Trump Administration Releases First Batch of Never-Before-Seen UFO Files, Fulfilling Transparency Pledge
The files, hosted at war.gov/UFO, include military sighting reports from recent years, NASA transcripts and images from the Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 missions, FBI records, and State Department cables.
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday began releasing the first batch of never-before-seen government files on unidentified anomalous phenomena, posting more than 160 declassified documents, videos, photos, and records to a new public website.
The files, hosted at war.gov/UFO, include military sighting reports from recent years, NASA transcripts and images from the Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 missions, FBI records, and State Department cables. Specific items made public include unresolved UAP videos captured over the United Arab Emirates in June 2024, Iraq in December 2022, and Greece in October 2023, along with a 1999 FBI photograph and Apollo-era transcripts describing unusual bright objects.
The release fulfills a directive President Donald Trump issued in February ordering the Pentagon and other agencies to identify and declassify records related to UAPs, UFOs, and potential extraterrestrial phenomena. Additional tranches will be posted on a rolling basis in coming weeks.
Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth stated the action demonstrates the administration’s “earnest commitment to unprecedented transparency.” A Pentagon statement added: “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 effort builds on congressional mandates from 2022 but marks the first large-scale public release of such material under the Trump administration’s Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. Officials emphasized that prior government studies, including a 2024 Pentagon report, have found no evidence of alien technology or extraterrestrial origins in the incidents reviewed.
The move has drawn praise from lawmakers who long pushed for disclosure, including Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Rep. Tim Burchett. No further details on specific national security implications were released with the initial batch.
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