DOE-UAP-D005, Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report, 2015
- Kind
- Document
- Agency
- Department of Energy
- Incident date
- 9/1/15
- Location
- Texas
- Released
- Jul 10, 2026
- Record
- DOE-UAP-D005
The file opens on war.gov, the Department of War's PURSUE site.
WHAT THE RECORD SAYS
The government's own description, as released.
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)
RELEASED WITH
DOE-UAP-D001, Enhanced PANTEX Imagery
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