Pentagon PURSUE Files: The Nuclear Connection Behind 80 Years of Orb Sightings

June 22, 2026

On June 12, 2026, the U.S. Department of War released its third batch of declassified UAP files through the PURSUE program. Over 1.7 billion people worldwide have visited the archive. But buried inside Batch 3 is something most coverage missed: an 80-year pattern of unidentified objects appearing near America's most sensitive nuclear sites.

This is not speculation. This is the government's own documents, now declassified, spanning from 1948 to 2026.

What Is PURSUE?

PURSUE stands for the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. Launched under a Trump administration executive order in early 2026, it mandates rolling declassification and public release of UAP-related government files. All materials are hosted publicly at WAR.GOV/UFO.

Three batches have been released so far:

Batch 1 (May 8, 2026): 162 files — documents, photos, videos from CIA, FBI, NASA, Pentagon, State Department
Batch 2 (May 22, 2026): 64 files — dominated by 51 military sensor videos including the F-16 Lake Huron shootdown footage, transmedium USO footage, and a senior intelligence officer's first-person orb encounter
Batch 3 (June 12, 2026): 72 files — the FBI's tranche. First-ever FBI-authenticated UAP videos, Cheyenne Mountain incident, the Western US Event, and a 1949 Army flying saucer study

Cumulative total across all three releases: 294 files. The portal has received over 1.7 billion hits worldwide.

The Cheyenne Mountain Incident: Five Federal Agents, One Massive Orb

The most operationally significant new material in Batch 3 concerns events in October 2023 near Colorado Springs, Colorado — adjacent to Cheyenne Mountain, the underground complex housing NORAD and USNORTHCOM. This is one of the most heavily defended military installations on the planet.

Five federal law enforcement special agents, operating in the area, independently reported the following:

A large, glowing object hovering over the base perimeter — described in one FBI document as a "white, potato-shaped" craft
The object appeared to release smaller orbs on a coordinated, silent flight path
The orbs moved with what agents described as purposeful coordination, in total silence
AARO (the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office) has confirmed this case remains unresolved as of June 2026

The FBI produced ten digital renderings of the agents' accounts, included in the Batch 3 release. An AARO memo publicly calls the case "among the most compelling within AARO's current holdings."

The FBI Becomes the Witness

Batch 3 contains the FBI's first-ever authenticated UAP videos. The bureau documented a four-year series of recurring orb sightings in a sparsely populated area of the northeastern United States, spanning November 2021 to July 2025.

Four authenticated civilian-filmed videos are included in the release:

Triangle Orbs (2021)
Red Orb Rotation (2022)
Orbs Over the Pond (October 2024) — a glowing plasma-like orb hovering stationary above a pond for approximately 45 minutes
Northeastern Orb Sighting (July 2025) — two bright reddish orbs with white plasma-like centers, moving in tandem above a treeline

All four incidents occurred within 25 miles of each other. The FBI interviewed witnesses, assessed them as highly credible, and confirmed in their FD-302 reports that drones had been ruled out on-site. Then two FBI special agents staked out the location themselves — and saw the lights firsthand.

The 80-Year Nuclear Pattern

Here is where Batch 3 becomes historically significant. Among the newly declassified documents is a 116-page U.S. Army file documenting 209 UAP sightings near Sandia Base, New Mexico, recorded between 1948 and 1950.

Sandia Base was one of the most classified military installations in American history — home to nuclear weapons assembly programs and directly adjacent to Los Alamos National Laboratory and Kirtland Air Force Base. The sightings documented in this newly declassified file include:

"Green spheres" reported by multiple independent observers
"Discs" and "fireballs" over restricted nuclear airspace
Incidents from the Armed Forces Special Weapons Program (AFSWP)

These reports were classified and filed away. The government called them unexplained. And then they sat in storage for 76 years.

When combined with the 2023 Cheyenne Mountain incident, the pattern is unmistakable: UAPs have been appearing over nuclear sites — and only nuclear sites — for over 80 years.

The Foreign Adversary Dimension

This is no longer purely a domestic mystery. According to UAP Disclosure Foundation executive director Jordan Flowers, there is "reason to believe" that China and Russia have recovered UAP materials and are actively attempting to reverse-engineer the technology.

David Grusch, the former Air Force intelligence officer who testified under oath before Congress in 2023, has confirmed that foreign intelligence services — including Russian and Chinese programs — are "aware of what the U.S. possesses" and are engaged in a parallel race to understand non-human technology.

"This is a global phenomenon," Grusch stated at a press conference. "And there is a race to see who can reverse-engineer it first. The national security implications are profound."

The Disclosure Forum scheduled for June 25, 2026 at the U.S. Capitol is expected to address the foreign adversary dimension publicly for the first time.

What the Pattern Tells Us

When you align the documented timeline:

1948-1950: 209 sightings near Sandia nuclear base, New Mexico
2023: Five federal agents report mother orb releasing smaller orbs over Cheyenne Mountain nuclear command center
2021-2025: Recurring orb phenomenon within a 25-mile radius of an undisclosed northeastern U.S. location — FBI agents become eyewitnesses
June 12, 2026: The Pentagon releases all of it in a single batch, now publicly accessible

The government's own files — released by the government itself — now directly document a phenomenon that has repeatedly appeared at the sites where humanity stores its most destructive technology. The Pentagon's official position remains that these are "unresolved cases." They cannot reach a "conclusive determination." But the pattern speaks for itself.

FAQ

What is PURSUE Batch 3?

The third release of declassified UAP files from the U.S. Department of War's PURSUE program, published June 12, 2026. It contains 72 files including 53 documents, 10 digital renderings, 6 videos, and 3 audio recordings from the CIA, FBI, NASA, and other agencies.

What happened at Cheyenne Mountain?

Five federal law enforcement agents reported seeing a large glowing object hover over Cheyenne Mountain — NORAD's nuclear command center in Colorado — before releasing smaller orbs on a coordinated silent flight path. AARO confirmed the case remains unresolved.

What is the nuclear connection?

Pentagon files now document UAP sightings near nuclear facilities spanning from 1948 (Sandia Base, 209 sightings) to 2023 (Cheyenne Mountain, 5 federal agents). The consistent pattern of UAP activity around nuclear sites is documented across eight decades of declassified government records.

Are China and Russia involved?

According to UAP whistleblowers and intelligence sources, both China and Russia are believed to have recovered UAP materials and are attempting to reverse-engineer the technology. David Grusch testified they are aware of U.S. recovery programs.

What is WAR.GOV/UFO?

The official U.S. Department of War portal for the PURSUE UAP file releases. All 294 declassified files across three batches are publicly accessible at war.gov/UFO.

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