On Friday, the War Department unveiled over 160 files concerning UFO sightings, some of which date back nearly eight decades. This release comes just two days after President Trump suggested that “some of it’s going to be very interesting to people.”
The Pentagon’s release of 162 files is in response to a presidential mandate issued in February, which called for greater transparency regarding “alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).”
Prior to Trump’s directive, the Pentagon had been working for years to declassify and make public government documents related to UFOs, commonly referred to by officials as unexplained anomalous phenomena, or UAP.
Sean Kirkpatrick, a physicist and former intelligence officer who led the department’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) until 2023, has reviewed the government’s records. He believes there are no groundbreaking findings to anticipate.
“People shouldn’t expect to find documents detailing interviews with aliens or photos of spacecraft,” he explained to the Associated Press. “Because such evidence simply doesn’t exist.”
The office’s inaugural report in 2024 detailed numerous new UAP incidents but did not uncover any proof that the U.S. government has ever verified an encounter with alien technology. A follow-up report, addressing more recent sightings, is anticipated soon.
