Pentagon Releases First 162 Historical UAP Documents on New Government Portal

President Trump directed agencies in February to identify and release government records tied to UFOs, UAPs and extraterrestrial-related material.

He announced the first release in a Truth Social post that read: “As for my promise to you, the Department of War has released the first tranche of the UFO/UAP files to the Public for their review and study. In an effort for Complete and Maximum Transparency, it was my Honor to direct my Administration to identify and provide Government files related to Alien and Extraterrestrial Life, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, and Unidentified Flying Objects.

” White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said President Trump ordered the Department of War to release the files because he is the most transparent president in history.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said the intelligence community is coordinating a comprehensive declassification effort across multiple agencies. FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau was supporting the review process with the same rigor and integrity we bring to every national security matter.

The documents contain eyewitness testimony, photos and reports of sightings dating back decades from locations around the globe.

Of the 162 files, 108 contain redactions made to protect eyewitness identities, government facility locations or sensitive military site information unrelated to UAP. No redactions were applied to any material concerning the nature or existence of reported UAP encounters. Fourteen images accompany the release.

Six show objects and phenomena observed by NASA astronauts during the Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 missions on the lunar surface. An archival photo taken on the Moon by Apollo 12 astronauts in 1969 includes overlaid boxes marking areas of interest. Apollo 17 astronaut Jack Schmitt reported seeing a flash on the lunar surface north of Grimaldi crater.

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command depicts a football-shaped UAP near Japan. The 28 videos capture reported sightings worldwide between 2020 and 2026. One video recorded in Greece in 2023 shows an object executing multiple 90-degree turns at approximately 80 miles per hour.

Another from the Indo-Pacific region shows a football-shaped object. A video from Syria displays two semi-transparent, irregularly shaped orange areas that each appear for about two seconds. An FBI photograph overlaid with a graphic depicts an apparent ellipsoid bronze metallic object, estimated at 130-195 feet in length, materializing from a bright light in the sky before disappearing instantaneously.

The release also contains the FBI's case file 62-HQ-83894, spanning 18 documents and covering reports of unidentified objects and flying discs from 1947 to 1968. This version includes fewer redactions and newly declassified pages than prior releases.

One memo in the file reports that a major in the Air Force informed the Dallas field office that an object purporting to be a flying disc was recovered near Roswell, New Mexico.

The memo describes the disc as hexagonal in shape and suspended from a 20-foot-diameter balloon by cable. S. location who observed various orbs and strange figures over two days.

Agents described one orb as similar to the Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings, except without the pupil, or maybe an orange Storm Electrify bowling ball. They reported seeing orange orbs in the sky that emitted smaller red orbs in groups of two to four. The materials describe these as unresolved cases, with the government unable to reach a definitive determination on the observed phenomena.

The Pentagon established the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office in 2023 to investigate anomalous incidents. Congress previously pushed for rapid-response teams to examine military UFO sightings and gather field data. Congressional hearings in recent years featured testimony from former military and intelligence officials alleging the government withheld information on unexplained incidents.

A 2024 Pentagon report found no evidence that any government investigation into UAPs has confirmed the existence of extraterrestrial life. ” An administration official told The Post that even cooler information is coming in future tranches. Neil deGrasse Tyson said the impending release is a good thing even if it feels like a distraction from other important files, adding that he expects the alien files will be anticlimactic.

New documents will continue to be released on a rolling basis as they are discovered and declassified, with tranches posted every few weeks.