Pentagon Opens Trove of Declassified UAP Files, From Apollo Era Sightings to New Infrared Footage
TL;DR
Pentagon released a declassified trove of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena files—more than 160 documents detailing over 400 incidents from the 1940s to 2024 on a public site—some Apollo-era sightings among them. While no evidence of alien contact is presented and some cases are debunked, officials say the data will be released rollingly to boost transparency under the PURSUE framework, with NASA backing ongoing disclosures.
- Pentagon releases declassified UFO files including videos and photos held by the government for decades NBC News
- Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE) U.S. Department of War (.gov)
- Skylab crews reported unexplained lights, ‘reddish object’: UFO files NewsNation
- Just Show Us the Spaceships Already The Atlantic
- UFO files spanning decades are released by Defense Department NPR
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