The Department of War released long-awaited UFO files to the public on Friday, detailing several hundred unseen photographs and videos of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).
Among the trove of the first batch of declassified documents, uploaded to the agency’s website, was a transcript of a conversation between Apollo 17 astronauts detailing mysterious bright fragments floating near their spaceship during their 1972 mission.
‘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.’
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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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.’
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.
