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 Department of Defense’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 Defense 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.
Anonymous FBI informant feared for her life after contacting officials
An anonymous female FBI informant said she feared for her life in 1967 after coming forward to the agency about her experiences with UFOs.
She claimed that ‘persons who saw UFOs have died mysteriously in the past,’ and that if Air Force officials wanted to contact her, she could be reached by a number provided to FBI agents. She said at the time that she would only meet officials at the Dallas agency headquarters.
The anonymous ‘young white female’ said she met a being from another planet in 1967 ‘who had assumed earthly form. He allegedly ‘gave her certain information, then was picked up and departed from earth.’
The otherworldly person told her an antimissile missile was fired at a UFO over Africa on My 22, 1962, but that the UFO was protected by it’s ‘force field.’
She was also told that a UFO was detected over the ‘Dewline’ and was shot down, and beings from outer space were trying to recover it.
‘Football-shaped’ object spotted by US Indo-Pacific Command
The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon from an infrared sensor aboard a military platform in 2024.
The sensor focuses on an area of contrast that resembles a football-shaped body with three radial projections: one oriented vertically, and two oriented downward at a 45-degree angle relative to the major axis of the main mass.
Trump encourages Americans to ‘have fun and enjoy’ after UFO files release
Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday after the Department of War released the first batch of UFO files to the public.
‘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,’ the president began.
‘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.’
‘Whereas previous Administrations have failed to be transparent on this subject, with these new Documents and Videos, the people can decide for themselves, “WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?” Have Fun and Enjoy! President DONALD J. TRUMP,’ he concluded.
Gemini 7 astronaut describes encounter with ‘brilliant body’
The UFO files trove released Friday saw a 1965 Gemini 7 space mission transcript describing an astronaut’s encounter with a ‘brilliant body’ containing ‘trillions of particles.’
In a conversation between astronaut Frank Borman and the Manned Flight Center in Houston, Texas, Borman says that he had spotted ‘hundreds of particles going by to the left out about three or four miles’ outside of the space craft.
He then clarified that the object he saw was ‘a brilliant body in the sun against a black background with trillions of particles on it.’
The Gemini 7 was the 12th manned spaceflight by the United States with Borman and astronaut James ‘Jim’ Lovell aboard.
Chilling UFO files video shows glowing ‘eight-pointed star’ with shape-shifting arms darting across the sky
A bizarre glowing object resembling an ‘eight-pointed star’ streaking across the sky was among the most chilling videos released in Friday’s bombshell UFO disclosure.
The eerie infrared footage, captured by US military personnel in 2013, appears to show the strange object darting through the darkness with uneven, shape-shifting arms.
At one point, the military sensor zooms in as the mysterious object races through the frame, seemingly leaving behind a glowing trail.
The object was seen making abrupt movements, sharply changing direction and repeatedly vanishing from view before suddenly reappearing moments later.
All the most shocking new UFO files photos and videos from Trump’s extraordinary release
The Trump administration’s explosive UFO files contained some of the most shocking documents of unidentified phenomena on Earth and in outer space to date.
Hundreds of previously unseen videos, photos and records tied to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) and Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) were published on Friday.
Here are the most shocking photos and videos.
US senior intelligence official details first hand account with ‘super-hot’ orb
In an interview conducted with the FBI, a US senior intelligence official recollected his first hand account with a UAP at a US military facility.
The official relayed to FBI agents that he and other federal and state personnel conducted searches to where orbs had been previously seen at the time.
After searching the area with a helicopter, the team found a ‘super-hot’ orb hovering over the ground. The orb is reported to have travelled for 20 miles at a speed too fast for the helicopter in pursuit.
An additional ‘swarm’ of lights were seen moving in several directions before four to five additional orbs appeared to ‘flare up and down’ for thirty minutes across the area.
Witness describes seeing ‘4ft aliens’ in UFO files
An FBI memo found in the UFO files released Friday details a witnesses experience with ‘three and a half to 4 feet tall’ aliens wearing ‘space suits and helmets.’
The sighting was detailed in a book titled Flying Saucers – Serious Business authored by Frank Edwards in June 1966 and recounts several global UFO sightings from Russia to Scandinavia.
It claimed that 1965 was ‘the year of the greatest number of UFO sightings and that these were observed by multiple people’, describing UFOs as polished metal objects radiating heat and light that burned witnesses who were too near.
Edwards said that those named in the book who had the encounters were reliable individuals including law enforcement officers, military personnel on official duty, commercial and military airline pilots and civil defense officials.
Many of the sightings were reported from ‘atomic and missile research areas.’
It was noted in the memo that the author concluded his book with a prediction that UFOs will make an ‘overt landing’ or deliberate contact with Earth in the near future.
FBI Director Kash Patel says FBI supports ‘rolling declassification effort’ of UFO files
In a post to X on Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel said that the agency was committed ‘to supporting this rolling declassification effort’ of the UFO files by the Trump administration.
He went on to say that the FBI ‘will continue working 24/7 with this administration and our interagency partners to give Americans the transparency they deserve.’
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