Pentagon releases first batch of previously secret files documenting reports of UFOs
Key takeaways
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleThe Pentagon on Friday released an initial group of previously secret files documenting reports of UFOs – a move sought for decades by some.
- “These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation – and it’s time the American people see it for themselves,” Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, said in a statement posted on X.
- “The odds that we will find something at some point to suggest that we are not alone are pretty high,” he told NBC’s Meet the Press.
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An image released by the Department of Defense claiming to show unidentified objects over the western United States in September 2025. Photograph: US Department of Defense/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen. An image released by the Department of Defense claiming to show unidentified objects over the western United States in September 2025. Photograph: US Department of Defense/AFP/Getty Images US news Pentagon releases first batch of previously secret files documenting reports of UFOs Release follows Trump directive for agencies to declassify government files related to unidentified flying objects
Prefer the Guardian on GoogleThe Pentagon on Friday released an initial group of previously secret files documenting reports of UFOs – a move sought for decades by some.
“These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation – and it’s time the American people see it for themselves,” Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, said in a statement posted on X.