{
  "id": 281819,
  "title": "Latest Pentagon UFO files release includes video of mysterious ‘cold orbs’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/latest-pentagon-ufo-files-release-includes-video-of-mysterious-cold",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-07T20:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Scientific American",
    "slug": "scientific-american",
    "url": "https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/latest-pentagon-ufo-files-release-includes-video-of-mysterious-cold-orbs/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Pentagon has recently released its fifth set of files related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), including video footage from a 2021 exercise over the Gulf of Oman. The footage shows an infrared display of a U.S. Special Operations Forces AC-130J gunship, with jittery blips of light bouncing around in the sky. These blips, described in an accompanying incident report as \"Multiple Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Observed Maneuvering Erratically and In Formation,\" appeared to be flying at varying speeds between 250 and 1,300 miles per hour, with no apparent means of propulsion. The orbs were first spotted after the AC-130J dropped a water-activated flare, which the crew attempted to observe using the gunship's infrared cameras. Two \"approximately four-foot diameter cold orbs\" were seen hovering 20 feet above the flare before the plane's cannon fired and the objects rapidly flew away. This release is part of a series of Pentagon releases since May, with the agency beginning the process after President Donald Trump directed federal agencies to release government files related to UAP and extraterrestrial life.",
  "summary": "This new cache of material includes footage of a U.S. military plane’s infrared display recorded during an exercise over the Gulf of Oman in 2021",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}