WASHINGTON—The Pentagon has begun releasing new files on UFOs, saying members of the public can draw their own conclusions on “unidentified anomalous phenomena.”
In addition to the Pentagon, the effort is led by the White House, the director of national intelligence, the Energy Department, NASA, and the FBI.
The Pentagon said Friday in a post on X that while past administrations sought to discredit or dissuade the American people, President Donald 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 Pentagon says additional documents will be released on a rolling basis.
The Pentagon has been working on declassifying documents related to UFOs for years, and Congress created an office in 2022 to declassify material. Its 2024 debut report revealed hundreds of new UAP incidents but found no evidence that the U.S. government had ever confirmed a sighting of alien technology.