Department of War PURSUE File
DOE-UAP-D001, Enhanced PANTEX Imagery
Editorial summary
This file documents a report of an unidentified object incident at the Pantex facility, operated by Consolidated Nuclear Security. The report includes enhanced imagery captured by a ground surveillance radar tower and additional images processed by Sandia National Labs.
The document is heavily redacted. Key details about when the incident occurred, what witnesses observed, how the object behaved, and what investigators concluded do not appear in the declassified portions of this file. The metadata indicates no specific incident location or date is available for public release.
What remains visible are references to the imaging systems used to detect or track the object: ground-based radar surveillance and laboratory enhancement of the resulting images. The presence of enhanced imagery and involvement of a national laboratory suggests the incident warranted technical analysis beyond initial observation.
Without access to the unredacted portions of this report, readers cannot learn what personnel witnessed, what the radar detected, or what conclusions investigators reached. The file stands as a record that such an incident was documented and investigated, but the substantive details remain classified.
Editorial summary written by govweird from the declassified document text. The official government description follows below.
Government description
A Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report that includes an enhanced image from ground surveillance radar tower.
Caption issued by the U.S. Department of War on war.gov/ufo. Verbatim, unedited.
Originating agency
Department of Energy
Record type
Incident date
Unspecified
Incident location
Unspecified
Release tranche
Release 02 (May 8, 2026)
Distribution
Cleared for public release