WAR.gov/UFO portal surpasses one billion visits
Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell publicly stated that the new WAR.gov/UFO portal had surpassed one billion worldwide visits after the first tranche of U.S. UFO files was released. He also said that a second release of UAP files was actively being prepared for publication.
Background
After the launch of the WAR.gov/UFO portal, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell reported on May 18, 2026 that public access to the released U.S. UFO files had reached an unusually large scale. The stated figure of more than one billion visits makes the episode a visible disclosure milestone, even though the traffic figure itself does not add new UAP case data.
Parnell also said that a second tranche of UAP files was actively being prepared for publication. The development therefore sits in the immediate follow-up context of the first May 8, 2026 release and the continuing debate over additional military UAP material.
Significance
The event documents unusually high public engagement with the official U.S. UFO files portal and confirms that additional UAP files were being prepared. It is relevant as a disclosure follow-up, but of medium importance because the article does not provide a verifiable original document URL for new files.