Cases

Documented public cases and government case files from PURSUE — not verdicts.

Completed mid-forms come first. Then a coming-soon queue of additional documented cases we are writing up.

Latest case · October 2026

Tehran, Iran (1976) — The F-4 Cable

19 September 1976: two Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantoms were scrambled over Tehran at night. The U.S. defense attaché’s cable says one jet lost its instruments and communications as it closed in; the other’s weapons panel went dead as the pilot tried to fire an AIM-9. DIA graded the report “High.” Files: DIA cable IR 6 846 0139 76 (USDAO Tehran, 23 Sep 1976, FOIA release); DIA evaluation form + routing slip, 8 Dec 78. Real documents shown as released; AI narration, no AI imagery.

Watch on YouTube

2024

Tyndall “Tic Tac” — USCG IR (PR065 / PR066)

Two PURSUE Release 2 Coast Guard infrared clips titled “TIC TAC IR hot.” The catalog gives only Southeastern United States, 2024 — no paired PDF, no mission report, no chain of custody.

Watch on YouTube

1952

Tremonton 1952 — Newhouse Film

Navy photographer Delbert Newhouse films ten–twelve bright objects near Tremonton, Utah. Blue Book, Navy PIC, and later Air Force memos disagree — and the file never settles.

Watch on YouTube

2023

Yellow Sea / East China Sea — INDOPACOM IR

Dedicated deep-dive on six PURSUE Release 6 Indo-Pacific Command infrared packages (PR143–152 / PR148): focus-box language, platform occlusion, missing public MISREP gap.

Watch on YouTube

2026

PURSUE Release 6 — Overview

Full-breadth Release 6 walk: Middle East IR, Yellow Sea / East China Sea shelf, Colorado LE, Tremonton 1952, AAWSAP DIRDs. Official DVIDS / war.gov media.

Watch on YouTube

1980

Rendlesham Forest (1980) — Halt Memo

U.S. Air Force personnel near RAF Woodbridge reported lights and an unexplained object in Rendlesham Forest. Events are documented in contemporaneous memos, including Lt. Col. Charles Halt’s January 1981 report.

Watch on YouTube

2011

FBI Dark Triangle with Lights

FBI-UAP-D029 triangle-with-lights report/rendering.

Watch on YouTube

2023

FBI Large Triangle with Red Lights

FBI-UAP-D031 large triangle / red lights report/rendering.

Watch on YouTube

2002

FBI Airborne Triangle

FBI-UAP-D025 triangle rendering/report from PURSUE R05.

Watch on YouTube

1953

Film Analysis of Unidentified Objects

DOW-UAP-D098 early film-analysis paperwork in PURSUE.

Watch on YouTube

2023

FBI Dark Translucent Triangle

FBI-UAP-D027 Colorado Springs–area triangle report/rendering.

Watch on YouTube

2004

Nimitz

U.S. Navy personnel associated with the USS Nimitz strike group reported unidentified aerial objects off Southern California. DOD-released FLIR footage shows a tic-tac–shaped object tracked by an F/A-18 system.

Watch on YouTube

2008

Stephenville

In January 2008, residents near Stephenville, Texas, reported large bright objects in the evening sky. Local and national coverage followed; explanations remain contested in the public record.

Watch on YouTube

2015

Gimbal (2015) — Navy FLIR

January 2015 Navy FLIR later authorized for public release by DoD (with FLIR and Go Fast). Mid-form stays on DVIDS/NAVAIR primary (DOD_110891172).

Watch on YouTube

2015

GoFast (2015) — Navy ATFLIR

January 2015 Navy ATFLIR later authorized for public release by DoD (with FLIR and Gimbal). Apparent skim/speed vs parallax — AARO Feb 2025. Mid-form stays on DVIDS primary (DOD_110886776).

Watch on YouTube

1997

Phoenix Lights (1997)

Two clocks on March 13. Luke AFB letter May 1, 1997 on the record. Flare debate in July. AI stills labeled — not witness footage. DVIDS flares context only.

Watch on YouTube

1964

CIA Puerto Rico, 1964 (CIA-UAP-D022 / D023)

A Navy pilot reports a Mach 3 delta, and a destroyer's radar logs “in excess of 3800 knots.” The CIA office behind OXCART says it isn't one of theirs, runs the radar film, and gets about 485 knots. Its verdict is “probably a delta-wing fighter,” with a Cuban MiG-21 the memo can neither “suggest or deny.” Two CIA memos from February 1965, read on screen. PURSUE Release 05.

Watch on YouTube

1963

Bahia, Brazil (1963) — The Sphere in Conde

A Rio radio bulletin claimed a metal sphere with a dead occupant fell in Conde, Bahia. A CIA FBIS transcript reached the White House space council, which asked State to check. The embassy and the Salvador consulate found nothing on the ground and called the story “apparently fabricated in Rio.” Files: EOP-UAP-D001, DOS-UAP-D001, DOS-UAP-D002.

Watch on YouTube

2023

Western U.S. (2023) — Orbs Launching Orbs

October 2023: six federal special agents reported orange lights releasing smaller red lights near a redacted “sensitive national security site” in the western United States. AARO’s June 2026 memo says the agents collected no video; one agent’s statement mentions “the video footage.” AARO: about 60% plausibly infrared flares, about 40% no plausible explanation. Files: DOW-UAP-D077, D078 (AI-generated notional map), D079–D083; FBI renderings and recreations are labeled, not footage.

Watch on YouTube

1976

Tehran, Iran (1976) — The F-4 Cable

19 September 1976: two Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantoms were scrambled over Tehran at night. The U.S. defense attaché’s cable says one jet lost its instruments and communications as it closed in; the other’s weapons panel went dead as the pilot tried to fire an AIM-9. DIA graded the report “High.” Files: DIA cable IR 6 846 0139 76 (USDAO Tehran, 23 Sep 1976, FOIA release); DIA evaluation form + routing slip, 8 Dec 78. Real documents shown as released; AI narration, no AI imagery.

Watch on YouTube

More PURSUE cases as we write them up. Each entry cites public records and leaves room for open questions.