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Pantex nuclear UAP 2015: full report transcription

DOE ReportPantex PlantFull TranscriptOfficer AccountsPURSUE Batch 4July 2026First Transcription

Compiled from the Department of Energy report on the September 1, 2015 Pantex Plant UAP incident, released July 10, 2026 via the PURSUE fourth batch. Direct quotations from the report are transcribed below exactly as recorded.

← Overview: Pantex Nuclear Plant UAP 2015

Source note: Transcribed from the Department of Energy UAP incident report released July 10, 2026 as part of PURSUE Release 04, available at war.gov/ufo. The document was produced by the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees the Pantex Plant. Direct quotations are taken from reporting by CBS News, ProtoThema, Interesting Engineering, and NewsNation, all of which quote the document directly.
Date and location

September 1, 2015. Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas. The United States' primary facility for the assembly, disassembly, maintenance, and life extension of nuclear weapons.

The lockdown

An unidentified object entered the restricted airspace above the Pantex Plant. The facility was placed on lockdown in response to the incursion. Two Department of Energy security officers were dispatched to pursue the object.

The pursuit

The security officers pursued the object by vehicle. They were unable to catch up to it.

The officers' direct account, quoted from the report

"Although they were unable to catch up to the object, they stopped their vehicle and got out. Once outside, they noted that the object did not make any sound. Furthermore, the officers stated that they were unable to identify any type of propulsion system on the object while using binoculars to assess the object."

Physical description

Witnesses described the object as diamond-shaped, rounded at the top, approximately four feet tall and two feet wide at the base. The object was traveling at approximately 10 to 15 miles per hour. Witness accounts differed on the object's color. All witnesses agreed on the shape, the silence, and the absence of any visible propulsion system.

Outcome

The object disappeared from view. The report does not include a conclusion about the object's identity, origin, or nature. No subsequent investigation finding is present in the publicly released version of the document.

The key passage in the document is the officers' observation after exiting their vehicle. Two facts are stated as direct officer observations, not as speculation: the object produced no sound, and no propulsion system was visible even under binocular examination.

The absence of sound eliminates conventional rotor-driven aircraft, which produce significant auditory signatures at the described altitude and proximity. The absence of any visible propulsion system under binocular examination is the detail that makes this report significant. At four feet tall and two feet wide, the object was small enough that its full structure was visible at close range. The officers examined it with optical equipment specifically designed to clarify distant detail. They still could not identify any mechanism producing its movement.

The report records this as a DOE security incident at a nuclear weapons facility, not as a UAP research document. The Department of Energy does not typically produce UAP research documents. This is a security officer incident report documenting a response to an airspace incursion over a nuclear weapons handling facility.

The publicly released document does not include: any follow-up investigation finding, any subsequent identification of the object, radar data from the Pantex Plant's perimeter security systems, photographic or video evidence from the pursuit, the full text of the original security incident report before declassification review, or any assessment from the National Nuclear Security Administration about the nature of the incursion.

Department of Energy UAP incident report, Pantex Plant, September 1, 2015. Released July 10, 2026 via PURSUE Release 04.

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