Pentagon begins releasing new files on UFOs and says the public can draw its own conclusions

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has begun releasing caller files connected UFOs, saying members of the nationalist tin gully their ain conclusions connected "unidentified anomalous phenomena."

Besides the Pentagon, the effort is led by the White House, the manager of nationalist intelligence, the Energy Department, NASA and the FBI.

The Pentagon said Friday successful a station connected X that portion past administrations sought to discredit oregon dissuade the American people, President Donald Trump "is focused connected providing maximum transparency to the public, who tin yet marque up their ain minds astir the accusation contained successful these files." The Pentagon says further documents volition beryllium released connected a rolling basis.

Trump, a Republican, has been teasing the announcement since February. He has antecedently released records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. that revealed small beyond what was already known.

The Pentagon has been moving connected declassifying documents related to UFOs for years, and Congress created an bureau successful 2022 to declassify material. Its 2024 debut study revealed hundreds of caller UAP incidents but recovered nary grounds that the U.S. authorities had ever confirmed a sighting of alien technology.

Congress ordered the Pentagon to statesman releasing decades of files connected UFO sightings successful 2022 arsenic immoderate members of the subject shared encounters with unexplained aircraft.

A tiny radical of Republicans successful Congress has pressed for further transparency, accusing the Pentagon of holding documents back. A March missive from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna demanded 46 UAP videos identified by whistleblowers. On societal media connected Friday, Luna said those videos are expected to beryllium released successful a aboriginal Pentagon release.

Rep. Tim Burchett thanked Trump for "keeping his word" connected transparency and disclosure."

"I would similar to punctual radical that transparency won't each hap astatine once, it volition instrumentality immoderate time," Burchett said successful a statement.

Experts person urged caution astir the merchandise of the caller files, informing that UAP videos are often misinterpreted and mischaracterized by those unfamiliar with precocious subject technology. The Pentagon's 2024 study rebutted claims that the U.S. authorities has recovered alien exertion oregon confirmed grounds of alien life.