The Pentagon has cracked open another vault of UFO secrets. Its latest document dump spans more than 70 years, bringing together records dating from 1948 through 2025. The archive gives the public access to military reports alongside videos, photographs, and audio evidence collected by various U.S. government departments.
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The Department of War added 40 newly declassified files to its online UAP archive on July 10. The release includes 14 documents, 19 videos, four audio recordings and three images. According to the Pentagon, the material comes from agencies including NASA, the CIA, the FBI, the Department of Energy and the Pentagon, with every case remaining officially unresolved (via People).
The archive features more recent encounters. A 2019 Navy range fouler report recounts an aviator spotting an object with flight behavior unlike anything witnessed during nearly three decades of military service. The newly published videos likewise show separate incidents in which infrared systems tracked unidentified aerial objects during military operations.
Some of the oldest records revisit well-known incidents from the late 1940s. One 1949 report examines the death of a National Guard pilot who crashed while attempting to intercept an unidentified object the previous year.
Investigators believed the pilot likely suffered anoxia before the crash, but his final transmission described “a metallic object… of tremendous size” positioned ahead of his aircraft. Another newly released transcript captures scientists discussing mysterious green fireballs observed over Los Alamos, New Mexico, without reaching a definitive explanation.
The latest batch marks the fourth public release under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, or PURSUE. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said additional records will be posted “on a rolling basis.”
President Donald Trump also promoted the archive on Truth Social, saying the files were released for people to “review and study” as part of his administration’s push for “Complete and Maximum Transparency.” He added that people could now “decide for themselves” after reviewing the documents and videos.
Originally reported by Rishabh Shandilya on Mandatory.
