Pentagon releases 5th batch of UFO files, with more documents and videos
The Pentagon on Friday released a new batch of documents and images related to UFOs, the fifth disclosure in recent months about the strange encounters.
On Friday, the Pentagon unveiled another installment of UFO files and visuals, adding 41 more documents, images, and videos to its collection. The materials, accessible on the Pentagon's dedicated UFO website, encompass a variety of sources, including the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, State Department, and Executive Office of the President. The oldest file dates back to 1950, while the newest is from the present year.
This release, the fifth under President Trump's executive order mandating increased UFO documentation, primarily consists of grainy videos captured by military sensors and cameras. Six of these videos depict an event over the Gulf of Oman in September 2021, involving Special Operations forces in an AC-130J gunship. The clips are cellphone recordings of the gunship's screens displaying the captured objects, as seen through the aircraft's infrared and other sensors.
An accompanying intelligence report provides further insights, detailing 25 instances of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) observed by the gunship crew during a live fire exercise.
The Pentagon's UAP investigative arm, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, could not resolve the encounter, leaving one of the videos unresolved. Another video, captured by a U.S. Government Special Agent in the western U.S. this year, showcases two slow-moving, black-hot areas of contrast visible in infrared imaging. The FBI report indicates that the agent encountered these objects, which were stationary and not moving fast.
Both objects were black and hot, and the agent took pictures and videos as they moved together at the same speed. The objects remained in view for approximately 5-10 minutes.
Other releases include eight 302 forms, FBI records of witness interviews, most of which are redacted and accompanied by artist renderings displaying the described objects. One 302 report documents an interview with a former military pilot in 2024, who reported seeing strange lights between midnight and 3 a.m. on October 23, 2023, during a flight from Massachusetts to Ireland.
The pilot, flying at 37,000 feet, observed white lights that started dim and brightened before fading out, with the full cycle lasting from 10 seconds to one minute. The pilot reported seeing the lights roughly 10 times after the initial sighting and recalled a similar experience from 2002 in Afghanistan, where he observed a huge, equilateral triangular object blocking out the stars, moving silently at a consistent speed and altitude.
The Pentagon asserts that this latest document disclosure is not the final one under Trump's executive order, with plans to release additional files on an ongoing basis.
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