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Pentagon Begins Releasing Batch of Previously Public UFO Documents on New Website
The Pentagon on Friday posted the initial batch of documents, photos and videos from FBI, Defense Department, State Department and NASA archives following President Trump's February 2026 directive. The files, hosted at https://www.war.gov/UFO/, include historical records from the 1940s, Apollo program sightings and recent UAP reports from 2023 and 2024.
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Gov/UFO/. The initial drop focuses on 162 FBI documents in PDF format and marks the start of a rolling release schedule with new materials every few weeks. " The Pentagon coordinated the release in partnership with the White House, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, the Energy Department, NASA and the FBI.
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In February 2026, President Trump directed the Pentagon and other agency heads via Truth Social to release files on UFOs, UAPs, unidentified flying objects, and any alien and extraterrestrial life. Trump has said he is not sure whether or not aliens exist. U.S.
Government has never claimed that it has detected or encountered extraterrestrial life in any of these disclosures. The files contain documents, photos and videos from the FBI, Defense Department, State Department and NASA. Many of the files contain documents that are already publicly available, but some versions have more pages or fewer redactions than previously released versions.
The files also contain scanned historical material about government UAP and UFO programs dating back to the 1940s, including material related to the Apollo program. Video footage and images of UAP sightings captured around the world appear in the release. Federal employees in the western US reported sightings of “orbs launching orbs” in 2023.
The US military reported a “misshapen and uneven ball of white light” in Syria in 2024. An amoeba-like shape was captured by the US Indo-Pacific Command in 2024, while a bright round shape was filmed by the US Central Command in 2024. Apollo crews reported a light flash on the lunar surface during Apollo 17.
Unidentified lights appear in a picture taken by the Apollo 17 crew from the surface of the Moon. The files contain a compendium of UAP reports from the public during the late 1940s, handwritten or produced by typewriter. The Pentagon has tracked reports of unidentified aerial phenomena for decades.
