# Black Ops & Covert Operations Daily Scan — 2026-05-11 ## Summary Monday May 11 — the FOIA / declassification beat is still dominated by the **Pentagon PURSUE first-batch release** (war.gov/UFO/, May 8 launch, **162 records confirmed**: 120 PDFs + 28 videos + 14 images; 82 Pentagon, 56 FBI, 12 NASA, 8 State Department, 4 unattributed). A **second batch is now formally scheduled for June 2026** with rolling tranches "every few weeks" thereafter, drawing from tens of millions of records across the Department of War, NASA, FBI, ODNI, and other agencies. The week's other significant disclosure item is the **Dr. Steven Greer May 8 National Press Club event** (25th-anniversary of his 2001 Disclosure Project briefing) where whistleblower testimony on UAP, covert programs, and alleged "underground facilities / retrieval of unidentified materials and advanced aircraft" was presented — credibility-tier follow-on to the AATIP/AAWSAP legacy track. No new National Security Archive postings, MuckRock document drops, CIA/NSA/NRO/FBI Vault releases, or Senate/House intelligence committee activities of consequence for May 10-11. No formal SSCI or HPSCI PURSUE hearing on the May 11-15 calendar. --- ## New Operations / Programs None confirmed on May 10-11, 2026. --- ## Updates to Existing Operations ### PURSUE — Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters — UPDATED ✓ - **First batch (May 8, 2026), confirmed totals (thenextweb.com):** **162 records** = 120 PDF documents + 28 videos + 14 images. **Source breakdown:** 82 Pentagon, 56 FBI, 12 NASA, 8 State Department, 4 unattributed. - **Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth quote:** "These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation — and it's time the American people see it for themselves." (Carried in next-cycle coverage thenextweb.com.) - **Second batch (June 2026 target) — confirmed:** Tens of millions of records across the Department of War, NASA, the FBI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and other agencies are the available source pool. Rolling tranches "every few weeks." - **Day 3-4 reaction coverage continues:** - U.S. News (May 8 backstop): "Pentagon Declassifies UFO Files and Photos Following Trump Order." - Doolly (May 9-10 explainer): aggregator coverage including the 1994 Kazakhstan State Department cable and the 2023 Aegean Sea military report (90-degree turns ~80 mph). - thenextweb.com: confirms the 162-file figure and Hegseth quote. - NRIGlobe / procapitas.com: international and aggregator lenses; September 2023 ovaloid composite-sketch sighting reiterated. - Earthsky.org: Apollo-lens continued framing. - KIX 102 FM: "Bright lights and hot orbs" framing of the Pentagon spokesman's "make up your own minds" quote. - The War Zone (twz.com): markedly skeptical day-2 analysis ("Shrugging") continues to circulate as the technical-merit counter-narrative. - **Congressional carry-over:** - Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN): public thanks to Trump on transparency. - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL): March 2026 letter demanded 46 specific UAP videos identified by whistleblowers. **None of those 46 confirmed in the May 8 first batch.** Luna and a small group of Congressional Republicans pressing for further transparency. - No formal SSCI / HPSCI hearing on PURSUE scheduled for May 11-15 week per public hearings calendar. - **GitHub mirror** (github.com/ckpxgfnksd-max/uap-release-01) remains the leading community-analysis third-party corpus. 132 files / 2.4 GB / LFS-backed. Authoritative source remains war.gov/UFO/. Sources: cnn.com (May 8 release), abcnews.com (May 8 release), nbcnews.com (May 8 release), npr.org (May 8 release), cbsnews.com (May 8 release), thenextweb.com (May 9-10 confirmation of 162-file count and Hegseth quote), war.gov/UFO/, war.gov/News/Releases/ Release/Article/4480582/ (formal DoW release statement), en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_UAP_files, scientificamerican.com, usnews.com, doolly.com. **`blkops/index.html` change:** UPDATE the PURSUE entry to reflect the confirmed first-batch totals (162 records, 120 PDFs + 28 videos + 14 images, source breakdown 82/56/12/8/4) and the June 2026 second- batch schedule. --- ### Greer / Disclosure Project — 25th Anniversary Press Club Event - **May 8, 2026:** Dr. Steven Greer unveiled whistleblower testimony and evidence on UAP at the **National Press Club**, commemorating the 25th anniversary of his groundbreaking 2001 Disclosure Project briefing. - **Content presented:** First-hand whistleblower testimonies paired with video footage and photographs related to UAP, covert governmental programs, and transparency matters. Notable speakers included former military officials sharing experiences related to alleged "underground facilities and the retrieval of unidentified materials and advanced aircraft." - **Credibility tier:** Activist-disclosure-side credibility (Greer's Disclosure Project track record). Falls in the same category as the Grusch testimony and the AATIP/AAWSAP legacy disclosure lineage — notable signal, not a fact-of-record on a specific program. - **Cross-reference:** Falls in the same week as PURSUE first-batch release and is being received in different lanes (Greer's activist-disclosure community) vs. the Pentagon's formal PURSUE posture. Source: third-news.com (The Upcoming Disclosure Event Featuring Whistleblower Insights and Visual Evidence). **`blkops/index.html` change:** None today (Greer briefings are recurring disclosure-activist events; no specific covert-program entry warrants modification on the basis of the press-club briefing alone — defer until a specific named program surfaces in his testimony with corroborating sourcing). --- ### AARO Active Caseload - AARO active caseload remains in the **2,400+** range (carry from DefenseScoop / NewsRescue, no May 10-11 revision). - PURSUE continues to be framed across May 10-11 coverage as a **publication path for closed and historical records, not the active investigative caseload**. - AARO UAP Records page (aaro.mil/UAP-Records/) is being updated to reflect the PURSUE release as a complementary publication path. **`blkops/index.html` change:** None. --- ### Legacy Disclosure Programs (AATIP / UAPTF / AAWSAP / etc.) - No new whistleblower testimony of consequence for May 10-11 beyond the Greer Press Club event above. - Legacy program tracking remains static. **`blkops/index.html` change:** None. --- ## FOIA & Declassification Activity - **The Black Vault (theblackvault.com):** No new May 10-11 batch postings of consequence indexed; the PURSUE corpus is partially cross-referenced. - **MuckRock:** No new releases of consequence in the scan window. - **National Security Archive (nsarchive.gwu.edu):** No new document-set postings indexed for May 10-11. - **CIA Reading Room (cia.gov/readingroom/):** No noteworthy new postings indexed. - **NSA Declassification Initiatives:** No noteworthy new postings indexed. - **NRO FOIA:** No noteworthy new postings indexed; primary NRO attention this week is operational (NROL-172 launch today). - **FBI Vault (vault.fbi.gov):** No noteworthy new postings indexed. - **State Department FOIA (foia.state.gov):** No noteworthy new postings indexed. - **National Archives NDC release lists:** No new release announcement indexed. - **FOIA.gov:** No agency-level release of consequence indexed. --- ## Congressional & Oversight Activity - **House Oversight & Reform Committee:** No new UAP / black-program hearings scheduled for the May 11-15 week per public calendar (congress.gov committee schedule for the week of May 4-10 showed no UAP-specific hearings; week of May 11-17 likewise clear at scan time). - **Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI):** No PURSUE hearing scheduled. - **House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI):** No PURSUE hearing scheduled. - **Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation** (Mace, R-SC) and **Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs** (Grothman, R-WI) — both with prior 2024-2025 UAP joint-hearing track record; no May 11-17 follow-up scheduled at scan time. - **Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets:** prior hearings on UAP transparency and whistleblower protection remain the most recent on-record activity. No new hearing scheduled for May 11-17. --- ## Sources Checked - foia.gov - nsarchive.gwu.edu - cia.gov/readingroom - foia.state.gov - vault.fbi.gov - nsa.gov declassification initiatives - congress.gov hearings & meetings (April 27 – May 3, May 4-10 schedule) - intelligence.senate.gov - intelligence.house.gov (Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence calendar) - oversight.house.gov - aaro.mil / aaro.mil/UAP-Records - theblackvault.com - muckrock.com - The Intercept - Reuters / AP / NYT / WaPo (general newsroom feeds for FOIA-related stories) - cnn.com, nbcnews.com, npr.org, abcnews.com, cbsnews.com (PURSUE release coverage) - thenextweb.com (PURSUE 162-file confirmation) - usnews.com (PURSUE legal-process framing) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_UAP_files - war.gov/UFO/ and war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4480582/ - third-news.com (Greer May 8 Press Club event) - whistleblowersblog.org --- ## Page Updates - `blkops/index.html`: NEEDS UPDATE — PURSUE entry should be updated with the confirmed first-batch totals (162 records = 120 PDFs + 28 videos + 14 images; 82 Pentagon, 56 FBI, 12 NASA, 8 State, 4 unattributed) and the June 2026 second-batch schedule. No new entry for the Greer Press Club event (deferred until a specific named covert program surfaces with corroborating sourcing). - `blkops/scans/2026-05-11.md`: this file (created).