated speed, released alongside the raw sensor video with no further analytic conclusion.
- FBI 302 form"Essentially an FBI witness testimony affidavit," here said to document a government-personnel account of the alleged White Sands incursion.
- UAP luring operationA hypothesized/alleged government attempt to draw a UAP into a controlled site (the New Mexico desert) in order to observe, attract, or retrieve it.
- FFRDCA federally funded research and development center; Flowers says Rep. Burlison wrote to one (he believes "Lincoln Labs") to secure release of the 1952 audio file.
- National intelligence estimateA formal, government-produced assessment product that Flowers says is needed on UAP to protect service members, beyond raw video releases.