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The Pentagon has begun releasing\u00a0new files on UFOs, saying members of the public can draw their own conclusions on \u201cunidentified anomalous phenomena.\u201d<\/p>\n
Besides the Pentagon, the effort is led by the White House, the director of national intelligence, the Energy Department, NASA and the FBI.<\/p>\n
The Pentagon said Friday in a post on X that while past administrations sought to discredit or dissuade the American people, President Donald Trump \u201cis focused on providing maximum transparency to the public, who can ultimately make up their own minds about the information contained in these files.\u201d The Pentagon says additional documents will be released on a rolling basis.<\/p>\n
Trump, a Republican, has been\u00a0teasing the announcement\u00a0since February. He has previously released records related to the assassinations of President\u00a0John F. Kennedy, Sen.\u00a0Robert F. Kennedy\u00a0and\u00a0Martin Luther King Jr.\u00a0that revealed little beyond what was already known.<\/p>\n
The Pentagon has been working on declassifying documents related to UFOs for years, and Congress created an office in 2022 to declassify material. Its\u00a02024 debut report\u00a0revealed hundreds of new UAP incidents but found no evidence that the U.S. government had ever confirmed a sighting of alien technology.<\/p>\n
Congress ordered the Pentagon to begin releasing decades of files on UFO sightings in 2022 as some members of the military shared encounters with unexplained aircraft.<\/p>\n
A small group of Republicans in Congress has pressed for further transparency, accusing the Pentagon of holding documents back. A March letter from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna demanded 46 UAP videos identified by whistleblowers. On social media on Friday, Luna said those videos are expected to be released in a later Pentagon release.<\/p>\n
Rep. Tim Burchett thanked Trump for \u201ckeeping his word\u201d on transparency and disclosure.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to remind people that transparency won\u2019t all happen at once, it will take some time,\u201d Burchett said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Experts have urged caution around the release of the new files, warning that UAP videos are often misinterpreted and mischaracterized by those unfamiliar with advanced military technology. The Pentagon\u2019s 2024 report rebutted claims that the U.S. government has recovered alien technology or confirmed evidence of alien life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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