PURSUE Initiative

Referenced in 4 episodes

Definition

A Department of War program releasing UAP-related documents and videos to the public, including FBI files describing orbs seen by intelligence officials.

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Did Trump Authorize The Shootdown Of UFOs?

WeaponizedOct 2, 2026

Liberation Times journalist Chris Sharp joins George Knapp and Jeremy Corbell to investigate claims that President Trump authorized the shootdown of UAP over a US test range, likely White Sands, possibly as part of a 'luring' operation. Both the Department of War and the White House declined to deny the allegation, which Sharp ties to tests of the LOCUST laser system and the disappearance of its developer's former technology director. The conversation then turns to David Grusch's latest Joe Rogan interview, which described footage of non-human bodies, reptilian beings being shot, and alleged factions of competing alien species.

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Richard Dolan: USOs, PURSUE Files & Where UFO Disclosure Goes Next

Somewhere in the SkiesSep 28, 2026

UFO historian Richard Dolan returns to discuss volume two of his history of unidentified submerged objects (USOs), arguing that the 1970s was by far the most active decade for water-based UFO encounters. He walks through dramatic cases, including a glowing sphere disabling systems on the USS John F. Kennedy, Soviet divers allegedly meeting nine-foot beings in Lake Baikal, and a mysterious figure who reportedly walked through a bulkhead on the USS Saratoga to warn of an engine-room fuel leak. Dolan also weighs in on the PURSUE file releases, the Wall Street Journal's UFO hazing story, whistleblower waivers, and why he thinks a major data leak is more likely than official disclosure.

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PURSUE 6 Files & Waiver, Wall Street Journal Under Fire, NHI Communication with AI

Somewhere in the SkiesSep 23, 2026

Hosts Ryan Sprague and Suzanne Landers break down the sixth tranche of UFO files released through the Pentagon's PURSUE initiative, including a newly surfaced 1952 audio briefing by Project Blue Book's Edward Ruppelt that describes silent, ultra-fast craft near nuclear sites, much like reports today. They also question a new Defense Department waiver for UAP whistleblowers, calling it a possible honeypot, and cover Christopher Mellon's challenge to the Wall Street Journal's UFO reporting. The episode closes with Jacques Vallée's account of a psychic named Gilbert who allegedly tried to communicate with a glowing non-human entity inside a mountain lab, plus Vallée's speculation that AI might reach out to non-human intelligence without us.

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PURSUE Tranche 6 UFO Files RELEASED | Breakdown & Reactions

Somewhere in the SkiesSep 19, 2026

Ryan Sprague reacts live to the sixth batch (tranche) of UFO files released through the Pentagon's PURSUE initiative, which includes military infrared videos, police cellphone footage, and Defense Intelligence Agency technical documents. The highlight is a newly declassified 1952 audio presentation by Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, head of Project Blue Book, in which he admits that about 20% of roughly 800 cases remained unexplained. Sprague dismisses most of the videos as poor quality but finds Ruppelt's candid discussion of the Lubbock Lights, the green fireballs, and silent disc-shaped objects historically valuable.

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