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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,845 posts)
Fri May 22, 2026, 06:54 PM 20 hrs ago

Pentagon releases more UFO files: "Speechless after these observations"

Source: CBS News

Pentagon releases more UFO files: "Speechless after these observations"

By Stefan Becket
Updated on: May 22, 2026 / 12:59 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington — The Pentagon on Friday released a new batch of 64 files related to UFOs, or UAPs, unveiling a second tranche of records that includes a 2025 first-hand account from an intelligence officer about an experience that left him "virtually speechless."

The files, which President Trump ordered to be made public in an executive order earlier this year, can be viewed on the Pentagon's UFO website. Friday's tranche includes six PDF files, seven audio files and 51 video files. The videos show footage of UAPs, or unidentified anomalous phenomena, from military aircraft, with each clip accompanied by a detailed description.

The release comes two weeks after the Pentagon uploaded the first group of documents, photos and videos to the new site. Those files included declassified pages from the FBI's UFO case files, reports of strange encounters by military pilots, diplomatic cables about incidents around the world and photos from NASA missions.

What's in the new files?

The 51 videos included in the second release include the type of grainy infrared footage captured by military cameras and sensors that has become familiar over the past several years. ... In the description accompanying the videos, the Pentagon noted that the footage was requested by House lawmakers in March. The videos were found by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, or AARO, the military office responsible for investigating UAP encounters. The Pentagon noted that "[m]any of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody," and the descriptions note when and where they were likely taken.

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Stefan Becket
Stefan Becket is a managing editor of politics for CBSNews.com. Stefan has covered national politics for more than a decade and helps oversee a team covering the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, immigration and federal law enforcement.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/ufo-files-pentagon-videos-documents/

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Pentagon releases more UFO files: "Speechless after these observations" (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 20 hrs ago OP
What were they speechless about? Eko 19 hrs ago #1
BALLS! This is Trump's usual card game.... some_of_us_are_sane 18 hrs ago #2
ufos and such were always on the cover of the enquirer rampartd 15 hrs ago #7
That seems like an eternity ago MorbidButterflyTat 14 hrs ago #8
Obviously it was aliens.... Blumancru 18 hrs ago #3
More deflection like the Iran war from the Epstein Files. republianmushroom 18 hrs ago #4
Yep, "Look at this! Isn't it incredible?" N/T tonekat 18 hrs ago #5
What a massive load of horse shit wolfie001 16 hrs ago #6
The X-stein Files LudwigPastorius 14 hrs ago #9

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,637 posts)
2. BALLS! This is Trump's usual card game....
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:00 PM
18 hrs ago
Introduce some extraneous topic that is also SENSATIONAL (especially 'somethng the DailyMail' would really jump on TO attract your short-attention-span base) and throw that into the mix.

See how that bubbles up for a while and takes the heat off of this day's Trump-scandal.

(It's a TIRED OLD TROPE, YOU MORON IN THE OVAL OFFICE!)

rampartd

(5,080 posts)
7. ufos and such were always on the cover of the enquirer
Fri May 22, 2026, 11:50 PM
15 hrs ago

where trump and pecker were up to some mischief.

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,757 posts)
8. That seems like an eternity ago
Sat May 23, 2026, 12:22 AM
14 hrs ago

The corruption has multiplied many many times since then. It's never ending.

Blumancru

(311 posts)
3. Obviously it was aliens....
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:10 PM
18 hrs ago

Who came to Earth TO INVESTIGATE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!!!!
This was one pathetic distraction.

wolfie001

(7,988 posts)
6. What a massive load of horse shit
Fri May 22, 2026, 10:10 PM
16 hrs ago

I'm 66 and have never seen ANY "proof" of the existence of alien spacecraft. This crap is discussed back and forth by the same morons who are flat-earthers and anti-vaxxers. Most of these losers listen to Joe Rogaine as well. In the 1970s, it was all about finding Noah's Ark. Trump needs these distractions because he's a failure as a president. derp derp

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