The Trump administration released long-awaited UFO files to the public on Friday, detailing several hundred unseen photographs and videos of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).
The initial release saw 162 files unsealed, including State Department cables, FBI documents and transcripts of NASA flights into space.
Among the trove of the first batch of declassified documents, uploaded to the agency’s website, was one document detailing an FBI interview with a drone pilot who had claimed to see a mysterious bright entity.
In September 2023, the pilot reported seeing a ‘linear object’ with a light bright enough to ‘see bands within the light’ in the sky.
‘The object was visible for five to ten seconds and then the light went out and the object vanished,’ the unidentified pilot said in the FBI interview.
Donald Trump celebrated the release of the files in a Truth Social post, saying that he ordered the release of information tied to ‘alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).’ ‘GOD BLESS AMERICA!’ the President added.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that the administration was committed to bringing ‘unprecedented transparency’ to the government’s understanding of UAPs.
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US drone pilot saw a ‘bright linear object’ in the sky in 2023
In the UFO files released on Friday by the Trump administration, one document detailed an FBI interview with an unidentified drone pilot who recalled seeing a bright ‘linear object’ in the sky sometime in 2023.
‘The object was visible for five to ten seconds and then the light went out and the object vanished,’ according to the interview transcripts.
President Trump, who had teased the release of the files since early February, unsealed 162 documents to the general public today.
‘While all of the files have been reviewed for security purposes, many of the materials have not yet been analyzed for resolution of any anomalies,’ the Department of War statement read.
Buzz Aldrin made ‘unusual’ observations during Apollo 11
Apollo 11 pilot Buzz Aldrin described several ‘unusual’ observations during the mission in 1969.
‘The first unusual thing that we saw I guess was 1 day out or something pretty close to the moon. It had a sizeable dimension to it, so we put the monocular on it,’ Aldrin said.
‘The other observation that I made accumulated gradually. I don’t know whether I saw it the first night, but I’m sure I saw it the second night. I was trying to go to sleep with all the lights out. I observed what I thought were little flashes inside the cabin, spaced a couple of minutes apart.’
He also said, ‘I observed what appeared to be a fairly bright light source which we tentatively ascribed to a possible laser.’
Gemini VII astronauts spot ‘vehicle’ while in orbit
Gemini VII astronaut Frank Borman reported seeing an unidentified object while in space in 1965.
‘We have very, very many a – it looks like hundreds of little particles going by to the left out about three or four miles,’ Borman told mission control.
‘It looks like a path of the vehicle at 90 degrees,’ he added.
Additional UFO files to be released, Congresswoman says
Representative Anna Paulina Luna said there will be additional UFO files released after the Trump administration dropped a trove of long-awaited documents.
‘There will be more files released. To include our request of the 40+ files. I talked to the Pentagon last night,’ Luna wrote on X.
Congressmembers celebrate UFO files release
Several members of Congress praised the Trump administration for releasing the UFO files.
‘This is a great first step. Additional releases are expected in the coming weeks. A second tranche of documents, including additional requested video footage, is anticipated within approximately 30 days. Further records, videos, imagery, and investigative materials will continue to be released on a rolling basis,’ Florida Representative Anna Paulina Luna wrote on X.
‘Thank you @realDonaldTrump for keeping your word to me on #UFO #UAP transparency. This is a great start,’ Tennessee Representative Tim Burchett wrote.
‘I’m grateful to the bipartisan group of members that have been pushing for this for the last several years. The American people have a right to know. New photos, videos and documents. We need #disclosure and we need it now,’ Florida Representative Jared Moskowitz wrote.
‘Thank you @realDonaldTrump for doing what no other president has been willing or capable of doing. This is a historic first step in what I trust will be just one of many. Thank you for taking on the swamp to make this release happen. You are the president of the people,’ Missouri Representative Eric Burlison wrote.
DNI Director Tulsi Gabbard praises UFO files release
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard praised the release of the UFO files.
‘The American people have long sought transparency about the government’s knowledge of unidentified aerial phenomena,’ she wrote on X.
‘Under President Trump’s leadership, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is actively coordinating the Intelligence Community’s declassification efforts with the Department of War to ensure a careful, comprehensive, and unprecedented review of our holdings to provide the American people with maximum transparency.
‘Today’s release is the first in what will be an ongoing joint declassification and release effort.’
Trump is ‘focused on providing maximum transparency to the public’ says Department of War
The Department of War released a statement on Friday after unsealing hundreds of photo and video evidence of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to the general public.
‘While past administrations sought to discredit or dissuade the American people, President Trump is focused on providing maximum transparency to the public, who can ultimately make up their own minds about the information contained in these files,’ the agency’s press release said.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth added that:
‘The Department of War is in lockstep with President Trump to bring unprecedented transparency regarding our government’s understanding of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.’
‘These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation — and it’s time the American people see it for themselves. This release of declassified documents demonstrates the Trump Administration’s earnest commitment to unprecedented transparency,’ he said.
White House officials left UFO hard drive on desk, reporter says
Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Peter Doocy claimed that the White House left a hard drive with unseen footage of UFOs on his desk overnight.
‘It say’s AARO files, that is All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office,’ Doocy said on Friday.
One of the videos showed an object over the skies of the UAE in June 2024.
‘It is described as an inverted tear drop with a vertical linear trailing mass suspended below. The war department can’t for sure say what it is,’ Doocy said.
The next video is from over the skies of Iraq in December of 2022. The footage showed an object moving from the bottom left to top right of the screen.
‘All CENTCOM can describe this as is an area of contrast. It is also officially listed as an unresolved UAP report,’ Doocy said.
A third video showed a small and circular UAP flying near the surface of the ocean towards land over the skies of Greece in October 2023.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene blast UFO files dump as ‘propaganda’ distraction
Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized the Trump administration for releasing new files on UFOs, calling it a ‘propaganda’ distraction.
‘I really don’t care about the UFO files. I just don’t,’ she wrote on X.
‘I’m so sick of the “look at the shiny object” propaganda while they wage foreign wars, let rapist and pedophiles run free, and ruin the value of our dollar.
‘Unless they roll out live aliens and test demo UFOs or actually admit what we know this really is then I have way better things to do on this Friday.’
Five ‘unidentified phenomena’ spotted from Apollo 12 landing site
A photo released from the UFO files showed five highlighted areas of interest ‘in which unidentified phenomena are visible’ from the Apollo 12 landing.
Apollo 12 was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the moon in November 1969.
Apollo 17 astronaut compared UAP fragments to ‘Fourth of July fireworks’
The Trump administration on Friday released its long-awaited UFO files, publishing hundreds of previously unseen videos, photographs and records tied to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).
The documents were uploaded to the Department of War’s website months after President Donald Trump ordered Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to declassify government records related to UFOs and alleged extraterrestrial activity.
Among the most striking materials were images and transcripts linked to NASA’s Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 moon missions. One photo taken from the lunar surface appears to show three unexplained dots hovering in the dark sky above the moon.
An Apollo 17 mission transcript also detailed astronauts discussing mysterious objects drifting near the spacecraft during flight.
‘Now we’ve got a few very bright particles or fragments or something that go drifting by as we maneuver,’ one operator told mission control.
Another replied: ‘There’s a whole bunch of big ones on my window down there – just bright. It looks like the Fourth of July out of Ron’s window.’