五角大楼周五公布了解密不明飞行物各联邦机构的文件，有些可以追溯到20世纪40年代末。
五角大楼表示，这些文件包括“从未见过”的不明飞行物(美国政府称之为“不明异常现象”)文件，这些文件被发布在一个网站上新政府网站.
“美国人民现在可以立即获得联邦政府解密的UAP档案。五角大楼在一份声明中说:“来自整个美国政府的最新UAP视频、照片和原始源文件都在一个地方——不需要许可。”。
该部门表示，将“在滚动的基础上”发布更多文件
根据美国广播公司新闻查阅的文件，许多报告的不明飞行物目击事件集中在活跃的军事行动附近。
文件显示，大部分所谓的遭遇可以追溯到20世纪50年代和60年代，尤其是在冷战时期的热点地区，如德国和苏联。更大的最近的报道集中在中东，包括霍尔木兹海峡、伊拉克和叙利亚一直保持着大量的军事存在和一些最先进的监测能力。
军事活动周围的目击事件的集中很可能反映了五角大楼正在部署其最先进的设备和执行频繁的任务。这根据文件，大部分报告的目击事件来自军事飞行员。
在所有报道的事件中，空中现象没有构成明显的威胁，大多数遭遇都在神秘飞行器突然飞走后结束。
根据文件，2023年在美国西部的两天时间里发生了一次值得注意的遭遇。在那次事件中，联邦执法人员独立报告了涉及球体的奇怪事件，其中一个报告了“球体发射其他球体”
五角大楼称这是其掌握的报告中“最令人信服的”。
2024年在伊拉克的一次遭遇也报告了一艘神秘的飞船拉链穿过一架美国飞机的监督当机组人员攻击一个不相关的目标时。
在一个账户从2025年开始，一名高级情报官员向美国联邦调查局传达，美国政府人员去寻找球体这是他们以前报告过的地方。
“在用直升机搜索该地区后，他们发现一个‘超热’的球体在地面上空盘旋。据报道，该球体已经飞行了20英里，其速度对于追赶的直升机来说太快了，”政府在对美国联邦调查局报告的描述中写道。
在美国国家航空航天局，1969年的抄本是这次发布的一部分，阿波罗11号宇航员巴兹·奥德林告诉政府他在太空中看到了“可能的激光”。
“我观察到一个相当亮的光源，我们初步认为这可能是一种激光，”他说。
一个非凡的形象展示了美国联邦调查局设计的合成草图，描绘了“一个明显的椭圆形青铜金属物体在天空的强光中具体化，长度为130-195英尺，瞬间消失。”
在一份声明中，国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯将此次发布吹捧为“前所未有的透明”一些文件被大量编辑，包括几份整页涂黑的文件。
然而，前五角大楼全域异常解决办公室主任肖恩·柯克帕特里克警告说，不要对新版本妄下结论。
柯克帕特里克在给美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中说:“这部电影没有任何出人意料的地方，没有任何分析或背景，只会助长更多的猜测、阴谋和扶手椅伪科学，特别是来自剧场政治戏剧公司的猜测、阴谋和扶手椅伪科学。”。
此次发布与唐纳德·特朗普总统的一致通告今年早些时候，他指示各机构公开与不明飞行物、不明异常现象(uap)和“外星生命”相关的文件
文件中有一些修订，但这是有史以来第一次完整的案件档案被公布。近年来，AARO一直在审查这些历史文件，并向公众发布了公开摘要和评论。
到目前为止，他们的评论没有发现任何导致他们得出UFO或uap起源于外星的结论。
特朗普吹捧五角大楼周五发布的第一批UFO文件，并因向美国人民提供透明度而受到好评。
特朗普在社交媒体平台上写道:“为了实现完全和最大程度的透明度，我很荣幸指示我的政府确定并提供与外星人和外星生命、不明空中现象和不明飞行物有关的政府文件。”
特朗普补充说，这份文件的发布将允许美国人民“自己决定”所报道的目击事件发生了什么。
几个星期以来，总统一直在发布关于不明飞行物和无人机的政府文件。
“嗯，我认为在不久的将来，我们会尽可能多地发布。出于某种原因，我想这只是一个原因，它已经在人们的脑海中存在了很长时间，”特朗普上个月在欢迎阿尔特弥斯二号宇航员来到椭圆形办公室时说。
Pentagon releases declassified UFO files from various federal agencies
The Pentagon on Friday released declassifiedUFOfiles from various federal agencies, some dating as far back as the late 1940s.
The documents, which the Pentagon said includes "never-before-seen" files on unidentified flying objects — called unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) by the U.S. government — were being posted on anew government website.
"The American people can now access the federal government's declassified UAP files instantly. The latest UAP videos, photos, and original source documents from across the entire United States government are all in one place — no clearance required," the Pentagon said in a statement.
The department said it will release more files "on a rolling basis."
Many of the reported sightings of unidentified flying objects were clustered near active military operations, according to the files reviewed by ABC News.
A large share of the alleged encounters date back to the 1950s and 1960s, particularly in Cold War-era hotspots like Germany and the Soviet Union, according to the documents. Morerecent reports are concentrated in the Middle East — including around the Strait of Hormuz, Iraq and Syria — where the U.S.has maintained asubstantial military presence and some of its most sophisticated monitoring capabilities.
The concentration of sightings around military activity is mostly likely a reflection of where the Pentagon is deploying its most advanced equipment and conducting frequent missions. Thelion’s share of reported sightings come from military pilots, according to the files.
In all of the reported incidents, the aerial phenomena posed no apparent threat, with most encounters ending after the mysterious craft abruptly flew away.
A notable encounter took place over the course of two days in the western U.S. in 2023, according to the files. In that incident, federal law enforcement officers independently reported strange incidents involving orbs, with one reporting "orbs launching other orbs."
The Pentagon calls this "among the most compelling" of the reports it holds.
An encounter in Iraq in 2024 also reported a mysterious craftzippingacross a U.S. aircraft’ssurveillancesystems at a high rate of speed while that crew was attacking an unrelated target.
In anaccountfrom 2025 that a senior intelligence officer relayed to the FBI,U.S. government personnel went searching for orbswhere they had previously been reported.
"After searching the area with a helicopter, they found a 'super-hot' orb hovering over the ground. The orb is reported to have travelled for 20 miles at a speed too fast for the helicopter in pursuit," the government writes in its description of the FBI report.
In NASA transcripts from 1969 that are a part of this release, Apollo 11astronaut Buzz Aldrintold the government he saw a "possible laser" in space.
"I observed what appeared to be a fairly bright light source which we tentatively ascribed to a possible laser," he said.
Oneremarkable imageshows a composite sketch designed by the FBI which depicts an "an apparent ellipsoid bronze metallic object materializing out of a bright light in the sky, 130-195 feet in length, and disappearing instantaneously."
In a statement, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth touted the release as "unprecedented transparency."Some of the files are heavily redacted, including several documents with entire pages blacked out.
However, Sean Kirkpatrick, the former head of the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, cautioned against jumping to conclusions with the new release.
“There’s nothing unexpected in the release, and without any analysis or context, will only serve to fuel more speculation, conspiracy and arm-chair pseudoscience, particularly from the playhouse politics theater company,” Kirkpatrick said in a statement to ABC News.
The release is in keeping with President Donald Trump'sannouncementearlier this year that he is directing agencies to make public files related to unidentified flying objects, unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) and "extraterrestrial life."
There are some redactions in the files, but this is the first time ever that complete case files have been released. In recent years, the AARO has been reviewing these historic documents and has released public summaries and reviews to the public.
So far, none of their reviews have found anything that has led them to conclude that UFOs or UAPs are extraterrestrial in origin.
Trump touted the Pentagon’s release of the first batch of UFO files on Friday, taking credit for offering transparency to the American people.
"In an effort for Complete and Maximum Transparency, it was my Honor to direct my Administration to identify and provide Government files related to Alien and Extraterrestrial Life, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, and Unidentified Flying Objects," Trump wrote on his social media platform.
Trump added that this document release will allow the American people to "decide for themselves" what is happening with the reported sightings.
For weeks, the president has floated the release of government files on UFOs and UAPs.
"Well, I think we're going to be releasing as much as we can in the near future. For some reason, and I guess it's just a reason, it's been in the minds of people for a long time," Trump said last month while welcoming the Artemis II astronauts to the Oval Office.
