The Pentagon has begun releasing its UFO files after Trump’s order
The Pentagon released a batch of declassified UFO files on Friday, following President Donald Trump’s push for transparency on 'unidentified anomalous phenomena,' including military reports, NASA transcripts, and State Department cables detailing unexplained aerial sightings from 1969 to 2024. The documents describe erratic movements, high-speed maneuvers, and objects observed by pilots, astronauts, and intelligence officials, with no definitive explanations provided for anomalies like a triangular formation photographed during Apollo 17 or a 'super-hot' orb seen in 2023.
The Pentagon began releasing declassified files on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) on Friday, responding to President Donald Trump’s renewed focus on the topic. Trump’s administration framed the release as an effort to provide transparency, with the president tweeting on Truth Social that the public could now 'decide for themselves' what the documents reveal. The initial batch includes State Department cables, FBI interviews, NASA transcripts, and military reports spanning decades, with some files dating back to the Apollo missions. A 1994 State Department cable from the U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan describes a pilot and three Americans observing a brightly lit UAP over Kazakhstan in 1994, performing sharp 90-degree turns and corkscrew maneuvers at high speeds. Another military report from 2023 details a UAP flying low over the Aegean Sea, making rapid turns at an estimated 80 mph. An intelligence official’s account from last year describes encountering a 'super-hot' orb traveling at high speed, followed by four or five additional orbs that flared intermittently. NASA transcripts from the Apollo 11 mission reveal astronaut Buzz Aldrin spotted a 'fairly bright light source' and a 'sizeable' object near the moon in 1969. A 1972 Apollo 17 photograph shows three dots in a triangular formation, which the Pentagon notes remains unexplained despite preliminary analysis suggesting it could be a physical object. An FBI interview from September 2023 documents a drone pilot’s sighting of a linear object emitting an unusually bright light that vanished abruptly. The release also includes over 20 military videos of unidentified objects captured worldwide, from Syria and Japan to North America. The footage ranges from distant, fast-moving specks to a football-shaped object observed over the East China Sea in 2022. The most recent video, from January 1, 2024, appears to show two circular lights in flight. The Pentagon has published the files on a new website with retro military imagery and typewriter-style text, inviting public speculation about the nature of the anomalies.
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