Trump administration releases fifth batch of UFO files

The Pentagon released its fifth batch of declassified UFO files, comprising 41 documents, images, and videos from various government agencies, dating back to 1950 and as recent as 2026. The files include videos of a mysterious orb passing over a residential area in the Middle East and a black sphere hovering over the Pacific Ocean that appears to vanish for a moment before resurfacing. The FBI interview summary describes a military pilot’s 2002 account of a silent triangular craft over Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, and witness reports of a 1963 incident in Rio de Janeiro involving a metal sphere allegedly containing a human body. The administration’s release of these files is seen as a historic shift in the relationship between the American people and their government, with Trump directing the Department of War to declassify records related to UAP.

• "Bagram Airfield Triangle Encounter" - an FBI interview summary describes a military pilot’s 2002 account of an equilateral triangle moving silently over Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. The pilot reported seeing the object at 173 mph, which abruptly rolled 90 degrees onto its left side and returned to level flight. The pilot also reported unexplained lights during commercial flights beginning in October 2023.
• "Brazil Sphere" - a file recounts claims that a large metal sphere crashed in central Rio de Janeiro in 1963, gouging a 13-foot-deep hole. The object reportedly had window-shaped openings covered with thick glass and contained a human body dressed in heavy clothing bearing inscriptions that could not be deciphered.
• "Analyses of films recorded over Utah and Montana in the early 1950s" - analysts calculated that disk-shaped, blue-white objects seen in the Utah footage traveled at up to 2,457 mph and endured acceleration reaching 965 times the force of gravity. These figures relied on assumptions about the objects’ distance from the camera, which analysts acknowledged were arbitrary.

The release of these files is seen as a commitment to transparency, with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stating that the Department of War is in lockstep with President Trump to bring unprecedented transparency regarding the government’s understanding of UAP. The records preserve witness statements and media reports rather than verified government findings, and no evidence that either object was extraterrestrial is provided. The files add to a growing body of released material but leave unresolved questions, with officials noting that witnesses reported encounters with triangular craft, orbs, and other anomalies across multiple decades. Government investigations of such reports date back to at least 1947, when the Army Air Force and Naval Intelligence, along with the FBI, studied some of the more publicized sightings.

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