Presidential federal UAP records disclosure initiative; PURSUE implementation

Record

Date

2026-02-19

Congress / body

Executive branch; Department of War; ODNI

Type

Presidential instruction; interagency PURSUE records release

Members tracked

President Donald Trump; Pete Hegseth (DoW); Tulsi Gabbard (ODNI); Kash Patel (FBI); Jared Isaacman (NASA)

What is documented

PURSUE (Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters) aims to find, review, identify, declassify, and publicly release unresolved UAP-related records. May 8, 2026 official DoW release records institutional statements from Hegseth, Gabbard, Patel, Isaacman.

Limitations / research notes

Not a separately numbered executive order; official statements show institutional support, not personal UAP/NHI observation or proof of nonhuman intelligence.

Primary source

SRC-215; SRC-217