DOE-UAP-D001: Enhanced PANTEX Imagery (Unidentified Object Incident Report)
Date
Unknown — incident date fully redacted
Document Type
Gov. Report
Pages
6
Authentication
Official PublicationRedaction Status
▐ Partially RedactedIssuing Authority
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) / National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Summary
A formal Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report containing a radar image from a ground surveillance radar tower at the PANTEX Plant — the primary U.S. nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility near Amarillo, Texas. The radar display shows a circular return in the upper-right quadrant representing an unidentified object track. The document is classified UCNI (Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information) and is 6 pages. It is the first Department of Energy file released in the PURSUE numbering system.
Significance
DOE-UAP-D001 is among the most operationally significant documents in PURSUE's entire corpus. PANTEX is the singular chokepoint for the entire U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile — every weapon passes through this facility. A formal 'Unidentified Object Incident Report' with enhanced radar sensor data from PANTEX establishes that an unidentified aerial object penetrated or approached the most sensitive nuclear weapons facility in the country, generating an official DOE incident report. This extends the nuclear-site UAP pattern (Malmstrom, Minot, Rendlesham) into the weapons production and assembly sector of the nuclear complex.