Complete guide to declassified UFO and UAP files: what has been officially released, by which agencies, and what the documents actually show. Updated June 2026.
▶ Live TrendsGovernment UFO and UAP file declassification has accelerated dramatically since 2017. What began as carefully controlled releases of select Navy videos has evolved into a broader transparency process driven by Congressional mandates, whistleblower pressure, and FOIA litigation. Here is what has been officially released as of June 2026.
The modern declassification era began when the New York Times published three Navy videos — Gimbal, GoFast, and FLIR1 (Tic Tac) — alongside reporting on the classified AATIP program. The Pentagon initially neither confirmed nor denied the videos, but later officially confirmed their authenticity in 2019-2020.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released the first official unclassified UAP report in June 2021. The nine-page report acknowledged 144 UAP incidents reported by US military personnel between 2004 and 2021, with 143 remaining unexplained. The report confirmed UAP as a genuine national security concern.
The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office released multiple public reports covering historical UAP cases and current investigation methodology. These reports represent the most comprehensive official public accounting of government UAP investigation to date, acknowledging ongoing anomalous phenomena while stopping short of confirming non-human origin.
The UAP Disclosure Act mandated the creation of a review board with authority to declassify UAP materials over agency objections, similar to the JFK Records Act. Materials released under this mandate represent the most significant potential source of new public information, with key deadlines in 2026.
The most significant alleged UAP files — those describing crash retrieval programs, recovered non-human materials, and reverse engineering efforts — remain classified. These are precisely the materials David Grusch described in his 2023 testimony. Whether June 2026 produces these releases is the central question driving current alien file search interest.
Each new declassification produces measurable search spikes on our live tracker. Watch the real-time impact of any June 2026 releases at epsteinvsaliens.com — updated every 30 seconds.