Scientists analyzed 112 Pentagon UAP videos – a new problem has emerged
The Debrief reported on August 20, 2026, that researchers examined more than a hundred UAP videos released under the Pentagon's PURSUE program. According to the analysis, the scientists ran into a new difficulty in determining whether the videos actually show extraordinary flight capabilities.
According to The Debrief's report, a research team reviewed 112 UAP videos published under the Pentagon's program called PURSUE. According to the article, the analysis drew attention to a problem that makes it harder to establish scientifically whether the phenomena seen in the videos actually show capabilities that cannot be explained by known aircraft or atmospheric phenomena.
The available report reveals only this much for now: it is not known what exact kind of difficulty the researchers ran into, nor who carried out the analysis and what method they used. It is also not clear what period the 112 videos come from, or how many were released in total under the PURSUE program before.
What do we know, and what don't we?
What is certain is that such an analysis exists, and that The Debrief presented its results at the end of August. However, what exactly the problem referred to in the article's headline is, and whether it concerns the quality of the videos, the lack of measurement data or something else, is not clear from the currently accessible summary. Until the details of the full analysis become known, all that can be said about the scientific evaluation of the videos is what The Debrief has published so far: the question is open, and the methodological difficulties are newsworthy for researchers in themselves.