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Saudis feared Trump’s Project Freedom would spur Iran to attack, officials say

Saudi officials were angered by President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that the U.S. would start guiding ships through the Strait of Hormuz, fearing the move could spur more Iranian attacks on Gulf allies.

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President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday.
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Pentagon releases declassified UFO files including images held by government for decades

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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