Pentagon Releases 162 Secret UFO Files
The first tranche includes 162 files, with military videos, FBI interviews and NASA records released as the Pentagon says more will follow.
- On Friday, May 8, 2026, the Department of War launched war.gov/ufo, publishing 162 declassified files on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena under a transparency initiative ordered by President Donald Trump.
- President Trump directed Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on February 19, 2026, to identify and release government records related to extraterrestrial life, citing a desire for 'unprecedented transparency.'
- The initial tranche includes 162 documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Aeronautics and Space Administration Apollo missions, featuring unresolved footage of an inverted teardrop over the United Arab Emirates.
- Representative Tim Burchett praised the release as 'a historic first step,' while critics labeled the initiative a political distraction from controversies surrounding the Epstein Files.
- Pentagon officials confirmed additional files will be released on a rolling basis, though the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office 2024 report found no evidence confirming alien technology.
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The Pentagon, at President Trump's direction, has released 161 new files related to UFOs. These include accounts from Apollo astronauts, videos from the Middle East, and reports from civilians. All cases remain unresolved.
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Videos showing undefinable objects became available to the public on Friday.
Over 160 documents related to UFO sightings are now available to the population after the publication of the U.S. War Department. Among these are also transcriptions of some astronauts of the Apollo 17 mission.
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