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Pentagon releases first batch of ‘top secret’ UFO files

France 24 · May 8, 2026, 3:21 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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The Pentagon on Friday released decades of previously classified UFO sightings recorded by the FBI and NASA and other federal agencies. At least two of the more than 160 documents date back to the 1940s and report sightings of flying "discs” and “saucers”.

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