The Second Batch of UAP Files Is Coming “Very Soon.” Burchett Says What’s in It Will Make People Say “Holy Crap.”

On Monday, May 18, 2026, Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell posted on X that the next batch of declassified UAP files is “actively being processed” and will be released “very soon.” The announcement comes ten days after the first batch of 162 records — including Apollo mission photographs, military encounter videos, and FBI files spanning 1947 to 2025 — went live at war.gov/UFO. Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee, who sits on the House Oversight Committee and has been one of the most persistent congressional voices for UAP transparency, added context that elevated the announcement beyond standard government schedule-keeping. Burchett said that what is coming in the next release will make people say “holy crap.” He has said previously that the classified briefings he has received would cause the country to “come unglued.” He has not specified what the second batch will contain. Neither has the Pentagon.

The first release, which went live on May 8, 2026, under the PURSUE program — the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters — generated enormous immediate public response. Within 48 hours, the war.gov/UFO portal was receiving traffic in the millions of visits. The 162 records included Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 lunar photographs with highlighted anomalous areas that the Department of War has opened formal investigations into, a two-minute-57-second infrared video from US Central Command showing an object executing multiple 90-degree turns at 80 miles per hour, FBI files with 1966 accounts of small humanoid figures described as wearing space suits, the French COMETA report, and the Roswell Dallas field office memo.

The reaction from within the expert community was mixed. Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku rated the release a “10 out of 10” turning point and argued the burden of proof had shifted to the government to explain why the documented phenomena are not from an intelligent source. Astrophysicist Adam Frank told NPR that the files were “just more fuzzy blob videos” and that none of the material changed the scientific question of intelligent extraterrestrial visitation. Both men are looking at the same documents.

What Burchett Has Said About the Second Batch

Burchett’s track record on this specific topic matters here. He is not a person who casually overpromises. In March 2026, when discussing the pattern of deaths and disappearances among nuclear and aerospace research personnel, he said unprompted and on the record that he is not suicidal — a pre-emptive public statement that reflected a seriousness of purpose and a personal risk calculus that few politicians make.

When Burchett describes something as “holy crap” material, he is drawing on classified briefings that he has received as a member of the House Oversight Committee from AARO and from senior Pentagon and intelligence community officials. He cannot describe the specific content publicly. What he can do is characterize its impact level.

“Holy crap” is a strong characterization from a man who has sat in those rooms.

The Pentagon has not confirmed what the second batch will include. Officials have said only that it is “actively being processed” and contains documents and materials that require declassification review before they can be posted publicly. The first batch took several weeks to curate from the February 20 directive through to the May 8 posting. If the second batch follows a similar timeline, it is likely 2 to 4 weeks away.

The Broader Disclosure Arc Right Now

The second file batch arrives in the context of the most active UAP policy period in American history. In the same week Parnell made his May 18 announcement, former CIA research scientist Hal Puthoff appeared on a podcast and stated that the US has recovered at least four distinct extraterrestrial species from crash sites. The second UAP file batch from the government is arriving alongside a cascade of private claims from credentialed intelligence and defense community figures that has been building for three years.

One context point that sharpens the picture: the original PURSUE program description, as given by Defense Secretary Hegseth, commits the Pentagon to rolling releases “every few weeks.” If that commitment holds, the American public is not looking at a single dramatic reveal but at a sustained multi-month disclosure process in which the second batch is simply the next chapter.

Burchett has hinted that not every release will be equally dramatic. But he has said the second one will be. And whatever “holy crap” means in the specific vocabulary of a man who has attended classified UAP briefings and described them to his constituents as country-ungluing, the appropriate response is to mark the calendar and wait.

Sources: Fox News — Second Batch of UFO Files Set to Be Released After Lawmaker Teased “Holy Crap” Moment (May 19, 2026) — Charisma Magazine — Trump Administration Preparing Massive New UFO File Release, Pentagon Confirms (May 19, 2026) — Unexplained Mysteries — Pentagon Reveals Fresh Update on Next Batch of Trump’s UFO Files (May 19, 2026) — NBC News — Pentagon Releases Declassified UFO Files Including Videos and Photos (May 8, 2026)