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Pentagon releases declassified UFO files including images held by government for decades

8 May 2026 at 13:42
The Pentagon on Friday began releasing “never-before-seen” files relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena — previously and more infamously known as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs — that the government has been holding onto for decades

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A photo of the landing site of Apollo 12 features a highlighted area of interest slightly above the horizon in which unidentified phenomena are visible.

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A photo from the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972 contains three dots in a triangular formation that are clearly visible when the area is magnified.

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The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon consisting of nine seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024.

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The U.S. Northern Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon consisting of 21 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024.
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