Question 1

What is The UFO Files?

Accepted Answer

The UFO Files is a public archive of the PURSUE U.S. government UAP disclosure releases. It collects declassified documents from the CIA, Department of Energy, FBI, NASA, and the Department of War into one cross-referenced, searchable record.

Question 2

What is PURSUE?

Accepted Answer

PURSUE stands for the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. It is the framework under which the U.S. government released decades of classified UAP material, spanning 1947 to 2026.

Question 3

Which agencies do the documents come from?

Accepted Answer

The archive draws on primary-source documents from the CIA, Department of Energy, FBI, NASA, the Department of War, the Intelligence Community Assessment, and other U.S. government sources.

Question 4

Have the UAP cases been resolved?

Accepted Answer

No. The Department of War release material remains unresolved as of July 2026. A meaningful share of the cataloged encounters are still unexplained.

Question 5

How was this archive built?

Accepted Answer

It is built entirely from primary-source disclosure documents, with every case cross-referenced to the files it draws from. The project has no affiliation with the U.S. government.

Question 6

What is the Archivist?

Accepted Answer

The Archivist is a MiniMax-powered research assistant. It answers using only this archive, cites the cases it draws on, and says when the record is silent. It is not an independent source or a government determination.

Memorandum on Unconventional Aircraft Sightings