BREAKING
πŸ“‚ RELEASE 02 JUST DROPPED
The U.S. Department of War has published its second tranche of declassified UAP records (May 22, 2026) β€” 64 new files including CIA, NASA, DOE and ODNI material. Mirrored here in plain English.
See Release 02 β†’
RELEASED2026-05-18Equal OpportunityFBI/////
RELEASED2026-05-18About the VaultFBI/////
RELEASED2026-05-12Record Group 615 β€” The Official UAP Records Collection (NARA)National Archives/////
RELEASED2026-05-11House Select Committee on Assassinations ReportNational Archives/////
RELEASED2026-05-11Assassination Records Review Board ReportNational Archives/////
RELEASED2026-05-11Warren Commission ReportNational Archives/////
RELEASED2026-05-11365 Days of WinsWhite House/////
RELEASED2026-05-01Pentagon UAP Task Force β€” GIMBAL & FLIR1 Sensor Data AnnexAARO / DoD/////
RELEASED2026-04-28AARO Volume II β€” Historical UAP Photographic ArchiveAARO/////
RELEASED2026-04-22AARO Historical Record Review β€” 162 New UAP Files ReleasedAARO/////
RELEASED2026-04-15USS Nimitz 2004 Encounter β€” Full Pilot Debrief ReleasedODNI / DoD/////
RELEASED2025-08-04Epstein Investigation Files β€” Phase 2 ReleaseDOJ / FBI/////
RELEASED2026-05-18Equal OpportunityFBI/////
RELEASED2026-05-18About the VaultFBI/////
RELEASED2026-05-12Record Group 615 β€” The Official UAP Records Collection (NARA)National Archives/////
RELEASED2026-05-11House Select Committee on Assassinations ReportNational Archives/////
RELEASED2026-05-11Assassination Records Review Board ReportNational Archives/////
RELEASED2026-05-11Warren Commission ReportNational Archives/////
RELEASED2026-05-11365 Days of WinsWhite House/////
RELEASED2026-05-01Pentagon UAP Task Force β€” GIMBAL & FLIR1 Sensor Data AnnexAARO / DoD/////
RELEASED2026-04-28AARO Volume II β€” Historical UAP Photographic ArchiveAARO/////
RELEASED2026-04-22AARO Historical Record Review β€” 162 New UAP Files ReleasedAARO/////
RELEASED2026-04-15USS Nimitz 2004 Encounter β€” Full Pilot Debrief ReleasedODNI / DoD/////
RELEASED2025-08-04Epstein Investigation Files β€” Phase 2 ReleaseDOJ / FBI/////
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The plain-English archive for every federal document released under EO 14176 and the 2025 declassification directives. JFK, RFK, MLK, Epstein, COVID origins, UAP β€” auto-ingested daily from the National Archives, White House, DOJ and ODNI. Sorted, summarised, searchable.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF WAR // Release 02

The government
is finally
dropping the files.

By presidential directive, the U.S. Department of War is releasing previously classified UAP records in rolling tranches. We mirror every photo, video and document the moment it goes live.

FEATURED FOOTAGE
● LIVE CLIP
"Star" UAP β€” anomalous near-orbit object
Reported sighting Β· public record Β· embedded for instant viewing

We're mirroring every released UAP video here so you can watch them instantly β€” no downloads, no zip files. More official Navy footage (GIMBAL, GOFAST, FLIR1 + new DOW tranches) coming soon.

PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE

β€œI will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).”

β€” Donald J. Trump β€” Truth Social, Feb 19 2026
SECRETARY OF WAR β€” STATEMENT

β€œThe Department of War is in lockstep with President Trump to bring unprecedented transparency regarding our government's understanding of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation β€” and it's time the American people see it for themselves.”

β€” Pete Hegseth β€” United States Secretary of War
RELEASED IMAGERY

Every photo the DOW has released β€”mirrored here, click to enlarge.

27 images β€’ synced auto-sync pending
Imagery and bundle downloads sourced directly from war.gov/UFO (U.S. Department of War). Files Dropped is independent and unaffiliated. New tranches appear here automatically within 24 hours of official release.
LATEST DROPS

Fresh from the federal vault

NEW2026-05-12
National Archives

Record Group 615 β€” The Official UAP Records Collection (NARA)

Established under the 2024 NDAA, this is the official US government UAP records collection. Federal agencies are legally required to transfer all UAP records here on a rolling basis.

Records Collection
NEW2026-05-01
AARO / DoD

Pentagon UAP Task Force β€” GIMBAL & FLIR1 Sensor Data Annex

Declassified infrared and sensor telemetry from the iconic GIMBAL and FLIR1 Navy UAP encounters, with engagement transcripts.

Sensor Data ReleaseΒ· 84 pp
NEW2026-04-28
AARO

AARO Volume II β€” Historical UAP Photographic Archive

Over 600 pages of previously unreleased UAP photography from US military and civilian observers, 1952-2019.

Photographic ArchiveΒ· 612 pp
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LATEST
2026-05-18
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THE HIDDEN VAULT

Files they hoped
nobody would read.

The CIA quietly declassifies thousands of pages a year β€” and almost none make headlines. These are the deep cuts from the Agency's Reading Room: psychic warfare, consciousness research, false-flag blueprints, and the explosions science can't explain.

Source: cia.gov/readingroom Β· Updated weekly
VAULT STATUS
9 files unlocked
More dropping weekly
Auth Β· CIA / FOIA
Declassified
CIA (declassified) Β· 1995

Project Star Gate β€” Remote Viewing Final Report

β€œSubjects accurately described locations 1,000+ miles away with no physical access…”

The official 1995 American Institutes for Research evaluation of the CIA's 24-year, $20M psychic-spying program β€” including verified hits on Soviet sites, missing aircraft, and hostages.

183 pages
Declassified
CIA (declassified) Β· 1983

The Gateway Process

β€œConsciousness can perceive reality as a hologram, allowing access to time itself…”

Lt. Col. Wayne McDonnell's 29-page CIA analysis of the Monroe Institute's Hemi-Sync technology and its implications for consciousness, time, and reality itself.

29 pages
Declassified
CIA (declassified) Β· 1983

Astral Projection & The Pentagon β€” Monroe Institute Briefing

β€œOut-of-body states were studied as a viable intelligence-gathering method by the U.S. Army…”

Companion briefing to the Gateway Process: how out-of-body experiences were studied by U.S. Army Intelligence at the Monroe Institute as a potential intelligence-gathering tool.

8 pages
Declassified
CIA (declassified) Β· 1977

Operation Mockingbird β€” Domestic Media Influence Program

β€œMore than 400 American journalists secretly carried out assignments for the CIA…”

Internal CIA documents and Church Committee findings on the agency's recruitment of 400+ American journalists as covert intelligence assets shaping domestic news coverage.

22 pages
Declassified
CIA (declassified) Β· 1974

Project Azorian β€” Recovery of Soviet Submarine K-129

β€œA $800M ship disguised as deep-sea mining quietly lifted a Soviet nuclear sub…”

The CIA's $800M covert mission to raise a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine from 16,500ft of ocean using a Howard Hughes-fronted ship disguised as a manganese mining vessel.

50 pages
Declassified
CIA (declassified) Β· 1967

Project Acoustic Kitty β€” Feline Surveillance Program

β€œ$20 million was spent surgically wiring a cat to spy on the Soviets…”

The CIA's $20M attempt to surgically implant microphones, antennae and batteries inside live cats to eavesdrop on Soviet diplomats. Killed by a taxi on first mission.

4 pages
Declassified
CIA (declassified) Β· 1965

Tunguska Event β€” CIA Analysis of the 1908 Siberian Explosion

β€œAn explosion 1,000Γ— Hiroshima flattened 2,000 kmΒ² of forest β€” with no crater…”

Declassified CIA assessment of the 1908 Tunguska explosion β€” equivalent to 1,000 Hiroshima bombs, flattening 2,000 kmΒ² of Siberian forest with no impact crater. The agency could not rule out non-terrestrial origin.

11 pages
Declassified
Joint Chiefs of Staff (declassified) Β· 1962

Operation Northwoods β€” Justifications for U.S. Military Intervention

β€œWe could blow up a U.S. ship in GuantΓ‘namo Bay and blame Cuba…”

A Joint Chiefs of Staff memo proposing the U.S. government stage attacks against its own citizens and military to justify a war with Cuba. Signed by all five members. Rejected by Kennedy.

15 pages
Declassified
CIA (declassified) Β· 1960

MK-Ultra Subproject 119 β€” Behavioural Modification

β€œSuccessful inducement of paranoid hallucinations in 87% of test subjects…”

One of 149 MK-Ultra subprojects: the CIA's covert programme to develop chemical, biological and electromagnetic methods of controlling human behaviour without consent.

12 pages
CHRONOLOGY

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20 documents match
NEW
released
2026-05-18  //  FBI

Equal Opportunity

Auto-discovered from source listing.

PDF Document
Source
NEW
released
2026-05-18  //  FBI

About the Vault

Auto-discovered from source listing.

Records Release
Source
released
2026-05-12  //  National Archives

Record Group 615 β€” The Official UAP Records Collection (NARA)

Established under the 2024 NDAA, this is the official US government UAP records collection. Federal agencies are legally required to transfer all UAP records here on a rolling basis.

Records Collection#UAP#NARA#RG-615
Source
NEW
released
2026-05-11  //  National Archives

House Select Committee on Assassinations Report

Auto-discovered from source listing.

Records Release
Source
NEW
released
2026-05-11  //  National Archives

Assassination Records Review Board Report

Auto-discovered from source listing.

Records Release
Source
NEW
released
2026-05-11  //  National Archives

Warren Commission Report

Auto-discovered from source listing.

Records Release
Source
NEW
released
2026-05-11  //  White House

365 Days of Wins

Auto-discovered from source listing.

Records Release
Source
released
2026-05-01  //  AARO / DoD

Pentagon UAP Task Force β€” GIMBAL & FLIR1 Sensor Data Annex

Declassified infrared and sensor telemetry from the iconic GIMBAL and FLIR1 Navy UAP encounters, with engagement transcripts.

Sensor Data Release#UAP#Navy#GIMBAL84 pp
Source
released
2026-04-28  //  AARO

AARO Volume II β€” Historical UAP Photographic Archive

Over 600 pages of previously unreleased UAP photography from US military and civilian observers, 1952-2019.

Photographic Archive#UAP#Photography#Archive612 pp
Source
released
2026-04-22  //  AARO

AARO Historical Record Review β€” 162 New UAP Files Released

162 newly declassified UAP encounter reports, sensor data, and pilot debriefs from 1947-2024 archives.

Records Release#UAP#AARO#Disclosure1,480 pp
Source
released
2026-04-15  //  ODNI / DoD

USS Nimitz 2004 Encounter β€” Full Pilot Debrief Released

Cmdr. David Fravor's full classified debrief of the 2004 USS Nimitz 'Tic-Tac' encounter, declassified in full for the first time.

Pilot Debrief#UAP#Nimitz#Tic-Tac47 pp
Source
released
2025-08-04  //  DOJ / FBI

Epstein Investigation Files β€” Phase 2 Release

Approximately 33,000 pages of FBI investigative material related to the Epstein case made public.

Records Release#Epstein#FBI33,000 pp
Source
released
2025-07-21  //  National Archives

MLK Jr. Assassination Records β€” 2025 Release

Approximately 230,000 pages of FBI surveillance and investigation files on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Records Release#MLK#FBI#COINTELPRO230,000 pp
Source
released
2025-07-08  //  AARO / ODNI

UAP Disclosure Act β€” Quarterly Report Q2 2025

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office Q2 2025 report on UAP incident counts and resolution rates.

Quarterly Report#UAP#AARO47 pp
Source
released
2025-06-12  //  ODNI

ODNI Declassification β€” Operation Mockingbird Adjunct Files

Adjunct CIA memos related to Operation Mockingbird-era media contact programs, redactions partially lifted.

Declassified Memo#CIA#Media412 pp
Source
released
2025-05-09  //  ODNI

COVID-19 Origins β€” Declassified Intelligence Assessment Annex C

Annex C of the IC Assessment on COVID-19 origins; expanded analysis of lab-leak hypothesis.

Intelligence Assessment#COVID#Wuhan88 pp
Source
released
2025-04-18  //  National Archives

RFK Assassination Records β€” 2025 Release

60,000+ pages including FBI files, LAPD case records and CIA security files concerning Robert F. Kennedy.

Records Release#RFK#FBI#LAPD60,000 pp
Source
released
2025-04-03  //  National Archives

JFK Assassination Records β€” 2025 Release Tranche 2 (April 3)

Supplemental release primarily covering CIA Mexico City station cables and Lee Harvey Oswald surveillance.

Records Release#JFK#Mexico City Station10,000 pp
Source
released
2025-03-18  //  National Archives

JFK Assassination Records β€” 2025 Release Tranche 1 (March 18)

First 2025 release tranche containing ~80,000 pages from CIA, FBI, DoS and military intelligence archives.

Records Release#JFK#CIA#FBI63,400 pp
Source
released
2025-01-23  //  White House

Executive Order 14176 β€” Declassification of JFK, RFK & MLK Assassination Records

Directs declassification within 15-45 days of all federal records related to the assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK Jr.

Executive Order#JFK#RFK#MLK4 pp
Source
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