DOE-UAP-D005

Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report, 2015

A document shows a black and white image from a ground surveillance radar tower, with a small object circled in red in the sky above a flat landscape.

Official description

This file contains imagery and a report documenting the circumstances surrounding a September 1, 2015, incident involving an unidentified object intruding the airspace above the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas. The Pantex Plant is a sensitive national security site that contains the primary facility for the assembly, disassembly, maintenance, and life-extension of nuclear weapons. Pages 5 and 6 of this report were originally released under the PURSUE initiative in a more redacted form on May 22, 2026. (See: DOE-UAP-D001, Enhanced Pantex Imagery)

Reproduced verbatim from the releasing agency.

AI summary

This file details an incident from September 1, 2015, involving an unidentified object that entered the airspace above the Pantex Plant in Texas, a critical site for nuclear weapons operations. The report includes imagery and outlines the circumstances of the encounter, highlighting national security implications. It also references previous disclosures related to the incident.