Pentagon Announces Tranche 2 Imminent; Rep. Burchett Teases 'Holy Crap' Moment

Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced via social media on May 19 that a second batch of PURSUE UAP files was 'actively being processed for publication' with 'more to come very soon.' Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), a prominent House Oversight member and UAP disclosure advocate, publicly teased that the upcoming second release would contain content so significant it would make people say 'holy crap.' Fox News ran the story prominently, with multiple regional affiliates syndicating the coverage. The announcement came just one day before Trump's May 20 executive order milestone — approximately 90 days after his February 19, 2026 Truth Social announcement directing the Pentagon to begin releasing UAP files. Burchett's language matched his pattern of dramatic previews; the Pentagon's confirmation that processing was actively underway represented a concrete commitment to the PURSUE rolling release schedule. The announcement followed a week of intense institutional criticism of Tranche 1 — DefenseScoop's May 14 report featuring six officials calling it 'data without disclosure' — and indicated the second release would respond to that criticism with more operationally significant materials.