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Pentagon Releases Second Batch of Declassified UAP Files

The Defense Department released dozens of documents and videos on May 22 showing military encounters with unidentified anomalous phenomena. Materials include a 2023 shootdown over Lake Huron and historical NASA audio from Mercury and Apollo missions.

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The Pentagon released its second batch of declassified UAP files on May 22, 2026. S. Air Force F-16C shooting down a balloon-shaped object over Lake Huron on February 12, 2023.

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Infrared footage shows the object struck and fragmenting in a radial pattern. The War Department did not identify recovered debris or confirm recovery attempts. A separate eight-minute edited clip depicts four objects moving in formation, described as areas of contrast that became indistinct as video quality degraded. The date and location of that formation were not disclosed.

U.S. Central Command area off Iran in August 2022. Another video captured multiple spherical objects moving in and out of water near a submarine in March of the same year. S. East Coast.

A 1973 CIA report from the Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range in Kazakhstan described a bright green circular object that expanded into concentric circles. The witness reported no sound.

NASA audio from Mercury-Atlas 7 on May 24, 1962, records pilot Scott Carpenter describing reflective white particles moving randomly at speeds faster than the spacecraft. " — Walter M. , Oct. 3, 1962 (ZeroHedge) Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, and Ronald Evans reported bright particles drifting past their spacecraft in December 1972 while en route to the moon.

Key Facts

May 22, 2026
Pentagon released second UAP document batch
Feb 12, 2023
F-16C shot down UAP over Lake Huron
May 24, 1962
Scott Carpenter reported white particles during Mercury-Atlas 7

Story Timeline

3 events
  1. Feb 12, 2023

    U.S. Air Force F-16C shot down balloon-shaped UAP over Lake Huron.

    2 sourcesIndependent · ZeroHedge
  2. May 8, 2026

    Pentagon released first batch of declassified UAP files.

    2 sourcesIndependent · ZeroHedge
  3. May 22, 2026

    Pentagon released second batch of declassified UAP files including videos and NASA audio.

    2 sourcesIndependent · ZeroHedge

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PublishedMay 23, 2026, 3:40 PM

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