White House to Begin Phased Release of UFO Files Friday

The White House will begin releasing UFO files on Friday, months after President Trump ordered top administration officials to start the process. The timeframe emerged from a West Wing meeting on Thursday attended by Rep. Tim Burchett, a member of the House Oversight Committee’s task force on the declassification of federal secrets.

Burchett told independent journalist Jeremy Corbell that the release will start the next day with some pilot materials and maybe one video. The conversation between Burchett and Corbell was shared with The Post. “It’s going to start tomorrow.

It’s going to have some stuff in there from pilots, and maybe one video,” Burchett said. The first release will not include the 46 UFO videos that Congress has demanded the Department of War release to the public. Successive releases will come out in weekly tranches.

This method is markedly distinct from the data-dump approach used for the JFK and Epstein files. Burchett noted that some in Congress are still resisting the release. He expressed confidence that President Trump would follow through on his pledge.

“I totally support and am grateful to President Trump for keeping his word and being the president of transparency and disclosure,” Burchett said in a statement to The Post. “I would like to remind people that transparency won’t all happen at once, it will take some time,” he added.

New York Post reported that “pilot materials” could refer to encounters American military pilots had with UFOs while on active duty.

The phased weekly schedule reflects a deliberate pace distinct from past high-profile document releases. Burchett’s comments underscore both congressional pushback and support for the administration’s transparency effort.