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UAP Case File Digest: Oct 12 - Oct 25, 2026, plus items scheduled through Nov 8, 2026

Edition of · By Michael Gonzales

The Department of War published the seventh tranche of PURSUE records on Oct. 23, 2026, with 28 records. No congressional hearings on UAP are scheduled for the next two weeks, and AARO published no new case resolution reports in the period.

  • 1Official releases in this periodPURSUE Release 07, published Oct. 23, 2026. No other dated UAP release was found on the official sources checked for Oct 12 - Oct 25.
  • 28Records in PURSUE Release 07Count of records listed under Release 07 in the WAR.GOV/UFO database on Oct 25, 2026.
  • 0Hearings scheduledNo House committee meetings are listed for Oct 25 - Nov 14, 2026, and the Senate schedule lists no committee hearings as of Oct 25, 2026.
  • 0AARO case resolutions publishedAARO's case resolution page lists 8 reports. None was added in the period.

Newly released documents

Department of War publishes seventh PURSUE releaseOctober 23, 2026

The Department of War published the seventh release of declassified and historical UAP files under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE). The files are housed on WAR.GOV/UFO. The department said it and its agency partners are working on the next release.

Source: U.S. Department of War

Release 07 contains 28 recordsOctober 23, 2026

The WAR.GOV/UFO database lists 28 records under Release 07, cleared for release on Oct. 23, 2026. The release download is labeled as documents only, with no videos.

Source: U.S. Department of War, WAR.GOV/UFO

Two 2026 records from the western United StatesOctober 23, 2026

Release 07 includes an AARO memorandum for record on a triangular UAP (DOW-UAP-D176) and an FBI FD-302 observation report (FBI-UAP-D043). The database dates both to June 2026 and lists the location as the western United States.

Source: U.S. Department of War, WAR.GOV/UFO

Cold War-era reports from Catalina Island and abroadOctober 23, 2026

Release 07 includes four reports about Catalina Island, California, dated 1949, 1952, 1953 and 1955. It also includes Air Intelligence Information Reports and flying object reports from the 1950s covering Saudi Arabia, Guam, Italy, Canada, Germany, Morocco, Alaska, Sweden and Indiana.

Source: U.S. Department of War, WAR.GOV/UFO

BAASS program documents from 2008 to 2010October 23, 2026

Release 07 includes BAASS documents: a project management plan, monthly reports from 2009, a self-assessment of UAP analysis capabilities dated November 2010, and records on Project Capella and a Utah ranch investigation.

Source: U.S. Department of War, WAR.GOV/UFO

1960s interagency recordsOctober 23, 2026

Release 07 includes a May 1963 memorandum on interagency coordination for the recovery of foreign materiel (EOP-UAP-D002). It also includes interagency correspondence about space fragments from 1962 to 1964 (USG-UAP-D002).

Source: U.S. Department of War, WAR.GOV/UFO

Hearings and legislation

No UAP hearings held or scheduled

The House committee calendar lists one meeting for Oct 12 - Oct 24, held by the Committee on Education and Workforce on Oct. 23. It lists no meetings for Oct 25 - Nov 14. The Senate schedule lists no committee hearings as of Oct 25, 2026.

Source: U.S. House of Representatives Committee Repository

House NDAA with UAP records provisions awaits Senate actionSeptember 14, 2026

H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, passed the House 216-212 on July 22, 2026. The House-passed text includes Subtitle D, which would create a UAP Records Collection at the National Archives and a UAP Records Review Board (Secs. 1761-1772). The latest action is "Received in the Senate" on Sept. 14, 2026. No action was recorded in the period.

Source: Congress.gov (H.R. 8800 bill status, via GovInfo)

Senate NDAA and UAP Disclosure Act amendment unchangedJuly 27, 2026

Senate Amendment 6344, the UAP Disclosure Act of 2026, was submitted by Sen. Schumer for himself and Sen. Rounds on June 24, 2026, to S. 4784, the Senate FY2027 NDAA. The latest recorded action on S. 4784 is a motion to proceed made on July 27, 2026. No action on either was recorded in the period.

Source: Congressional Record, June 24, 2026 (GovInfo)

No UAP documents in the Federal Register

A Federal Register search for "unidentified anomalous phenomena" returns no documents published from Sept. 25 through Oct. 25, 2026.

Source: Federal Register

Case file updates

No new AARO case resolution reports

AARO's case resolution page lists 8 reports: Al Taqaddum, Mt. Etna, Puerto Rico, GoFast, Eglin, Atmospheric Wake, Southeast Asia Triangles and Western United States. None was added in the period.

Source: All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)

Latest AARO report remains the FY2025 annual reportJuly 20, 2026

AARO's congressional and press products page lists the Fiscal Year 2025 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP, added July 20, 2026, as its newest item. No new report was listed in the period.

Source: All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)

Coming up

Next PURSUE release: date not yet announced

The Department of War said it and its agency partners are working on the next release of UAP files, which will come on a rolling basis. The date has not yet been announced.

Source: U.S. Department of War

No congressional hearings on the calendar through Nov 8

The House committee calendar lists no meetings for Oct 25 - Nov 14, 2026. The Senate schedule lists no committee hearings as of Oct 25, 2026.

Source: U.S. House of Representatives Committee Repository

Sources

This is the first edition. The previous PURSUE tranche, Release 06, was cleared on Sept. 18, 2026, which is before this period.

National Archives (RG 615): the page was last reviewed Sept. 21, 2026, and lists records from nine agencies. It gives no dated additions or record counts, so the number of records added in this period cannot be counted and is not reported.

AARO: no new case resolution reports, reports, information papers or dated EFOIA postings were found in the period.

NASA: the UAP page was last updated Feb. 23, 2026. Nothing new was found in the period.

ODNI: no press release in the period was found on its press releases page.

FBI Vault: the UFO file page shows no new dated entries. One FBI record (FBI-UAP-D043) is included in PURSUE Release 07.

CIA reading room: not reviewed for this edition.

Congress: no committee hearing on UAP was held in the period or is scheduled through Nov 8, 2026. No date has been announced for House-Senate reconciliation of the FY2027 NDAA.

Written by

Michael Gonzales

Editor

UFO/UAP enthusiast who edits UAP Press.