DOE-UAP-D005, Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report, 2015
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)
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- War.gov PURSUE
- Type
- Report
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Agency
- Department of Energy
- Reference #
- RELEASE-04-FILE-013-DOE-UAP-D005-PANTEX-UNIDENTIFIED-OBJECT-INCIDENT-REPORT-2015
- Published
- 2026-07-10
- Content Type
- application/pdf
- Pages
- 7
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The report says Pantex ground-surveillance radar detected an unknown object west of the facility shortly after 07:00, moving north at an estimated 10–15 mph.
identified an unknown object flying in a non-threatening manner west of Pantex facilities
Protective Force personnel secured pedestrian and vehicle gates and repositioned patrols to protect assets after the radar alert.
All plant pedestrian and vehicle gates leading into and out of security areas were immediately secured
Ground observers described a diamond-like shape, rounded at the top, and Security Police Officers also tracked it with a CROWS camera.
their perspective of the object was that it was a "diamond" type shape
Witnesses estimated an altitude of 100–200 feet, an observation distance of 75–100 meters, and a duration of three to five minutes; these are recorded estimates, not instrumentally established dimensions.
The SPOs stated that it was 100-200 ft. above the ground
One binocular observer estimated the object at roughly four feet tall and two feet wide at the bottom, while witnesses disagreed about whether its colors appeared black, silver, red, or blue.
approximately 4 ft. tall and 2 ft. wide at the bottom
The report states that the object never appeared threatening or approached sensitive assets and remained over open, unpopulated areas before leaving the site.
at no time did the object appear to be threatening in nature
Video from a ground-surveillance radar tower was sent to Sandia National Laboratories, but the report says distance prevented the recording from showing much detail.
The video does not provide much detail of the object due to the distance
The incident evidence, including statements and video, was turned over to the FBI according to the report.
All evidence of the incident
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Incident report dated
The Pantex incident report records the event and protective response.
Pantex radar and visual observation
Security personnel tracked an unknown object west and north of the Pantex facility.
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