A huge ball of light exploded over the erupting Mayon Volcano in the Philippines on May 25, 2026, sparking speculation and raising new questions about what was actually seen in the sky. 

The dramatic event was captured by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology while the volcano was actively erupting. Footage showed a bright object descending toward Mayon’s northern slopes before exploding in a flash of light. Initial reports suggested the object may have struck the volcano directly. 

However, after reviewing seismic, infrasound, and camera data, officials concluded that the object most likely disintegrated in the atmosphere just moments before impact. 

According to reports, the glowing object approached from a direction unrelated to the volcanic eruption itself. Many believe it may have been a meteor, yet questions remain. If it truly was a meteor exploding in the atmosphere, it is unusual that there has been little mention of any shockwave damage on the ground, similar to what occurred during the famous Chelyabinsk meteor event.  

Whatever the explanation may be, the strange incident has fueled speculation and left many wondering whether the mysterious ball of light was really just a meteor.

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Is this a UFO? New video matches viral 2015 marshmallow man sighting. Watch

The viral 2015 Los Angeles sighting that captivated millions by resembling a pop culture icon has found new relevance inside official military data logs.

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The skies over Los Angeles became a cosmic movie set in September 2015 when a massive, glowing white figure drifted into view.

Onlookers bypassed standard flying saucer descriptions entirely, pointing out that the bizarre silhouette looked exactly like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters, who is a famous fictional movie character depicted as a giant, puffy paranormal monster made of white marshmallows wearing a sailor hat.

The footage exploded across social media networks, logging millions of hits as viewers argued whether it was an extraterrestrial visitor, or just a brilliant helium balloon prank

Now, that viral internet memory has abruptly transformed into a matter of high-stakes military investigation.

The United States Department of War published its second official release of declassified files, which are documents cleared of government secrecy, under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters on May 22, 2026, pulling the old mystery back into the spotlight.

Independent researchers digging through the newly uploaded archives on the official portal spotted an unmistakable anomaly in a video catalogued as NAG UAP 1 JUN 20.

The abbreviation UAP stands for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, which is the modern scientific and military term used instead of UFO to describe unexplained objects or lights tracked in the air, underwater, or in space.

The official military file displays a nearly identical, upright white shape moving through the air with the exact same unnatural posture.

What was once mocked as a digital hoax is now officially classified as a genuine aerial mystery, forcing scientists to take another look at the decade-old phenomenon.

THE UNEXPLAINED PHYSICS OF THE SEQUOIA RESURGENCE

What makes the resurgence of this footage so compelling to the scientific community is the precise nature of the object’s flight path.

The military file, which draws parallels to another civilian sighting from Sequoia National Park, shows an object that completely defies standard aviation mechanics, which is the science behind how aircraft design, engineering, and structures allow them to operate safely.

It does not possess visible wings, rotors, or propulsion exhaust, which is the forceful stream of gases or fuel expelled from an engine to push a vehicle forward.

This lacks any signature belonging to traditional aircraft, helicopters, or commercial drones, ruling them out completely.

Furthermore, the object maintains a rigid vertical alignment, which means it is locked in a perfectly upright, straight up and down position.

The core of the mystery comes down to two completely separate events that look like mirror images of each other.

The first occurred in September 2015, when civilians in Los Angeles filmed a bizarre, puffy white shape that the internet nicknamed the marshmallow man.

The second occurred five years later on June 1, 2020, when a military tracking sensor captured an identical silhouette flying over the Middle East.

Even though these two objects look like the exact same entity, they are separate encounters recorded half a decade and thousands of miles apart, suggesting that this strange shape is a repeating phenomenon rather than a one-off event.

The earlier 2015 sighting over Sequoia National Park captured an identical white, amorphous silhouette that internet sleuths famously dubbed the Sequoia alien.

Both profiles show an irregular, humanoid form that appears to hover with a single leg-like extension.

While typical weather balloons drift, rotate, and expand as atmospheric pressure changes, this white silhouette moves with a highly fluid motion that looks like it is walking or floating upright in the air.

The Department of War has officially labeled the footage as unresolved. This means that advanced sensory data, or information collected by high-tech equipment like military radar, optical cameras, and infrared heat sensors, and engineering reviews could not match the object to any known terrestrial.

SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS AND PERSISTENT METEOROLOGICAL ANOMALIES

While the online community is focused on the humanoid shape, atmospheric scientists caution against leaping to extraterrestrial conclusions.

Analysts point to pareidolia, a well-documented neurological phenomenon, which is a hardwired brain trick or psychological tendency where the human mind naturally forces familiar patterns, like faces or bodies, onto completely random or ambiguous shapes.

When low-resolution military footage is heavily magnified, the naturally occurring pixelation, which is the grainy blurring that happens when digital image blocks become visible to the eye, can easily create the illusion of limbs or a distinct torso.

However, even if the humanoid appearance is a trick of light and shadow, the tracking data remains a genuine scientific anomaly.

If these two distinct objects spotted five years apart, first in 2015 and then again in 2020, are merely stray balloons, their ability to maintain absolute structural stability against high-altitude crosswinds without tumbling remains completely unexplained.

Standard airborne debris or atmospheric balloons typically distort or rotate wildly when subjected to changing high-altitude wind vectors.

By contrast, the military thermal tracking footage from June 1, 2020, confirms that the object maintained its rigid structural profile throughout its flight.

Rather than drifting passively with the wind, the object executed controlled, slow rotations on its axis while holding its precise shape, directly challenging the conventional civilian debris hypothesis.

The civilian debris hypothesis is the theory that an unexplained aerial object is actually just an ordinary, man-made item like a stray helium balloon or party decoration drifting through the sky.

As the disclosure initiative prepares its third wave of digital disclosures, the focus remains on gathering hard empirical data, or verifiable evidence obtained through direct experimentation or scientific measurement, to determine whether the skies are hosting advanced domestic technology, foreign surveillance systems, or something else entirely.

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How does an optical illusion occur?

On the night of May 23–24, two Latin letters were visible along the terminator line, created by the interplay of light and shadow. Source: Space Engine

People on Earth are fortunate to be able to observe the Moon, which never looks exactly the same two nights in a row. As our moon rotates, the angle at which sunlight hits its surface is constantly changing. This causes the light to dynamically “run” across the landscape, altering the length and shape of the shadows cast by deep craters, fissures, and high mountain ranges.

Since the Moon has no atmosphere to scatter light, the boundary between light and darkness there is extremely sharp. This stark contrast creates ideal conditions for the formation of illusions. Thanks to the psychological phenomenon of pareidolia, our brain is naturally inclined to seek out familiar images and symbols in chaotic patterns. This is precisely how the light-and-shadow effect arises, when brightly lit peaks against a backdrop of dark, unlit valleys suddenly form distinct, recognizable shapes.

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The locations of the letters X and V on the Moon’s surface

The phenomenon of letters appearing on the Moon is quite fleeting. The lunar “X” and “V” were most clearly visible over the weekend. Both letters reached their maximum visual prominence on May 23 and remained clearly visible until the early hours of May 24. They appeared near the terminator—the line separating the lunar day and night. It is along this boundary that the sun’s rays glide at a very low angle, illuminating only the highest points.

Lunar Letters

The letter “V” shone brightly near the terminator line, situated between the lunar seas Sinus Medii and Mare Vaporum, approximately 10° above the lunar equator. This shape, which perfectly resembles the Latin letter, appears where light is successfully reflected off the high rims of the Ucart crater, blending harmoniously with the glare from nearby terrain features and smaller impact sites.

The location of the letter V on the Moon’s surface. Source: Space Engine

At a point located approximately 25° south of the equator, on the edge of the light, the famous lunar “X” flashed brightly against the deep darkness. This gigantic symbol is formed by a unique combination of circumstances, when sunlight illuminates only the jagged, rugged rims of three neighboring craters—Purbach, Blanchinus and La Caille.

The location of the letter X on the Moon’s surface. Source: Space Engine

While their high outer walls are already catching the first rays of light, the deep bottoms of the craters are still shrouded in the black darkness of night. From a distance, it looks like a bright, distinct cross, mysteriously floating in the void.

Earlier, we explained how the Moon was formed and why it is so different from Earth.

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Pentagon UFO Files Add CIA Report on Kazakhstan’s Sary Shagan Range

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Ross Coulthart: Trump poised to reveal "we are not alone" on non-human intelligence

 Marcus Walsh - Journalist

We are not alone.

Image by Cybernews.

Following President Trump's second release of UFO evidence last Friday, leading journalist Ross Coultart is anticipating a huge announcement very soon from the White House, potentially stating that “we are not alone.”

As Memorial Weekend descended on the US, President Trump set forth the second tranche of UFO evidence, keeping the space community deep in discussion.

And as experts lamented the “limited usefulness” for most of the videos, a lot of the focus was on when and if we might reach some sort of promised land of ultimate truth.

Ross Coulthart is not one to beat around the bush, having stated a week ago that President Trump has indeed been briefed about the Pentagon's secretive Crash Retrieval Program.

Speaking live on Newsnation, Coultart has followed this up by saying that it’s “likely that the president is going to reveal that we are not alone, that there are non-human intelligences engaging with this planet.”

And what’s more, Coultart nodded towards the fact that the White House has been “consulting with religious leaders,” which could well signal hesitation about how to truly prepare the global population.

This threads into recent comments by evangelists such as Perry Stone, who has spoken of “reptilian-looking creatures." No, your eyes were not deceiving you when you read that.

From the fringes to center stage

Coultart, not one to mince his words, suggested that the administration needs to show the public that “their finger is on the pulse,” before playing down any imminent threat of an alien invasion.

And it’s the very sense of “imminent” that had a few Redditors grappling.

“He never talks about real shit. He always talks about stuff that is about to happen,” while another remarked that he has used “imminent framing” before, while giving kudos to his journalistic pedigree.

Another thread on the r/UFO group showed the mixed sentiments among UFOers. One commenter listed a few of the spokespeople on the UFO train, like Anna Pualina Luna, Tim Burchett, and Eric Burlison (among others), and recommended: “let’s see what happens.”

@corneliusvanhouten meanwhile examined how “it’s crazy how the mainstream media and most of the general population are not picking up on this.

Well, if Coultart is right and a big statement is upon us, then more likely than not, the topic won’t be on the fringes for much longer.

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China launches 'human artificial embryos' to space in bid to see whether reproduction is possible off-world

China's Tianzhou-10 mission just delivered embryo-like structures made from living stem cells to the Tiangong space station. Experiments could shed light on how radiation and microgravity affect human reproduction.

 By Harry Baker

"Human artificial embryos" have been sent into space for the first time. The ground-breaking structures, made from living stem cells, arrived on China's Tiangong space station on May 11 and will soon return to Earth.

China has become the first nation to send "human artificial embryos" to space in a bid to better understand how microgravity and cosmic radiation may affect human reproduction. The results could have big implications for our ability to set up self-sustaining colonies on the moon and Mars.

The embryo-like structures, made from living human stem cells, arrived on the Tiangong ( "Heavenly Palace") space station in the early hours of May 11 as part of the Tianzhou-10 resupply mission, state officials revealed. The mission also delivered around 7 tons (6.3 metric tons) of cargo — including food, fuel, spacesuits and other scientific experiments — to the Chinese astronauts currently living on the station.

The Tianzhou-10 spacecraft, which is similar to the cargo ships that deliver supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), lifted off from Wenchang Space Launch Site around five hours earlier, at 8:14 p.m. EDT on May 10, Live Science's sister site Space.com reported.

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Stem cells in orbit

The artificial embryos are made from collections of stem cells that can divide and multiply like a normal embryo but are unable to properly develop into a fetus or baby, allowing researchers to carry out their work with fewer ethical concerns.

"This is not a real human embryo and does not have the ability to develop into an individual," Leqian Yu, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' (CAS) Institute of Zoology who is leading the experiment, said May 14 in a CAS statement. "However, it can serve as a model for studying early human development."

Two types of artificial embryos, representing different phases of embryonic development between 14 and 21 days after fertilization, were used in the experiment. The first is a peri-implantation model, which mimics the critical phase where an embryo attaches itself to the uterine wall. The second is a peri-gastrulation model, which replicates the point in early development when a single layer of cells reorganizes into distinct layers that will eventually form different tissues and organs.

The embryos will be allowed to grow for five days before they are frozen and later returned to Earth for analysis. "The experiment is going very well," Yu said in the statement. (By now, the embryos have likely already been put on ice.)

As the embryos were developing in space, researchers in China grew and froze identical artificial embryos, which will serve as the control group for the experiment. "We hope that by comparing the development of space and ground samples, we can identify the factors affecting early human embryonic growth in the space environment, and address the risks and challenges humans may face during long-term space habitation," Yu said.

Similar experiments involving zebrafish embryos and mouse embryos were also launched on board Tianzhou-10.

Making babies in space

The ability to reproduce in space will be crucial if humanity is to establish a permanent presence on the moon, Mars and other more distant worlds. However, several issues need to be overcome before this can happen, if it is even possible at all.

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Experts have warned that as space tourism becomes more mainstream, non-astronauts will likely start having sex in space, which could lead to babies being conceived off-world.

Previous research has hinted that the high levels of radiation in space could damage developing embryos, while microgravity is also expected to be a major stumbling block.

Yu told state-run media that the artificial embryos "were brought to space to explore whether life, which has evolved under gravity for hundreds of millions of years, is affected by its sudden absence."

Studying the very early stages of embryonic development will be particularly important for determining the feasibility of natural reproduction under these conditions. It is "a critical window in early human development, during which the building blocks for future organs begin to form, and the entire body axis — which determines the head and the tail — is established," Yu told state-run media outlets.

A recent study also revealed that microgravity could disorient sperm cells, making it much less likely for egg fertilization to occur. And it's been known for a while that stem cells age much faster in space than they do on Earth, which could also be a serious issue.

Given these challenges, it may be necessary to turn to in vitro fertilization to help grow babies in space, which is an idea already being explored by several private space exploration companies.

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UFO Over Syria Shoots Away At Light Speed! US Department of War Released Video, UAP Sighting Paranormal News.

Date of sighting: 2021

Location of sighting: Syria

Source: Department of War website

 

This is number two video of the second group of files the US gov have released a few days ago. In this video you see the UFO being tracked by the US gov defenses and then suddenly build up energy and shoot away at near light speed. Why did they let the US military see this you ask? Because it sends a message, that aliens want the US military to know that their technology is far superior to humans. Thee video is 5 min long, thats exactly what they released, I didn't cut anything out only included some information that people need to know. Also the military switch camera filters about five times to try to see it better, but honestly, its hard, its alien cloaking we are talking about so only the most power, most sensitive infrared cameras can catch them. Please note; I have been saying for over 15 years on this site that inferred cameras can see any cloaked UFOs easily. Now...for all those who laughed at me...who's laughing last...me.

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Richard Dolan reviews the Pentagon’s second pursue release, which he finds substantially stronger than the first. The release includes military infrared videos showing fast-moving spherical objects, unusual formations over water, a striking cigar-shaped object over Kabul, and multiple long-duration military tracking sequences. 

Some cases may eventually have conventional explanations, but several raise serious questions that are not easily answered by vague references to “birds” or “drones.” 

In this video, Richard examines the stronger clips, discusses what appears genuinely anomalous, and separates the more compelling cases from the weaker ones. 

Even so, this second batch of UFO files still leaves many unanswered questions about whether these objects truly represent unidentified aerial or underwater phenomena. The path toward full disclosure remains a long one.

  

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Scientist gave shocking alien 'confession' about Area 51 before his death

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By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

A Lockheed Martin scientist who claimed to have top-secret clearance at Nevada's Area 51 gave a 'death confession' about aliens at the classified base.

Boyd Bushman sat down with independent aerospace engineer Mark Q Patterson shortly before he passed away at age 78 on August 17, 2014, where he revealed a stack of photographs he said were of extraterrestrials. 

'They're approximately five feet four inches to five feet tall,' said Bushman, as he held an image of what he touted as an alien lifeform.

'One or two of them were around 230 years old, and we had at least 18 of them operating around the facility.' 

He alleged that around 13 years prior to him giving the interview, he came into contact with a person connected to physicist Edward Teller, often referred to as the 'father of the hydrogen bomb,' who Bushman claimed remained involved with secret programs tied to Area 51 after J Robert Oppenheimer was removed from the facility.

According to Bushman, he stayed in regular contact with the head of the program and continued receiving updates about classified projects. 

The engineer said he still held top-secret clearance but believed information hidden within the 'dark recesses of Area 51' should be revealed to the public.

The resurfaced video comes as the Trump administration released the first UFO disclosure files this month, with a second phase planned 'very soon.' 

Boyd Bushman sat down with independent aerospace engineer Mark Q Patterson shortly before he passed away at age 78 on August 17, 2014, where he revealed a stack of photographs he said were of extraterrestrials

There is no publicly available evidence confirming Bushman’s claims about extraterrestrials or secret UFO programs at Area 51. 

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Skeptics have long questioned Bushman’s allegations, noting that photographs he presented as alien beings appeared similar to commercially available prop dolls sold online. 

Bushman held dozens of patents tied to advanced aerospace and military technology during his decades-long career at Lockheed Martin and other defense contractors.

His inventions included systems for detecting missile exhaust plumes, reducing infrared signatures on aircraft engines, electromagnetic propulsion devices, laser-powered thrust systems and advanced target detection technology designed for military aircraft and missiles.

Several patents also focused on futuristic magnetic propulsion concepts, energy transfer systems and experimental aircraft technology, helping fuel later speculation surrounding his claims about secret government research and UFO reverse-engineering programs.

Bushman claimed that his people inside Area 51 sent him pictures of not only alien bodies, but also UFOs being held at the base, and claimed anti-gravity is one of several technologies being hidden by the government. 

'This is a UFO that is ready to take off, and they informed me that it contains three elements: cobalt, germanium and gadolinium,' he said, holding a photograph up to the camera. 

'I did not say metal once. Not only that, but these things pick up and fly using anti-gravity.

Bushman claimed that his people inside Area 51 sent him pictures of not only alien bodies, but also UFOs being held at the base, and claimed anti-gravity is one of several technologies being hidden by the government

'Here's another picture. In this case, the UFO is not turned on and ready to fly, so you only see the upper part of it. Generally, it's white on the underside when power is applied. Here's another one of the same type.

'These UFOs are 38 feet in diameter, and that was rather surprising to me.'

The scientist then claimed that there was a hidden underground shaft at Area 51, specifically designed for UFOs to land and take off. 

Among other wild claims, Bushman said that the aliens kept at the base hailed from a planet 68 light-years away called Quintumnia, but that it takes them just 45 minutes to reach our planet.

Bushman showed what he claimed were several alien photographs, showing creatures with small heads full of veins, large eyes and feet with five toes that are 'joined together like a frog.'

Among other wild claims, Bushman said that the aliens kept at the base hailed from a planet 68 light-years away called Quintumnia, but that it takes them just 45 minutes to reach our planet

Area 51, officially established in 1955, remained largely under the radar until 1989, when whistleblower Robert Lazar appeared on television.

He claimed he had worked at a hidden facility near Groom Lake, known as 'S-4,' reverse-engineering alien spacecraft, further cementing Area 51's place in UFO lore.

While Lazar's claims have been dismissed as a hoax, Bushman claimed that there were American citizens suited up at the base and working on UFOs 24 hours a day.

'There's been a total of 39 US citizens who have lost their lives trying to reverse engineer UFOs,' said Bushman.

'Last one I heard of was a year and a half ago, where we lost 19 lives in one test. They actually wanted to bring a line craft near the UFO, and the UFO defended itself.' 

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A former CIA scientist has claimed that there are several alien species the US government secretly knows about.

Dr Hal Puthoff, a physicist and electrical engineer who worked on the intelligence community's psychic spy and UFO research programs in the 1970s and 1980s, said people who have recovered crashed UFOs encountered 'at least four separate types' of life.

Those species have been previously discussed by physicist Dr Eric Davis, known for his work on top-secret Pentagon projects, who testified in Congress that 'Grays, Nordics, Insectoids, and Reptilians' are potential operators of unidentified craft.

Davis described these entities as humanoid, approximately human-sized, and possibly linked to classified reverse-engineering programs allegedly taking place around the world, which US officials described as a new Cold War. 

Speaking on Steve Bartlett's The Diary of a CEO podcast last week, Puthoff said: 'There are at least four types. Four separate types. Now, I have not had direct access to that, but I believe the people I talked to. Four different types of life, at least.'

The Grays are the classic four-foot-tall creatures with large heads and enormous, almond-shaped black eyes, while Nordics are said to closely resemble extremely tall humans from Scandinavia, with blond hair, blue eyes and fair skin.

Reptilians may be the most infamous of the alien races mentioned, as this giant species has been alleged to look like serpents but walk like humans, and have the ability to shapeshift, sparking unproven claims from conspiracy theorists that these creatures regularly infiltrate human society.

Meanwhile, the Insectoids have been said to resemble giant mantis-like creatures with multiple limbs, an exoskeleton, mandibles and antennae. 

The revelations came after the first wave of UFO files were disclosed on May 8

The revelations came after the first wave of UFO files were disclosed to the American people one week earlier.

Puthoff appeared on the May 14 podcast with filmmaker and director Dan Farah, who recently released the bombshell documentary The Age of Disclosure, which claimed that the US government has been covering up a massive UFO recovery operation since the 1940s.

Farah said during the interview: 'The people I've talked to, through the process of making the documentary, both on camera and off the record sources, and the people Hal's talked to over the decades have said that there have been dozens of recoveries of crashed craft in the US alone.'

'Dozens of craft of non-human origin that either crashed organically or caused a crash and then recovered,' the director added.

Farah's documentary interviewed a plethora of high-ranking government officials, military veterans and whistleblowers from the US intelligence community who revealed what they knew about the global effort to reverse engineer advanced technology left behind by these four races.

This included testimony from physicist Davis, a colleague of Puthoff's who previously revealed what he knew about the four alien races during a special meeting on Capitol Hill in May last year.

Davis stunned those at the hearing by revealing detailed descriptions of the species, which he said were the alleged operators of unidentified craft over the US.

Last year, Davis told members of Congress: 'There are typically multiple species people are familiar with. 

Descriptions from CIA reports and alleged UFO witnesses match decades-long descriptions of a claimed race of beings called 'the Grays,' the popular alien depiction in the mid-1960s

Respected scientist Eric Davis told Congress last year that there are four alien species piloting craft in our skies, including Nordics (left) and Reptilians

'The greys, the Nordics... People are talking about reptilians and insectoids. It's not that they're reptilian or insectoid. It's that they resemble, to the percipient, a reptile or insect-type humanoid. Because they have a head, and four limbs, and a torso.'

The concept of Grays quickly became the popular alien depiction in the mid-1960s, largely due to the famous Betty and Barney Hill abduction case. 

The New Hampshire couple described being taken by small humanoids with smooth gray skin, large black almond-shaped eyes, and lacking typical human features like noses or ears. 

The Nordics, the tall Scandinavian-like aliens, have often been linked to the Pleiades star cluster, a region 440 light-years (or 2.6 trillion miles) from Earth.

Those who have allegedly contacted these entities, or were aware of government agencies that did, have said the Nordics possessed advanced technology and had peaceful intentions. They have been featured in UFO lore since the 1950s.

Insectoids, meanwhile, have been part of alien mythology since at least the early 1900s, with roots tracing back to Georges Melies' 1902 film A Trip to the Moon.

These beings have been compared to six-foot-tall versions of Earth's praying mantis, and those who have claimed to see these creatures alleged that the Insectoids were a telepathic race, capable of sending messages directly to the human mind.

As for the Reptilian theory, there have been wild claims that the shape-shifting aliens secretly control Earth, a conspiracy theory popularized by David Icke in the late 20th century.

Interestingly, similar half-human, half-serpent figures appear in ancient South and Southeast Asian myths, such as the Naga.

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Army UFO whistleblower made wild claims he was telepathically linked to 'mantis alien' before his death

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By ROB WAUGH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A former US Army sergeant claimed he spent most of his life in telepathic contact with an alien companion before his death in 2021.

Clifford Stone rose to prominence in UFO circles after testifying at the National Press Club in Washington in 2001, where he alleged he had participated in a secret Army program tasked with recovering crashed UFO materials.

Stone claimed the mysterious being he called ‘Korona’ first appeared to him when he was seven years old and continued communicating with him telepathically throughout his life.

The Army veteran described the entity as a mantis-like creature and said it was one of several unexplained encounters he experienced over the decades, though no evidence supporting the claims was ever presented publicly.

While the US government has never confirmed such creatures as Stone described, a former CIA scientist recently stated that there are different types of aliens.

Dr Hal Puthoff, a physicist and electrical engineer who worked on the intelligence community's psychic spy and UFO research programs in the 1970s and 1980s, said last week that people who have recovered crashed UFOs encountered 'at least four separate types' of life.

Those allegedly include Grays, Nordics, Reptilians and Insectoids, which Stone's mantis alien would fall under.

Stone made statements that when he met Korona during childhood, telepathic messages flooded his head, saying: 'The entity even told me that he could feel the emotions that I felt. From that day on, I would have, at his pleasure, interactions with this entity, who would later tell me that his name was Korona,' he added.

Clifford Stone (Pictured) testified in front of the National Press Club in Washington that he was involved in salvaging material from crashed UFOs

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The Army veteran also claimed he believed many aliens walk among humans in an effort to observe and better understand the human race.

During his bombshell testimony at the National Press Club, he alleged that he had personally catalogued 57 different species of extraterrestrial life forms while working in secret military programs.

Born in Portsmouth, Ohio, on January 2, 1949, he joined the Army in 1969 and served for more than 20 years, including during the Vietnam War, where he worked as an administrative and legal specialist.

His official military records list his primary role as an administrative and legal specialist, a position he held while serving for more than two decades.

Over time, however, Stone asserted that his duties extended far beyond clerical work.

He claimed he was quietly reassigned to classified recovery operations involving unidentified craft and, in some cases, non-human biological entities - these assertions have never been independently verified.

'I was involved in situations where we actually did recoveries of crashed saucers. There were bodies that were involved in some of these crashes. Also, some of these were alive,' Stone said, according to a 2001 report from the BBC. 

The Department of Defense has never confirmed Stone's involvement in any program related to extraterrestrial recovery or communication, and no declassified documents substantiate his account.

Army veteran Clifford Stone claimed that he was in telepathic contact with a mantis-like creature which called itself Korona

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Critics have long pointed out this absence of evidence, noting that extraordinary claims demand extraordinary proof.

Although the US government has maintained that there has never been physical proof of UFOs or alien life existing, President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to release all information regarding extraterrestrial encounters.

Until his death, Stone consistently maintained that his claims were rooted in firsthand encounters rather than speculation, describing them as experiences that had permanently changed his understanding of religion, mortality, and humanity's place in the universe. 

Stone claimed that Korona's civilization had reached what it considered a scientific conclusion about the existence of a creator, not as a matter of belief, but as an empirically established reality. 

Scholars of religion and philosophy have long debated whether scientific inquiry can ever address metaphysical questions such as the existence of God.

Stone claimed that belief in a singular creator is 'no longer a faith-based ideal,' and argued that science from advanced intelligence now supports the existence of what many people call God.

He further alleged that this same intelligence possessed technology capable of facilitating communication between the living and the dead, though he stressed that such interactions were tightly constrained.

'They even have the means to communicate with their loved ones. It's not some parlour trick,' he claimed. 'They really have the means to do it. But there are forbidden questions that you can't ask about what happens after death.'

That restriction, Stone claimed, was not presented as a technical limitation but as an enforced boundary, one that prevented deeper inquiry into the nature of death itself.

He suggested that certain knowledge may either be dangerous, destabilizing or simply inaccessible to human understanding at this stage of development.

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Lue Elizondo: UFO Files Contradict NASA’s Longstanding Claims

  Lauren Conlin

Actual site photo with FBI Lab rendered graphic overlay depicting corroborating eyewitness reports from September 2023 of an apparent ellipsoid bronze metallic object materializing out of a bright light

Credit: Department of War

The White House’s UFO file release officially kicked off May 8; however, “believers” and lawmakers say the biggest bombshells are still hidden behind closed doors.

Earlier this month, the Trump administration launched a new federal portal dedicated to declassified UFO and UAP material, releasing more than 150 documents, military encounter reports, cockpit videos and intelligence files tied to unexplained aerial phenomena. While technically, there wasn’t any new information included, it signaled a step in the right direction in terms of transparency. 

One prominent voice in the UFO transparency movement, Lue Elizondo, said the recent disclosure effort may not have delivered the “explosive revelations” many expected, but argued the release still marked a major turning point; particularly regarding NASA’s long-denied possession of historical UAP material connected to the Apollo missions. He pointed specifically to newly released lunar photographs and audio recordings, saying they appear to contradict decades of public statements from NASA claiming it held no significant UAP-related evidence in its archives.

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NASA’s own UAP FAQ page and its 2023 UAP report rollout, read, “NASA does not actively search for UAP.” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson also stated in 2023, “The NASA independent study team did not find any evidence that UAP have an extraterrestrial origin…but we don’t know what these UAP are” while acknowledging the “global fascination.” The UFO files did, in fact, include UAP evidence in the NASA-labeled filings. Again, from audio recordings to testimony regarding UAP sightings from pilots and scientists in a UFO and Defense Report.

Elizondo, Former Director of AATIP, Disclosure and Transparency Advocate and author, told Los Angeles, “I was happy to see the Administration take this topic seriously and begin the process of increasing public transparency. Although some of the information may seem less than what was expected, of particular significance were the lunar photos taken by NASA during the Apollo missions. For decades NASA has said it had nothing related to UAP in its holdings and we now know that was not accurate. Between photographs and audio recordings, it’s apparent that NASA does have some historical information regarding UAP.”

The White House has called the rollout an “unprecedented step toward transparency.” But online speculation has now exploded over whether a much larger “Phase 2” disclosure is coming next.

“There’s definitely more coming,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna previously indicated while pushing for the release of dozens of classified military UAP videos requested earlier this year by Congress. Those 46 videos, believed to include military encounters and infrared footage, were notably absent from the first batch of records released to the public. Luna had requested these videos from the Department of War’s Pete Hegseth in March, with an April 14 deadline. The deadline was missed due to an “administrative error,” and there has been no indication of when the videos will surface.

The initial disclosure dump included pilot sightings, Apollo-era transcripts, military reports describing strange “orb” activity, FBI memoranda and previously unseen footage involving unidentified objects near Japan and over the Pacific.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the administration wants Americans to have “unprecedented transparency” into decades of government-held UAP material, while White House officials insisted the public can now “make up their own minds.”

Still, UFO researchers and online sleuths quickly noticed many of the released documents had already circulated in fragments for years within the UFO community, claiming that the first rollout was more symbolic than revelatory.

The White House has not officially confirmed a “Phase 2” timeline, but lawmakers involved in the disclosure effort have suggested additional releases could occur within weeks. But does the President have the ability to release the classified information that could change the world? Elizondo isn’t so sure.

One of the few photographs of Neil Armstrong on the moon shows him working on his space craft on the lunar surface.

Credit: Photo by NASA/Newsmakers

He suggested that any resistance to larger UAP disclosure efforts may be happening behind the scenes within the intelligence community; internal opposition could be slowing or obstructing the administration’s push for transparency despite public promises from the White House.

“As for the greater effort to release information, it appears elements within our intelligence community are very much resisting the President’s order and undermining the DNI.  I remain hopeful; however, that the President’s will can overcome these roadblocks,” said Elizondo.

For now, the mystery appears far from over.

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Dean Fassnidge, State Director, MUFON Oregon

The McMinnville, Oregon UFO Festival began in 2000 to commemorate an important event in local UFO history, the Trent farm photos. It is celebrated each year around the date of the sighting with parades, social events, and scientific presentations.

Speakers this year included Dr. Matthew Szydagis, Dr. Rebecca Charbonneau (SETI), Kelly

Chase, Jason Martell (Ancient Aliens), George Knapp, and Jeremy Corbell.

• Each year, the Oregon MUFON chapter also has prominent exposure in the main lecture hall to answer public questions and promote our organization. At the same time, we make some great connections with others in our field. This event is truly exceptional and should be a “must” for any enthusiast.

A little background history. It can be argued that the first documented UFO case in Oregon history is known as the Trent Sighting, occurring on May 11, 1950, above the Trent family farm located between McMinnville and Sheridan, Oregon.

Evelyn Trent observed a disc-shaped object maneuvering in the sky above their farm.

She alerted her husband, Paul, and they saw an object and estimated it to be about 20 to 30 feet in diameter. Paul went back into the house, grabbed his Kodak camera, and took two photographs before the object flew off to the west. Immediately, they alerted their in-laws, who lived next to the property, and their father-in-law observed the object as well.

Paul Trent initially thought it was a secret military aircraft and kept the sighting to himself. He finished his roll of film, containing previously taken pictures around the farm, including pictures of his family’s Mother’s Day picnic celebration.

This action in itself indirectly bolsters the legitimacy of the event, and that there was no intent to fabricate the images – they were in the middle of the film roll.

A month later, while talking with his banker, Frank Wortman, and encouraged by his brother Ralph, he mentioned the sighting and his photographs. Mr. Wortman was excited and displayed the photos in his bank’s window in McMinnville.

Shortly thereafter, local reporter Bill Powell convinced Trent to loan him the negatives and ran an article in the McMinnville Telephone-Register newspaper.

On June 9 and 10, 1950, The Oregonian published the photographs. On June 12, the story aired on national news broadcasts, followed by reprints of the photographs in the June 26 issue of Life magazine. The Trents were even flown to New York to appear on the television show, We The People.

Following this national exposure, an investigator from Project Blue Book came to the farm to interview the Trents, in addition to investigators from the FBI.

In 1969, as we know, the Air Force’s Condon Commission published a report, claiming an exhaustive UFO study, and easily dismissing many accounts. However, it was stated that the Trent photographs were “difficult to explain conventionally” and concluded that the photographs were genuine. Following the conclusion of the Condon report, the negatives were returned to UPI, and in 1970, they were sent back to the

News-Register (formerly the Telephone Register) in McMinnville. When they arrived back at the paper, 20 years later, the negatives had been tampered with considerably.

Someone had cropped the negatives, trimming down the edges and reducing their overall size so that parts of the original image were missing. Despite ongoing attempts by Philip Klass and others to debunk the photos, in 1975, Dr. Bruce Maccabee of MUFON, a renowned optical-photo analyst, made an intensive study of the negatives and concluded that they were not the result of some kind of trickery.

Interesting Side Note:

In 1999, a longtime resident of McMinnville saw the pictures and articles commemorating the Trent UFO sighting at the newly opened Hotel Oregon. Wishing to remain anonymous, she validated the sighting by telling her story. On May 11, 1950, she and a group of her fellow Linfield College students heard stories of a recent UFO encounter nearby. They went to the area of the present site of the McMinnville airport and saw dozens of cars pulled off the road, presently on Three Mile Lane. Following the direction people were looking, they too observed a “steel gray, metal saucer” floating just above tree level.

Their encounter went unreported.

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Declassified UFO files: Video of Lake Huron encounter with F-16 near UP released by Pentagon

The Brief

• The second set of newly declassified UFO files includes an incident of an F-16c encounter over Lake Huron from 2023.
• On video a military jet shoots down what appeared to be a weather balloon object on camera before a white circular object appears.
• The object floats around the crosshairs of the gun camera before eventually disappearing.

FOX 2 - The Pentagon's newest release on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Friday includes a mysterious incident over Lake Huron near Michigan's Upper Peninsula after a shoot-down a few years ago.

Timeline:

The revelation comes from a Feb. 12, 2023 incident which was part of a second set of declassified files. 

A newly declassified video shown in infrared, depicts an object appearing to be a weather balloon shot down – moments before a bright white object appears to the right of the crosshairs.

The bright white object appears to float around the crosshairs on video before eventually disappearing.

In the declassified release, a 46-second video with redactions shows the encounter, labeled "USAF ANG F-16C [CALLSIGN] Shoots Down UAP over Lake Huron with [Weapon System], 12 Feb 2023," from an infrared sensor "aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Northern Command area of responsibility in 2023." 

"At the 11-second mark, the sensor focuses on an area of contrast in the center of its field-of-view," the video description says. "At the 20-second mark, the footage appears to depict a kinetic interaction between two distinct areas of contrast, with the initial subject of the footage fragmenting in a radial displacement pattern that suggests a high-energy event."

The file release does not speculate on the origin of the object, saying it was for informational purposes only.

Two screenshots of what appeared to be a balloon shot down in the moments before the bright object appeared:

Before and after pictures captured from DOD released video.

"Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance," the statement said.

More than 60 new files ranging from government documents, military surveillance videos and audio transcriptions of people reporting unexplained orbs, disc and fireballs.  The review and declassification is being handled by the Department of Defense, with support from the Director of National Intelligence. 

Most of the documents, videos and files are from unresolved cases, some previously released, with no definitive determination on the nature of what was observed. 

Dig deeper:

The Feb. 12 incident happened amid a flap of weather balloon sightings, including one which was labeled a Chinese spy balloon shot down over the Atlantic Ocean.

The head of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command declined to give any details about what it was, but in retrospect was likely commenting on the balloon, and not the balloon-like object.

Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, the commander of the United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, did not categorize those objects as balloons publicly at the time.

"I haven’t ruled out anything," VanHerck said at the time when asked if the objects could be aliens or something else extraterrestrial. 

Related: Mysteries swirl around object shot down over Lake Huron

According to the general, an object was spotted on a radar in Canada the day before. That object then crossed into the U.S. and was spotted over Montana. However, the track was lost. An object spotted in Wisconsin was "likely" the same one as the one seen in Montana.

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Unidentified object shot down over Lake Huron -- Everything we know about it

An unidentified object was shot down over Lake Huron on Sunday. It's the fourth object to be shot down by U.S. fighter jets in eight days.

VanHerck said the military prepared to engage the object and watched it pass over Lake Michigan before shooting it down over Lake Huron.

Ominously, in retrospect, when asked at the time if there are potentially more objects flying, VanHerck said "it’s certainly possible," but he could not confirm that.

For more information, click here for the latest batch of files: war.gov/UFO/

Picture captured from DOD released video with red circle added.

The Source: Information for this story is from newly released Pentagon files as well as prior reporting about the Feb. 12, 2023 suspected military weather balloon encounter over Lake Huron.

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UFO files could ‘backfire’ on Trump, disclosure advocate says

This unsealed Apollo 17 photo is the 'most significant' new UAP release, says Age of Disclosure director

"We are not aware of any human technology that should have been hovering over the moon watching the astronauts in 1972," Dan Farah tells EW.

By Mike Miller

"For decades, UFO disclosure has been a distant object — unidentified and unexplained," senate minority leader Chuck Schumer tweeted. "That’s starting to change. I’ll keep pushing until we land on the truth." 

Dan Farah, who coincidentally produced Spielberg’s Ready Player One years before directing last year’s UAP exposé, The Age of Disclosure, says this is just the beginning. 

Now Prime Video’s most-watched documentary, Age of Disclosure "opened a lot of eyes, not only in the public but inside government," Farah tells Entertainment Weekly.

The Age Of Disclosure/youtube

Exposing what he describes as an "80-year cover-up of the existence of non-human intelligent life," as well as "a high-stakes secret Cold War race" between the U.S. and "adversary nations to reverse engineer technology of non-human origin," the film featured interviews with 34 senior members of the U.S. legislative, military, and intelligence communities, including then-U.S. Senator Marco Rubio.

"Within three months," Farah says, the film’s release “straight up led to President Trump taking a legitimate historic, unprecedented action to declassify evidence that the U.S. government has of UAP and non-human intelligent life."

Below, Farah gives his reaction to the May 8 releases, including what he finds most compelling, what his sources in the government are telling him behind the scenes, and when we can expect more evidence to be brought forward. 

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: As you predicted in your film and in our previous interviews, the government has begun to release previously classified information on UAPs. Now that you’ve had a chance to go through everything, what's your reaction to what’s been unsealed?

DAN FARAH: When we made The Age of Disclosure, the hope of my interview subjects and me was that it would lead to a national conversation at an unprecedented level and cause the White House to take action. And that's exactly what happened. So I couldn't be prouder of the impact the film has had and this historic disclosure process that it's caused. It was less than a few months after the release of the movie that President Trump issued this historic presidential directive telling federal agencies to declassify evidence of non-human intelligent life and UAP, and that was followed by weeks of his senior cabinet members going to all the federal agencies and branches of the military and demanding that they turn over evidence that they have.

They got a lot of pushback from all the people who have been involved in covering this up, and they still have not gotten all the evidence they have been trying to get on behalf of the American people. But they did get some, and of that, they were able to comfortably declassify a number of UAP videos and images and files related to UAP that had been previously classified.

And you believe there’s more to come? 

When they released this on May 8th, they made it clear that this was just the first tranche of evidence, and it would be a rolling disclosure process, a rolling declassification process of this evidence. And that's because their effort to get the evidence out of all these federal agencies and branches of the military is ongoing and active. And I know a number of senior cabinet members in the current administration are actively working on this on a weekly basis, even people who haven't publicly been associated with this topic. It's a huge priority for the White House. The goal of the film was to bring about mainstream disclosure and drive action by our government, and that's exactly what's happening, so I couldn't be prouder.

Do you feel public sentiment on UAPs has shifted? 

I think the unjustified antiquated stigma that has historically surrounded this topic is dead and gone once and for all. I don't think any intelligent person is now questioning whether this is real, especially after watching The Age of Disclosure. And I think the White House's recent actions pushing disclosure forward also make it clear how real and serious this is.

Department of War

What did you find most surprising in this first tranche? 

I think, hands down, the most significant evidence released in that first tranche on May 8th is an image of what appears to be a triangle craft hovering over the moon during the 1972 Apollo mission. When I was making The Age of Disclosure, a number of high-level officials I interviewed told me they had seen that image but that it had never been released to the public, and they hoped it would eventually get out. 

So when that was included in this first tranche of evidence, I thought that was pretty significant. Certainly, we are not aware of any human technology that should have been hovering over the moon watching the astronauts in 1972, right? It's pretty extraordinary. Additionally, several of the people in my film told me they investigated that image in their official capacities, and when you apply certain filters to that image, there are actually other objects in the same frame that you can't see with the naked eye.

What else stood out to you?

There was a lot of stuff in this. There were old memos, military memos that make it clear that this has been an issue going all the way back to the ‘40s. There are some significant internal military memos that were declassified acknowledging that this isn't manmade technology. But I certainly think the Apollo mission photo is super significant.

I've also been told by senior members of Congress who I've gotten close with that they have been helping the White House identify more evidence, and they're expecting around 40 more UAP videos to be released in the next few weeks.

Department of War

In the doc and in our previous conversations, you’ve described a “tug of war” behind the scenes, where certain members of the intelligence community, government, and military are fighting to keep these documents classified. Do you have hope that the most compelling evidence will be released to the public one day?  

I know as a fact that the elements of the U.S. government that have been involved in gatekeeping this information for the past 80 years are aggressively pushing back against this presidential directive. They are actively fighting it. They do not want to turn over this evidence that they have been holding and gatekeeping. In fact, their goal is to put all this back in a box and bury it for another 80 years.

It's also notably a bipartisan effort. In Congress, it's Congresswoman [Anna Paulina] Luna, Congressman Eric Burlison, and Congressman [Tim] Burchett on the Republican side, and on the Democratic side, it's Congressman [Jared] Moskowitz and Congressman [André] Carson. In the U.S. Senate, it's Sen. Chuck Schumer, Sen. [Mike] Rounds, Sen. [Kristen] Gillibrand, and then you have the key members of the President's Cabinet all over this. So it's a really unique bipartisan effort at a senior level.

It's safe to say disclosure of UAP and non-human intelligent life has become a national priority.

Department of War

What would you say to skeptics who argue that some or all of the photos and videos in these files could have ordinary, terrestrial explanations? 

Well, all the stuff that they released and labeled as UAP are UAP. They're unidentified anomalous phenomena. I also want to stress that what has been released publicly in this first tranche of evidence barely scratches the surface. That's just like one to 5 percent of the evidence that just a couple of federal agencies have shared. Not every federal agency has turned over the evidence they're supposed to. Not every branch of the military has turned it over. Almost all those documents come from just a couple of federal agencies.

Looking into your crystal ball, when do you think we might get incontrovertible evidence that aliens are among us? 

I think the process has begun, and it's not reversible. I think the White House and Congress are gonna keep fighting their way to the most meaningful evidence, then declassify as much of it as they feel they can safely do without creating threats to national security. And I think we're gonna get to a point of the best evidence eventually being unveiled to the public, and I think we will also get to a point after that where we do finally see a sitting president step to the microphone and tell the world we're not alone in the universe.

Do you worry that the drip of information could turn people more skeptical?

I think we're past being concerned about people who can't accept reality, you know? That's like letting yourself worry about people who think the Earth is flat.

Anything else you want to share about these latest developments? 

I'm really excited for Spielberg's new film Disclosure Day. I certainly would never have made The Age of Disclosure if not for the impact his work had on me. Close Encounters and E.T. are two of my favorite films since I was a child, and especially Close Encounters piqued my curiosity about this topic more than anything, and made me curious about those big questions like, Are we alone in the universe? Does the U.S. government, in fact, know more about this topic than the public does? — which is the common thesis in both E.T. and Close Encounters.

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This unsealed Apollo 17 photo is the 'most significant' new UAP release, says Age of Disclosure director

"We are not aware of any human technology that should have been hovering over the moon watching the astronauts in 1972," Dan Farah tells EW.

The Pentagon’s New UFO Files Include Fighter Jets, Orange Orbs, and a Lot of Grainy Footage

The Pentagon released yet another batch of UFO files on Friday. Like the previous release, there’s some weird stuff in here, but not enough to make me question my existence or fear for my life.

This latest release includes 64 files in total: 6 PDFs, 7 audio files, and 51 (!!!) videos. The files that were made public are available via the Pentagon’s UFO website. So, what’s actually in this round? And is there anything worth going out of your way to check out?

Well, it’s jam-packed with a lot of grainy military footage. We’re talking about videos of various UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena) captured by military aircraft and sensors. So if you like stuff like that, or miss playing the Nintendo Virtual Boy, this batch of alien stuff is very much for you.

Perhaps the most notable video appears to show a fighter jet shooting down an unidentified object over Lake Huron. That footage, captured in 2023, was recorded during the national balloon panic that followed the Chinese spy balloon drama. Reports suggest that the object may have been a balloon from a hobbyist group, which is pretty funny to think about.

There are more videos from 2018-2023, including some footage from around the Persian Gulf. One 2022 video shows multiple spherical objects moving in and out of the water near a military submarine. Of course, you’re left to your own thoughts and imagination as to what those spherical objects really are.

The Pentagon Released More UFO Files, and the Best One Involves a Helicopter Crew Seeing Orange Orbs

The strangest thing found in this release? A first-hand account from a senior intelligence officer who is still currently serving. In the report, the officer describes being aboard a military helicopter late last year while investigating UFO sightings. According to his account, the crew experienced several close encounters over the course of an hour and even saw countless orange orbs moving around a mountain.

At one point, two large, orange, oval-shaped orbs with bright centers appeared near the helicopter, just above the rotor disk. The officer claims that he and the crew were left “virtually speechless” by the encounter.

Sadly, there is no hard evidence in this batch of files that aliens exist or are currently living among us. But if you’re looking for a dumb distraction from all of the real nonsense going on in the world, the Pentagon’s official UFO website is where the government wants you to go.

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4 UFOs over Iran in 2022, US Gov File Release, UFO UAP Paranormal Sighting News.

Date of sighting: 8-26-2022

Location of sighting: Iran 

Source: 

• https://www.war.gov/ufo/?releaseDate=Release+02#DOW-UAP-PR050-4-UAP-Formation-Iran-26-Aug-2022-over-water-CALLSIGN

This is a video released by the US gov this week and it's just mind-blowing. The footage shows three UFOs flying side by side moving past Iranian speedboats and another single UFO flying over the boats. Why would aliens care about the military war in Iran? Back in WWI and WWII they say and recorded them too, but they called the foo fighters because they flew along side the military aircraft and ships. Here we get to see them, however the infrared video is poor and less detailed. What everyone is waiting for is...the color video footage close up of a real alien UFO. Something the public can really sink its teeth into. 

Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily 

 

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The largest and most powerful rocket in history exploded in a massive fireball after its successful test flight around the Earth Friday night.

Elon Musk's SpaceX declared the launch of Starship 12 a success and noted that the space capsule's explosion in the Indian Ocean was planned as the aerospace company did not plan to reuse the experimental craft.

Starship Flight 12 took off from SpaceX's launching pad in Starbase, Texas Friday night as the company began critical trials before NASA uses this third version of Starship to take astronauts to the moon and beyond. 

While the craft successfully made it into space, the launch was not perfect, as Starship lost the use of one of its six new 'Raptor' engines. It was forced to burn its remaining five engines longer to compensate.

However, the unmanned rocket was still able to complete most of its planned mission, successfully surviving reentry and completing its landing maneuvers before splashing down in the ocean and erupting into a ball of flame.

Flight 12 tested Version 3 of Starship, the company's latest design which featured several improvements based on lessons from earlier test flights, including more efficient and powerful Raptor 3 engines, better fuel systems and more heat protection.

Musk and his team are eyeing this version of Starship as the one NASA astronauts will use as their lunar lander for the Artemis program. It will carry astronauts to the moon’s surface as soon as 2028 when Artemis IV is scheduled to take off.

SpaceX’s long-term dream for Starship V3 is to send both humans and cargo to Mars to build the first self-sustaining city on the Red Planet. Starship was designed to be refueled in orbit so it can make the long journey to Mars.

SpaceX Starship 12, the company's third version of the craft, launched successfully at 6.30pm ET on May 22

SpaceX Starship 12, the company's third version of the craft, launched successfully at 6.30pm ET on May 22

SpaceX Starship 12, the company's third version of the craft, launched successfully at 6.30pm ET on May 22

Pictured: Starship 12 splashes down in the Indian Ocean after a successful test flight on May 22

As planned, Starship 12 exploded once it touched down in the Indian Ocean 66 minutes after launching from Starbase, Texas

Friday's test flight was a suborbital mission, meaning it did not go into full orbit, and was said by SpaceX to be the first pivotal step in testing how the new Starship's hardware behaves under real flight conditions.

Starship 12 featured two key parts, the 'Super Heavy,' the bottom booster stage with 33 powerful Raptor engines, and the Starship, the upper part sitting on top of the booster that has its own engines. The spacecraft is what would carry astronauts to space.

Overall, the rocket stood as tall as a 50-story building, making it the biggest and most powerful rocket in history.

After a successful liftoff from Starbase, Texas at 6.30pm ET, the Super Heavy booster separated after a few minutes of flight, conducted a 'boostback' burn to slow itself down and then performed a landing burn to splash down gently in the Gulf of America.

Unlike previous SpaceX missions, this rocket booster did not try to land back at the launch site as the company's other reusable rockets have.

Meanwhile, the upper Starship stage continued into space, where it successfully deployed 22 dummy Starlink satellites 20 minutes into the flight.

Cameras inside the craft captured the moment as each communications panel slid out of the cargo hatch and was sent off into orbit as the SpaceX crew back on Earth cheered and chanted 'USA' from the company's control center in Texas.

SpaceX did note during the flight that a scheduled restart of one of the craft's engines while in space was cancelled due to the loss of one of Starship's six engines during launch.

Starship 12 successfully reached space despite the loss of one of its six engines on May 22

The SpaceX spacecraft successfully launched 22 fake Starlink satellites (Pictured) during its tests in space

Pictured: SpaceX tests Starship's heat shields during reentry maneuvers on May 22

SpaceX had planned for Starship 12 to be destroyed on reentry as they stressed the craft's heat shields, but the rocket survived and exploded once landing in the Indian Ocean

Flight 12 made it through Earth's atmosphere intact despite SpaceX testing its heat shields by deliberately removing one panel to see how the craft would hold up under such stress.

Despite the stress, cameras captured the moment the rocket passed through the atmosphere without burning up and then adjusted its course to reach its final landing spot in the Indian Ocean. The whole flight took just over 66 minutes.

Starship 12 was initially set to launch on Thursday, but the mission was postponed after several attempts to fix a mechanical issue just 40 seconds from takeoff.

Musk revealed after the failed attempt that a hydraulic pin holding the tower arm in place did not retract from the craft.

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Scientists have managed to hatch live chicks from a fully artificial egg – marking a de-extinction breakthrough that paves the way for resurrecting long-dead species.

Experts at Colossal Biosciences, the company planning to bring back the woolly mammoth, have created the first ever shell-less incubation system that mirrors a natural egg 'as much as possible'.

The team were able to take early bird embryos, place them into an artificial shell and incubate them for 18 days while they developed.

Once the chicks were ready, they hatched from their cosy home and are now living happy, healthy lives.

The company said the development marks a critical milestone for their plans to de-extinct the South Island giant moa – an enormous bird that stood at 11.8ft (3.6 metres) tall and weighed 507lbs (230kg).

It also provides a 'stepping stone' for the eventual development of an artificial womb.

Colossal Biosciences said: 'This device changes everything. We're showing the world that we can grow this whole bird in an incubator outside of an eggshell.

'It's a complete game-changer. Life finds a way.'

Experts have created the first ever shell-less incubation system that mirrors a natural egg 'as much as possible'

The artificial egg features a 'window' on the top, allowing for real-time visibility into every stage of embryonic development

The artificial egg device consists of a 3D-printed strong outer shell structured like a lattice to provide protection and rigidity.

Within this layer is a silicone-based membrane that allows oxygen to diffuse into the system.

Over the last 40 years there have been several attempts to create artificial eggs, but they required supplementation with large volumes of pure oxygen which caused DNA damage and impacted long-term animal health.

The permeable membrane of this new design allows oxygen to naturally transfer from the atmosphere into the egg.

This mirrors the real-life process of oxygen entering eggshells through microscopic pores.

'How do we replicate nature but also improve upon it?' Colossal said. 'This is the first time the core engineering problem of artificial eggs has been solved.'

The artificial egg also features a 'window' on the top, allowing for real-time visibility into every stage of embryonic development.

Colossal said its device is compatible with standard commercial incubators, is manufacturable at scale and is adaptable to eggs at any size.

One of the chicks emerging from its artificial egg. Colossal said it marks a de-extinction breakthrough that paves the way for resurrecting long-dead species

Once the chicks were ready, they hatched from their cosy home and are now living happy, healthy lives

The artificial egg 

• Strong outer shell provides protection and rigidity
• Inside this is a permeable membrane which allows oxygen to diffuse into the system
• 'Window' on the top allows real–time visibility into every stage of embryonic development
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To begin the process, experts collected real chicken eggs right after they had been laid.

An embryology team thoroughly examined each egg and selected the embryos that looked most likely to hatch.

They then cracked the egg open very gently and transferred the contents into the artificial egg, which was then placed in an incubator.

Scientists 'sprinkled' in a nutrient that helped the embryo continue to develop. Roughly 18 days later the chick started tapping against the egg to indicate it was ready to hatch.

After hatching, all chicks were put in groups and eventually moved to a 'graduation pen' outside before being relocated to a large farm.

Colossal said its design could also benefit endangered animals at a time when more than half of bird species are in decline.

'Imagine a future where we have hundreds or thousands of eggs in laboratories growing critically endangered species,' it said.

'These are the stepping stones that an artificial womb will be built on.'

The device consists of a 3D-printed strong outer shell structured like a lattice to provide protection and rigidity

Colossal said its device is compatible with standard commercial incubators, is manufacturable at scale and is adaptable to eggs at any size

How the artificial egg was used to hatch a live chick

1. Collect real chicken eggs right after they have been laid
2. Embryology team thoroughly examine each egg and select those that look most likely to hatch
3. Crack the egg open very gently and transfer the contents into the artificial egg
4. Artificial egg is placed in incubator. Scientists 'sprinkle' in a nutrient that helps the embryos continue to develop
5. 18 days later the chick starts tapping against the egg to indicate it is ready to hatch
6. Chicks put in groups and eventually move to a 'graduation pen' outside before being relocated to a large farm

The company said its plan to bring back the South Island giant moa has presented an incubation challenge unlike any other species in their portfolio.

Moa eggs are estimated to have been approximately 80 times the volume of a chicken egg and roughly eight times the volume of an emu egg, placing them entirely beyond the capacity of any available avian surrogate.

No living bird is large enough to serve as a host. A size-scaled artificial egg, therefore, is critical for the de-extinction of this species.

Colossal Biosciences will use genes extracted from moa bones to engineer modern birds until they very closely resemble the extinct species, which disappeared from New Zealand roughly 500 to 600 years ago.

This is the same technique that was used to transform grey wolves into animals closely resembling dire wolves.

The edited embryos will then be placed into an artificial egg to develop and eventually hatch.

'We've created a novel shell-less culture system that is fully scalable and biologically accurate,' said Professor Andrew Pask, chief biology officer at Colossal. 'It's a new system designed for long-term, healthy avian embryo development.

'The genome is the blueprint, but without a place to build, it's meaningless. The artificial egg gives us that platform: controlled, scalable, and completely independent of a surrogate.'

The company said the development marks a critical milestone for their plans to de-extinct New Zealand's South Island giant moa – an enormous bird that stood at 3.6 metres (11.8ft) tall and weighed 230kg (507lbs)

The moa went extinct in the 15th century due to hunting and forest clearing by the first Māori settlers. Colossal Biosciences said restoring this megafauna species will help restore New Zealand's ecosystem 

Some outside experts have cautioned that there is no published scientific paper along the announcement, which limits scientific scrutiny. However, others hailed the advance as an 'impressive act of bioengineering'.

Carles Lalueza-Fox, director of the Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona and a specialist in DNA recovery techniques, said: 'Colossal has succeeded in developing an artificial egg, something for which there are no comparable precedents.

'The most significant breakthrough lies in the permeability of the membrane, which allows gases (oxygen and carbon dioxide) to pass through.'

Alongside the moa, he said the device could be used to de-extinct other birds such as the Carolina parakeet.

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Dusko Ilic, Professor of Stem Cell Sciences at King's College London, said: 'Recreating an extinct species such as the moa would require far more than an incubation platform, including accurate genome reconstruction, appropriate development, physiology, behaviour, welfare and ecological context.

'Even then, the result would likely be an engineered proxy rather than a true restoration of the extinct species.

'The most credible translational value may therefore lie in applications such as embryo rescue, endangered bird conservation and controlled generation of genome-edited avian lines, particularly if it proves reproducible, scalable and compatible with normal long-term health, rather than in de-extinction itself.'

Inside the ambitious plan to 'de-extinct the Dodo': How scientists are using stem cell technology to bring back the extinct species 

It's one of the most famous extinct animals of all time, ruthlessly hunted to extinction by humans in just a few decades. 

Now, scientists are edging closer to bringing the famous dodo back to its original home of Mauritius, the island east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. 

US startup Colossal Biosciences, based in Dallas, Texas, is using stem cell technology and genome editing to create a modern approximation of the species. 

At a cost of over $225 million (£180 million), it is 'de-extincting' the dodo more than 350 years after it was wiped out from Mauritius by European explorers. 

Scientists have already achieved the monumental feat of sequencing the full genome of the extinct species, from bone specimens and other fragments.

The next step is to gene-edit the skin cell of a close living relative, which in the dodo's case is the Nicobar pigeon, so that its genome matches that of the extinct bird.

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

By  Stefan Becket

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. 

One notable video appears to show the moment a fighter jet shot down an unidentified object over Lake Huron in 2023, a high-profile incident that came after a Chinese spy balloon traversed the U.S., leading to heightened fears of UAPs. Later reports indicated that the object might have been a balloon operated by a hobbyist group.

A declassified video showing the moment a fighter jet took out a UAP over Lake Huron in 2023.Pentagon

Many of the videos capture encounters that happened in U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility between 2018 and 2023, including over the Persian Gulf. 

A video from 2022, which does not have a location listed, shows multiple spherical objects going in and out of the water near a submarine.

The documents include historical accounts of UFO sightings, a report on Soviet intelligence activities and Department of Energy files about UFO reports, including one from PANTEX, a key nuclear weapons facility. 

The most striking document is an account by a currently serving "senior intelligence officer" who detailed his experience investigating UFO sightings in late 2025 onboard a military helicopter. The officer wrote that he and the crew had "a series of close UAP encounters lasting over an hour" as they investigated previous sightings.

"In the distance, we saw countless orange orbs swarming in all directions against the backdrop of the mountain. The display lasted several minutes before fading," the officer wrote. "[T]he pilots and I (using the naked eye) observed two large orbs flare up side by side, close to the helicopter — stationary and just above the rotor disk to our right. They were oval-shaped, orange with a white or yellow center, and emitted light in all directions."

The officer said that he and the crew "were virtually speechless after these observations."

The audio files include recordings from NASA astronauts during the Apollo and Mercury missions about observations they made while in space, including objects described as "fireflies" and "snowflakes." The Pentagon notes that NASA "later determined that the 'fireflies' are attributable to frozen condensation separating from the spacecraft body. The white, green-hued appearance of this phenomenon results from sunlight reflecting off frozen condensation."

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US government declassifies dozens of additional UFO files, including strange military videos

The Department of Defense has declassified another batch of images and recordings related to UFO/UAP sightings, bringing the total to roughly 220 newly released files.

 By Brandon Specktor

Four unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) were spotted over the water in Iran in 2022, this newly declassified military video claims.

(Image credit: Department of Defence)

• Editor's note: On Friday (May 22) the Department of Defense released a second tranche of UFO files, adding another 60 documents to its ongoing database. These include new videos from the military, and documents dating back to the 1970s. This article, originally published May 8, has been updated as Live Science reviews the files for possible items of interest.

Available to read today (May 8) on the Department of Defense website, the 162 newly declassified documents, photos, and videos cover reports of UFOs and UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena, the government's preferred name for such sightings today) dating back as far as 1947.

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The reports come from agencies across the government, including the Department of Defense (DOD), the FBI and NASA. The NASA offerings include images, audio files and transcripts of Apollo-era astronauts reporting anomalous sightings in space. However, most of these materials have been available for decades and never resulted in any compelling answers.

"The materials archived here are unresolved cases, meaning the government is unable to make a definitive determination on the nature of the observed phenomena," DOD representatives wrote on the agency's website. "This can occur for a variety of reasons, including a lack of sufficient data."

Are there any aliens?

Due to the poor data quality, the reports do not contain any compelling evidence of alien intelligence.

While NASA has not weighed in directly on the newly declassified files — save for a statement of support from Administrator Jared Isaacman — the space agency's official position remains that UAP are real but they have nothing to do with aliens.

"Are there any data supporting the idea that UAP are evidence of alien technologies?

"No," NASA's official UAP webpage states. "Most UAP sightings result in very limited data, making it difficult to draw scientific conclusions."

Indeed, NASA conducted its own independent investigation into UAP sightings in 2022 and 2023 and found no evidence of alien activity, again pointing to low-quality data among the alleged sightings.

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What did the NASA astronauts see?

Some of the most interesting documents, from a historical perspective, are files related to UFO sightings reported by NASA astronauts in the 1960s. They include a transcript and audio recording of two NASA astronauts reporting an unidentified object in Earth orbit during the 1965 Gemini VII mission.

Just four hours into the flight on Dec. 5, 1965, astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell reported seeing a "bogey" (military slang for an unidentified aircraft) out their spacecraft window, which Borman describes as "hundreds of little particles going by."

When NASA ground control pressed Borman on whether it could be a piece of the recently detached rocket booster, the astronauts said no, maintaining that they could see the booster in a separate part of orbit. The Gemini spacecraft soon drifted away from the object, never to see it again.

The files also include photos and transcripts from the Apollo 11, Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 missions, in which astronauts describe seeing various unidentified "flashes" and "particles of light" on the moon. These cases, like the others, remain unresolved due to a lack of sufficient data.

The underlying files have been available in public archives for decades. However, some newly released images from the Apollo 12 mission show zoomed-in boxes to highlight anomalous phenomena on the moon.

What are UAP?

So, if they're not aliens, what are UAP? According to a 2022 DOD investigation, most UAP sightings can be explained by birds, optical illusions, poor-quality photographs and foreign surveillance technology.

Many UAP files remain classified not due to the object sightings themselves, but because of the sensitive military technology used to record them, according to NASA.

The DOD plans to release additional declassified UAP documents every few weeks for the near future.

• Editor's note: This article was updated at 12:30 p.m. ET on May 22 to link to the second tranche of declassified files.

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“We are moving beyond artificial intelligence that thinks,” Scopelliti writes. “We are entering an era of intelligence that perceives.”

Synthetic Senses

These technologies were first applied in the medical field to help people with disabilities. For example, some AI systems can convert sound into touch, light, or movement, allowing deaf people to understand audio information in new ways. Researchers are developing retinal and neural implants to help restore sight to people who are blind. Another concept known as haptic technology allows people to feel touch from afar by recreating the sensation in real time.

Researchers are developing technologies that Scopelliti calls e-noses and e-tongues to mimic the sensations of smell and taste using digital systems. These tools turn signals from smells and tastes into data that can be studied, saved, and recreated. These sensations, which have been historically difficult to replicate, are now becoming programmable.

“For the first time in history, our senses are no longer confined to biology,” Scopelliti writes. “They can be synthetic, digitized, transmitted, and re-engineered.”

Scopelliti points out that these changes demonstrate that machines are moving from simply recording data to actually sensing the world around them. These technologies are beginning to blur the boundary between biological perception and machine interpretation.

The Impending Surveillance Problem

Today’s AI can predict how someone feels by analyzing their voice, facial expressions, or body language. New wearables and surrounding systems might soon be able to sense changes in mood, focus, or intention from very subtle signals. These tools could help doctors detect mental health risks early, help teachers notice when students lose focus, and enable workplaces to adjust to reduce cognitive overload.

The book also examines the risks associated with these new technologies. Scopelliti says that companies and AI systems are increasingly tracking and recording sensory and emotional data, raising new privacy and ethical concerns. Collecting emotional data raises ethical questions about who owns the information, how people can use it, and how others might misuse or manipulate it.

“As these signals are captured and analysed, new questions emerge,” Scopelliti writes. “Who owns your emotional state? Can your reactions be predicted, and influenced, without your knowledge? What happens when environments adapt to shape your behaviour in real time?”

These concerns are more than theoretical. AI can already track small changes in a person’s voice, skin conductance, or movement and use this data to personalize content and influence their decisions. Scopelliti gives examples of systems that have evolved from simple observation to actively shape people’s choices through this type of emotional data.

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US government releases UFO sighting reports - 'Orbs swarming in all directions'

Rebecka Pieder

The Pentagon has released scores of UFO files, with descriptions of reported sightings of orbs, discs and fireballs spanning 80 years.

Witnesses described seeing "green orbs, discs and fireballs" dating as far back as 1948, the files show. More recently, a senior US intelligence officer said he saw "countless orange orbs swarming in all directions" last year, rendering him "speechless".

The fresh batch of materials includes a half dozen documents, a handful of audio recordings and 51 videos, including one of an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) being shot to bits. The circumstances are unexplained.

The files are the second set released after an order this year from US President Donald Trump.

The Pentagon uploaded the first set of 161 files on 8 May, promising there would be more to come. The second was released on Friday.

One of the documents is a 116-page Armed Forces Special Weapons Program report from 1948-1950 that said witnesses had recounted 209 sightings of unidentified objects - orbs and other objects the US government now calls "unidentified anomalous phenomena" (UAP).

The report includes accounts of a series of sightings and investigations in Sandia, New Mexico, where witnesses described how UFOs manoeuvred, flew away and disappeared but then exploded.

In another document, the unnamed "senior US intelligence officer" provided his first-hand account of seeing phenomena from a military helicopter in 2025 at a location listed as the "western United States".

He described spotting mysterious "orange orbs flaring up and down" when investigating "loud thuds heard in the mountains" on a test range where others had spotted UFOs in the preceding days.

The "series of close UAP encounters" lasted for more than an hour, he said. The UAP were "super-hot", low to the ground and moving at high speed.

"They were oval-shaped, orange with a white or yellow centre, and emitted light in all directions," the officer reported. He said the swarm appeared to coalesce as they flared up and down for several minutes, "forming a distinct triangle before vanishing".

He said he did not take any photos because he was too focused on "assessing what it was and whether it posed a threat".

The files do not draw any definitive conclusions about the existence of extraterrestrial life or provide any evidence of alien technology. US officials have said that people could decide for themselves what they show.

Following the first release of files, Trump wrote that "with these new Documents and Videos, the people can decide for themselves, 'WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?' Have Fun and Enjoy!"

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A view from the Moon during the Apollo 12 mission in 1969, where unidentified phenomena are highlighted and enlarged

Most of the videos disclosed on Friday feature grainy footage captured by US military infrared cameras between 2018 and 2023.

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 Inside the CIA's 'Wild West' era of mind control, bioweapons and secret human experiments

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

The CIA's Wild West era of mind control, bioweapons and secret human testing is back in the spotlight as lawmakers prepare to revisit the notorious MKUltra program decades after the agency destroyed most of the files. 

AJ Gentile, host of The Why Files, who has built a massive audience dissecting UFO lore, government secrecy and hidden history, said Americans have forgotten just how disturbing the CIA's MKUltra experiments really were. 

'People versus power, that's what it is,' he told the Daily Mail. 'I don't like authority, I don't like corruption, and I don't like our rights being violated.' 

Among the programs Gentile highlighted was Operation Sea-Spray, a covert 1950 experiment in which the CIA released bacteria over San Francisco to study how vulnerable US cities would be to biological attacks.

'They sprayed… they covered San Francisco with bacteria,' Gentile said. 'They did it in New York, too.'

The conversation also turned to the death of CIA scientist Frank Olson, who plunged from a New York hotel window in 1953 after being secretly dosed with LSD by colleagues connected to MKUltra.

Olson's death has long fueled speculation that the government covered up what really happened during the agency's early mind control experiments.

'If nothing happened, why did President Ford give them money and make them sign an NDA?' Gentile said of the government's later settlement with Olson's family.

AJ Gentile, host of The Why Files, who has built a massive audience dissecting UFO lore, government secrecy and hidden history, said Americans have forgotten just how disturbing the CIA's MKUltra experiments really were

A hearing on MKUltra was previously set for May 13, but had been rescheduled days before.

However, former CIA officer James Erdman testified in front of the Senate last week, claiming US intelligence officials seized '40 boxes of JFK and MKUltra files' that were being processed for declassification.

House Oversight Committee members Anna Paulina Luna of Florida and Eric Burlison of Missouri are standing by the whistleblower's claims that the CIA took secret files and marched into CIA headquarters in Virginia to demand the return of the files.

The meeting took place after lawmakers gave the agency just 24 hours to both preserve and relinquish the troves of data.

Burlinson said on X: 'We went to deliver a message, and that message is that this is a new era. This president is demanding disclosure, and we wanted assurances that they are understanding of that and on the same page.'

'That message was received, and we expect to be able to see all of the files for JFK and [MKUltra], etc, and we await these actions.'

The CIA's formative years in the 1950s through the 1970s often drew on a similar 'Wild West' ethos. 

Faced with an entirely new global frontier of espionage, operatives frequently relied on rugged individualism, covert sabotage, and swashbuckling field tactics reminiscent of Western folklore.

Pictured is Dr Frank Olson with his wife Alice and their children (L-R) Eric, Lisa and Nils

Gentile highlighted a Church Committee investigation from the 1970s, which exposed decades of intelligence abuses involving surveillance, chemical testing and covert experimentation within the CIA. 'It will make you angry,' he said of the report.

He said the hearing immediately raised red flags for him because the majority of MKUltra documents were deliberately destroyed decades ago.

'It's gone, they were destroyed,' he said. 'So that's why the hearing, to me, is… you've heard the expression, limited hangout? It sounds like a limited hangout to me.'

The term 'limited hangout' refers to the release of partial truths meant to distract from deeper secrets, a concept long associated with intelligence agencies and political scandals.

The CIA officially launched MKUltra in 1953 under director Allen Dulles, with the stated goal of developing techniques for mind control and interrogation during the Cold War.

Thousands of pages later revealed that the agency experimented with LSD, hypnosis, sensory deprivation and psychological abuse, often on unsuspecting Americans.

The program, conducted from 1953 to 1964, aimed to develop procedures and drugs for interrogations, weakening individuals and forcing confessions through brainwashing and psychological torture.

Gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger, a former organized crime boss, was used as a test subject in 1957 while an inmate at the Atlanta penitentiary. He explained he was one of eight convicts in a panic and paranoid state while in MKUltra

Pictured are scientists administering mind-altering drugs in the CIA experiments 

A total of 144 projects were carried out under MKUltra during that period, highlighting the vast scale of the CIA's secret experimentation program. 

Gentile said one of the most disturbing cases tied to the program remains the death of CIA scientist Frank Olson, who plunged from a New York hotel window in 1953 after being secretly dosed with LSD by colleagues connected to MKUltra.

Olson was one of at least eight men given LSD on November 19, 1953, as part of an MKUltra experiment, Paul Vidich, Olson's nephew, previously told the Daily Mail.

In statements made during a 1977 hearing about the activities of the CIA, according to Gottlieb, a 'very small dose' of LSD was added to the bottle of Cointreau, which was served after dinner.

In the days that followed, Olson became paranoid, barely ate and even threw away his wallet, identification badge and money after believing his boss, Vincent Ruwet, had instructed him to do so.

Olson was scheduled to travel to a mental health facility on November 27. At approximately 2.45am on November 28, 1953, Ruwet received a call from Dr Sidney Gottlieb reporting that Olson had died.

Olson's body was later found outside the Statler Hotel, where he had been staying on the 13th floor.

Operation Sea-Spray was a covert 1950 CIA experiment in which bacteria were released over San Francisco to study how vulnerable American cities would be to biological attacks

Pointing to the government's handling of the case after Olson's death, Gentile said: 'If nothing happened, why did President Ford give them money and make them sign an NDA?'

President Gerald Ford formally apologized to the Olson family in 1975 and invited them to the White House after revelations emerged about the CIA's role in Olson's drugging.

Gentile said the Church Committee findings became even darker when investigators uncovered evidence of continued biological warfare development despite public promises from the government that such programs had ended.

He referenced Operation Sea-Spray, a covert 1950 CIA experiment in which bacteria were released over San Francisco to study how vulnerable American cities would be to biological attacks.

For one week in September of 1950, the US Navy sprayed massive amounts of bacteria into the air two miles off the coast of San Francisco, California.

This secret biological warfare experiment aimed to learn how vulnerable large US cities like San Francisco would be to a biowarfare attack by terrorists.

The bacteria used were Serratia marcescens, which can cause respiratory issues and meningitis, and Bacillus atrophaeus, which can be lethal to immunocompromised individuals. At the time, the Navy believed these bacteria were harmless to humans.

But after inhaling thousands of bacterial spores, 11 people checked into Stanford Hospital near San Francisco with very rare, serious urinary tract infections that doctors ultimately determined were caused by the experiment. 

'They covered San Francisco with bacteria,' Gentile said. 'They did it in New York, too.'

Reports have suggested that the CIA may have been involved in 'open air' biological warfare tests in streets and tunnels in the New York City area in 1955 and 1956, according to an analysis of CIA records released in 1979 by the Church of Scientology.

Gentile also pointed to Plum Island, the controversial government research facility off the coast of New York, while discussing theories surrounding Lyme disease and Cold War bioweapons research

A four-month investigation found the CIA allegedly acquired equipment for covert experiments involving the release of unidentified substances through aerosol devices hidden inside suitcases and the exhaust system of a modified 1953 Mercury sedan, according to the Church Committee report. 

Gentile also pointed to Plum Island, the controversial government research facility off the coast of New York, while discussing theories surrounding Lyme disease and Cold War bioweapons research.

'Eric Traub was brought in to create that facility,' he said, referring to the German scientist accused of overseeing Nazi biological warfare research during World War II.

Traub later worked with the US government after the war as part of America's recruitment of former German scientists during the early Cold War.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has also suggested Lyme disease may have originated from a failed US bioweapons program in the 1970s tied to research at Plum Island.

Plum Island is an 840-acre island off the northeastern coast of Long Island, New York, and home to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, a government lab used since the 1950s to study infectious animal diseases.

However, the Department of Homeland Security has repeatedly said Lyme disease was never studied at the facility.

Gentile said public distrust toward intelligence agencies is rooted in decades of secrecy that many Americans either never learned about or dismissed as conspiracy theories.

'Most Americans don't know what MKUltra is,' he said. 'We think everybody does, because we like this stuff. But my neighbors, if I say that to my neighbors, they won't know what that is.'

He also claimed programs tied to psychological manipulation never truly disappear once they begin.

'Once a program starts, it never really stops,' Gentile said. 'Psychic spies or MKUltra, it just never stops.'

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Wheel UFO seen in Mersin, Turkey, Making Laser Sounds When Moving, May 15, 2026, UFO UAP Sighting News.

 

Date of sighting: May 15, 2026

Location of sighting: Mersin, Turkey

Source: NUFORC

 

In Turkey last week an eyewitness noticed a wheel craft in the sky. Basically the wheel is a UFO disk on its side. Sightings of these wheel UFOs goes back to biblical times. In 593 BC Ezekiel was among the Jewish captives living in Babylon near he Kebar River when he saw the vision of a UFO wheel in the sky. So...wheel UFOs or disks on their sides...nothing new at all. History says so. And the sound this eyewitness describes of it moving fast, sounding like a laser in a movie...thats 100% proof this is a real alien craft.

Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily

 

Eyewitness states: 

Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Made a sound, Animals reacted Yo-yo shaped object with ring-like structure; rapid, zig-zag movement and circular flight pattern. At 9:00 PM, I went out to my balcony for some fresh air and noticed an object in the sky. I initially mistook it for a star, but just as I was about to turn away, it suddenly changed position with incredible speed, making a sound similar to a laser.​I continued to watch it; it moved in a circular pattern before coming to a stop in one spot. The object resembled a "yo-yo" with a ring-like outer structure. I could not tell if the material was metallic or not, but the structure was distinct.

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Man Summons UFO Over New Jersey, May 14, 2026, Possible alien NJ drone, UAP Paranormal sighting Breaking News.

Date of sighting: May 14, 2026

Location of sighting: Deptford, New Jersey, USA

Source: NUFORC website

 

Watch this strange shaped UAP moving about in an almost windless day. The eyewitness was meditating and thinking of UFOs and summoned an alien craft from the sky, it dropped down turning...searching for the person summoning it, then it sees the person, hovers a bit than flies away. It behaves in a way most UFOs summons behave. This was a real UFO, and the fact he summoned it through telepathic mediation makes it even more exciting since hundreds of documented cases have experienced UFOs when using telepathic focus...including me.

Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily 

 

Eyewitness states: 

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Parma, Ohio UAP sighting May 13, 2026, UFO Paranormal Alien Sighting Breaking News. 👽 Raw footage.

 

Date of sighting: May 13, 2026

Location of sighting: Parma, Ohio, USA

Source: NUFORC

 

Guys check this out. An eyewitness caught a glowing orb flying over the neighborhood in Ohio last week. The orb glow has a bright cross emanating from its center and it turns on a dime. The lights were not blue and green as drones have, but instead pure white, which is listed on many UFO reports coming from Project Blue Book files. This my friends, is 100% real and I kid you not...made by aliens. 

Scott C. Waring - UFO Sightings Daily

 

Eyewitness states: 

A bright light circled around my neighborhood, with varied speeds. I was looking out the bathroom window as I saw a bright light accelerating to the left in the sky, as it slowed down and turned toward me and towards the trees.

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Steven Spielberg’s DISCLOSURE Script Went Through 42 Drafts as He Pushes to Make it One of His Best Films

For almost 50 years, Steven Spielberg has been fascinated by stories involving extraterrestrial life, and with Disclosure Day, it sounds like he’s trying to raise the bar for himself all over again.

The filmmaker’s latest sci-fi thriller reunited him with longtime collaborator David Koepp, and according to the screenwriter, Spielberg pushed this project harder than anything they’ve worked on together before. In fact, the screenplay went through 42 drafts during development.

That marks a personal record for Koepp, whose résumé already includes massive films like Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, and multiple Indiana Jones movies.

Speaking with Vanity Fair, Koepp explained: “[Spielberg] was more exacting than I’ve ever seen him because he knows he’s worked in this area before. He wants this one to be the best one.”

Koepp said Spielberg first brought him a 38-page treatment for the film, which he described as a “further exploration” of the themes Spielberg tackled in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He also compared the movie’s tone to a paranoid thriller from the 1970s, which feels perfectly in Spielberg’s wheelhouse.

That marks a personal record for Koepp, whose résumé already includes massive films like Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, and multiple Indiana Jones movies.

Speaking with Vanity Fair, Koepp explained: “[Spielberg] was more exacting than I’ve ever seen him because he knows he’s worked in this area before. He wants this one to be the best one.”

Koepp said Spielberg first brought him a 38-page treatment for the film, which he described as a “further exploration” of the themes Spielberg tackled in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He also compared the movie’s tone to a paranoid thriller from the 1970s, which feels perfectly in Spielberg’s wheelhouse.

Spielberg also opened up about working with Koepp again, praising the writer’s flexibility throughout production. “[Koepp]’s a good collaborator because he listens as much to me as I do to him,” Spielberg added, noting that the writer is willing to rework a script “including and often through principal photography.”

That creative process clearly became intense if they were still reshaping the story while filming. But honestly, hearing Spielberg obsess over an alien movie this much only makes the project sound more exciting.

Universal has kept most of the story under wraps, but the official synopsis offers a cryptic tease: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to Disclosure Day.”

The film stars Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, Colman Domingo, and Wyatt Russell. Spielberg is producing through Amblin Entertainment alongside Kristie Macosko Krieger, with Adam Somner and Chris Brigham executive producing.

• Disclosure Day hits theaters June 12 from Universal Pictures.

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UFO files reveal hundreds of sightings over America's nuclear weapons headquarters... from glowing green orbs to flying discs

• READ MORE: Trump releases explosive new UFO files revealing glowing orbs, mystery craft and eerie objects flying over America
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By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

The Trump administration's second wave of UFO disclosures has revealed a chilling series of mysterious sightings near America's principal nuclear weapons installation during the earliest years of the Cold War.

Newly released documents tied to Sandia Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, headquarters of the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, the military successor to the Manhattan Project, detail at least 209 reports of unexplained aerial phenomena between December 1948 and May 1950.

The files describe bizarre 'green fireballs,' glowing discs and unidentified objects streaking across the skies near sensitive atomic facilities as intelligence officers scrambled to determine whether the incidents posed a national security threat.

One report warned that the frequency of the sightings had become so alarming that military and government intelligence agencies agreed an 'organized plan of reporting these observations should be undertaken.'

Scientists and military investigators were so disturbed by the incidents that they launched airborne particle-collection missions in hopes of discovering physical evidence connected to the mysterious objects.

The documents reveal that investigators detected unusual copper-bearing particles in airborne dust samples after one fiery object exploded over New Mexico in July 1949.

Researchers even debated whether the strange material drifting through the atmosphere could have originated from the unidentified 'fireballs' seen over the desert skies.

In one extraordinary passage, investigators admitted that if the copper particles truly came from the glowing objects, 'then the fireballs are not conventional meteorites.'

The files describe bizarre 'green fireballs,' glowing discs and unidentified objects streaking across the skies near sensitive atomic facilities (stock)

The bombshell records were part of the latest UFO document release published by the Department of War as part of President Donald Trump's disclosure initiative involving unidentified aerial phenomena, also known as UAPs.

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Among the most striking files was a May 25, 1950 intelligence summary from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations describing repeated sightings across New Mexico during a period when Sandia Base served as one of the nation's most sensitive nuclear weapons hubs.

The report explained that military and intelligence officials became increasingly alarmed after waves of unexplained aerial sightings began appearing near atomic research and weapons facilities.

'The frequency of unexplained aerial phenomena in the New Mexico area was such that an organized plan of reporting these observations should be undertaken,' the report stated.

Sandia Base handled military aspects of America's nuclear weapons program following World War II. The newly released files repeatedly reference Sandia Base's connection to 'Special Weapons' operations and inspections tied to Strategic Air Command nuclear facilities.

Several reports focused on mysterious 'green fireballs' repeatedly observed over New Mexico during 1949.

One detailed scientific investigation, dated August 10, 1949, outlined attempts by researchers at the New Mexico School of Mines to collect airborne particles associated with a fireball seen over Socorro, New Mexico, on July 24, 1949.

Investigators used special equipment capable of collecting microscopic airborne material in the hope that debris from the unexplained object might still be floating in the atmosphere.

Newly released documents tied to Sandia Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, detailing at least 209 reports of unexplained aerial phenomena between December 1948 and May 1950

According to the report, researchers found 'a large number of copper-bearing particles' in one collection sample taken along Highway 84 north of Route 66.

Scientists described the material as unfamiliar granular particles, some measuring up to 30 microns across, while others appeared as opaque solid fragments.

Another report noted that investigators found 'remarkable' spherical particles showing strong cobalt indications, with some particles described as 'perfect spheres' roughly 12 microns in diameter.

The documents repeatedly stressed the uncertainty surrounding the strange material.

'It seems very hazardous to draw any definite conclusion associating the copper-bearing particles collected with the fireball,' one report cautioned.

Still, the reports acknowledged that the possibility could not be dismissed.

One intelligence memo stated that if future studies proved the particles were truly falling from the 'green fireballs,' then the objects could not be explained as ordinary meteorites because copper was 'one of the rarest of the elements found in meteorites.'

The files also reveal that investigators considered deploying high-altitude aircraft above 40,000 feet to intercept material falling from the mysterious objects shortly after sightings occurred.

Researchers believed rapid-response airborne missions could potentially capture particles directly from the objects' atmospheric trails before contamination from terrestrial dust occurred.

One memo described plans for aircraft to fly through the exact atmospheric region beneath the objects' flight paths 'as soon as possible after the occurrence' of future incidents.

The newly released files stop short of concluding the objects were extraterrestrial, but they make clear that Cold War military and scientific officials viewed the incidents seriously enough to involve intelligence agencies, meteor specialists and classified weapons personnel.

The disclosures are likely to intensify long-running speculation surrounding Sandia Base and New Mexico's so-called 'Nuclear Triangle,' where UFO sightings have repeatedly been linked to America's nuclear weapons infrastructure for decades.

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Although the existence of the videos has been discussed publicly on several occasions by lawmakers in recent weeks, a complete listing of the collection of AARO UAP videos, along with preliminary titles and descriptions of some of the footage, was initially disclosed earlier this year in a letter from Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) to U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

“The continued lack of transparency surrounding these anomalies and the potential national security threat they pose is troubling,” Luna’s letter, dated March 31, 2026, reads.

According to Luna, the existence of “additional video records of potential UAP sightings” came to the attention of Luna’s Task Force as a result of whistleblowers who participated in a September 29, 2025, hearing related to UAP transparency. “To continue its investigation, the Task Force requests certain video files related to UAP sightings,” Luna explained to Hegseth in the letter.

Indications of a Forthcoming Release?

The imminent arrival of the videos, originally requested for release by Luna “as soon as possible but no later than April 14, 2026,” is now anticipated by as early as Friday.

On Thursday, the official page on the Department of War’s website for the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE) featured no additional videos or documents beyond those included with the original release, which appeared on May 8, 2026, when the page went live.

However, the heading originally titled “Release 01” that appears in the page’s navigation bar is now missing the “01,” seemingly indicating that preparations for a new batch, tentatively titled “Release 02,” are likely underway.

Update: Thursday, May 21, 2026: Some visitors to the Department of War website also reported throughout the day that, for a short period, the site’s file listing showed up to 140 blank pages. As of 7:23 p.m. Eastern, only the original number of files associated with “Release 01” is available on the site.

What To Expect in the PURSUE “Release 02”

Based on the original list of videos detailed in Luna’s letter from March, along with some descriptions and imagery associated with the videos that have been disseminated prior to their complete authorized release, a few details about what the videos are expected to reveal can be discerned.

One video that Luna and her Task Force have requested reportedly depicts a formation of four unidentified objects flying over an unspecified region in Iran, observed on August 26, 2022.

Another video, reportedly captured in 2021 over Syria, appears to show an object that seemingly displays “instant acceleration,” a capability that would require overcoming several fundamental laws of physics.

While unusual—or even seemingly impossible—physical maneuvers can often be attributed to camera motion and other artifacts arising from the conditions under which such videos are obtained, there are indications that there could be other intriguing footage in the forthcoming batch, a few of which may display a key capability that has increasingly been attributed to some UAP during military observations.

Unidentified Submerged Objects and “Transmedium” UAP

According to AARO, UAP sometimes represent more than just aerial phenomena, with its official definition including “sources of anomalous detections in one or more domains (i.e., airborne, seaborne, spaceborne, and/or transmedium) that are not yet attributable to known actors and that demonstrate behaviors that are not readily understood by sensors or observers.”

Intriguingly, at least some of the files expected in the forthcoming release include videos that purportedly show objects exhibiting what the military characterizes as “transmedium” capabilities, with the objects, described as “USOs” (unidentified submerged objects), reportedly observed both in and out of water.

In at least one of the two USO videos, several spherical objects observed in near proximity to a U.S. submarine on March 25, 2022, are reportedly observed both “in and out of water” in the AARO footage.

Another video, dubbed “UAP USO formation Wiley 2X Zinc,” reportedly shows a different formation of unidentified objects that may be displaying transmedium capabilities.

Spheres Take Center Stage

Several of the videos requested by Luna and other lawmakers reportedly feature what appear to be spherical objects, a common shape class that has been frequently reported by military personnel in recent years, as well as historical reports involving aerial phenomena.

Spherical object captured by electro-optical sensors aboard an MQ-9 Reaper UAS over the Middle East in 2022

(DOD/AARO).

One video, obtained on November 23, 2020, appears to show a spherical object operating in airspace over Afghanistan as it moves “in and out of clouds.” Another spherical object, filmed in 2022, reportedly displays “erratic movement” frequently attributed to such objects, while in a separate video, a spherical UAP is said to have been observed “pulsing” as it passed over a body of water.

Finally, in an incident that occurred on April 12, 2021, a series of three videos was obtained by U.S. personnel depicting a spherical object of unknown origin.

AARO officials have previously expressed interest in this class of objects. In one incident in 2022, an MQ-9 Reaper UAS operating in the Middle East recorded video of a spherical object using its onboard electro-optical sensor. “The object’s characteristics and behavior are consistent with other ‘metallic orb’ observations in the region,” according to a short summary of the footage included in a 2025 AARO mission brief available at its website.

Tic Tacs, Flying Cigars, “Fast Movers”

Spherical objects aren’t the only objects that make appearances in the videos AARO has obtained. Several other varieties of UAP that are commonly recognized from historical accounts are reportedly featured in the videos, which include elongated “cigar” shapes such as the “Tic Tac,” a designation first attributed to an unusual object captured by an FA/18 Super Hornet Pilot during training exercises off the Baja California Coast in November 2004.

A still frame from the 2004 footage obtained by U.S. Navy pilot Chad Underwood, depicting a purported UAP encountered by personnel with the U.S. Navy’s Carrier Strike Group 11 (CSG-11)

(Image Credit: U.S. Department of Defense).

One of the new videos describes a “cigar-shaped or fat spherical UAP” observed on October 15, 2022, while another appears to describe a case in which a United States Coast Guard EADS HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft observed a Tic Tac-shaped object with its high-definition forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensor system.

Another video that could be in the forthcoming release involves a trio of “fast moving UAPs” that were observed by U.S. personnel on October 29, 2020. The term “fast mover” is recognized as slang for “fighter jet,” while similar terminology, such as the variant “Fastwalker,” is also occasionally used in relation to UAP sightings.

New Details on the Eglin Air Force Base UAP?

Some of the videos expected in the forthcoming release may offer additional details about UAP incidents that are already well known and for which case resolutions have been produced during AARO’s investigations.

One video in the forthcoming tranche, designated “IIR 1 665 SO301 23/Eglin AFB,” appears to refer to a January 26, 2023, incident involving a U.S. military pilot who observed four objects flying in a diamond formation over the Gulf of Mexico. At the time of the sighting, the pilot claimed that several of his aircraft’s onboard capabilities malfunctioned, requiring them to manually capture imagery of the object.

In a case resolution report on the incident following AARO’s assessment, investigators concluded that the UAP “very likely was an ordinary object and was not exhibiting anomalous or exceptional characteristics or flight behaviors,” concluding that the object the pilot filmed may have been a lighting balloon.

However, AARO’s resolution report added that it had only “moderate confidence in this assessment due to the limited data provided,” a conclusion that drew criticism from even some of the more skeptical UAP investigators.

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“The lighting balloon hypothesis always felt like something someone at AARO liked, but wasn’t really supported by much evidence,” skeptic Mick West told The Debrief following the publication of AARO’s report on the incident.

Another of the videos in the forthcoming release was captured by a U.S. Air Force F-16C pilot (callsign AESIR11) during a widely publicized incident that occurred on February 12, 2023, where an object was shot down over Lake Huron with an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile.

According to former AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick, this incident had been one of several involving objects that were later determined to have been hobbyist balloons that were shot down in early 2023, as Kirkpatrick revealed during a recent presentation he gave at the Center for Naval Analyses on April 27, 2026.

Looking Ahead: Cooperation with AARO Continues

Luna has also conveyed to her followers on social media in recent days that the review process required for the release of the new videos was underway, with cooperation from AARO officials.

In a posting on her official X account on May 15, 2026, Luna appeared in a photograph alongside current AARO director Jon Kosloski and Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), writing that they had just completed the review of “40+ videos set for declassification” by the Department of War, which could be expected “in the coming weeks” as of the time of posting.

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Chilling mystery surrounds America's 'Quiet Zone' plagued by UFO sightings and 'lost time'

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By CHRIS MELORE, DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A West Virginia man's stunning claims to police have deepened the mystery surrounding a haunting town where the government conducts secret surveillance work and UFO sightings are common.

Clinton Wayne Nelan, 33, was arrested at his home near Kerens on May 17 after officers said he allegedly misused the emergency telephone system and also harassed neighbors by falsely claiming he was a police officer from Louisiana.

The Randolph County Sheriff's Office noted that Nelan had made multiple phone calls to 911 dispatchers, claiming that he had seen 'zombies, ghosts and a UFO at his residence.'

The officers sent to check out Nelan's story ultimately concluded that none of what he claimed was true and took him into custody for allegedly making false reports to 911 and impersonating a law enforcement officer - both misdemeanors.

Several people commented on the arrest report, which was posted by police on social media, claiming that Nelan has been suffering from mental health issues.

Despite there not being any proof of zombies, ghosts and UFOs near Nelan's home, this is not the first time these types of claims have been made within this region of West Virginia.

Nelan's home sits within an area called the National Radio Quiet Zone, a region used by the US military and intelligence community for top-secret monitoring of foreign communications and by astronomers searching for extraterrestrial life.

Over the years, there have been numerous unverified reports of UFO sightings, people experiencing 'lost time' and others suffering strange sensations described as paranormal.

Clinton Wayne Nelan (Pictured) was arrested in West Virginia for allegedly making false claims to 911 and impersonating a police officer

Pictured: The Green Bank Telescope. The incident involving Nelan took place within an area known as the National Radio Quiet Zone, where UFOs have previously been spotted

The National Radio Quiet Zone is a 13,000-square-mile area stretching into both Virginia and West Virginia, where cellphones and Wi-Fi are banned.

The massive blackout zone was created to protect the Green Bank Observatory, a key US facility for major radio telescopes.

The area, established by the US government in 1958, enforces tight restrictions on radio transmissions to guard against the sensitive scientific and military receivers encountering radio frequency interference (RFI).

However, this work has given Green Bank, West Virginia, the heart of the National Radio Quiet Zone, the nickname the 'quietest town in America.'

Due to this 'haunting' quiet, one theory has tied Nelan's alleged paranormal encounters with zombies and ghosts to a strange condition caused by the lack of regular electronic signals.

Since these invisible waves are so heavily restricted in the area, it has become a haven for those with a condition the Green Bank Observatory has recognized called electromagnetic hypersensitivity.

These individuals are reportedly so sensitive to the appearance, or 'hauntings,' of stray electromagnetic waves that it causes them to have physical symptoms of a serious illness.

In a statement, officials at the observatory described electromagnetic hypersensitivity as 'a condition purported to be a debilitating sensitivity to the electromagnetic waves emitted by Wi-Fi routers and cellphone towers.'

The National Radio Quiet Zone is a 13,000 square mile region which restricts cellphone and Wi-Fi usage due to work by the military and astronomers

Pictured: A UFO sighting by a US Air Force Reaper drone between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Similar UFO sightings have taken place over West Virginia

'Its sufferers report experiencing headaches, nausea, nosebleeds, sleep problems and other symptoms they believe are connected to exposure to such waves,' Green Bank Observatory added.

The town closest to Nelan's home, Kerens, has seen multiple reports of UFO sightings in recent years, centered in the nearby city of Elkins.

According to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), multiple residents in Elkins spotted unknown flying objects described as star- and orb-shaped.

One witness in 2004 told NUFORC: 'It looked like two very large stars shaped like rectangles and lightly covered by a cloud. It was a completely clear night with no other clouds at all.'

'The "stars" seemed to be pulsing slightly, and the "nebula" surrounding them began to grow larger and disperse over the next 15 minutes.'

In 2010, another UFO witness reported seeing three small, white orbs in a triangular formation. They appeared as very bright stars and were flying independently below the clouds.

'These were much too small and fast to be even military aircraft. There is no military air base near here, though the lights were in the airspace above our small local airport,' the witness said.

'The maneuvers were like that of an aerial dogfight, but all movements were rather fluid, albeit extremely fast and precise.'

Meanwhile, there have also been anecdotal accounts of people seeing UFOs within the zone experiencing 'missing' or 'lost' time, where they have no memory of what happened to them for several hours.

The phenomenon has been a common claim among those who alleged that they were abducted by aliens, often saying they have no memory from the time when they encountered a UFO or extraterrestrial to a moment several hours later when they are suddenly sitting in a car or their home as though nothing had happened.

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Mysterious fossils found across the US could prove famous Bible story true

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Fossilized trees standing upright through massive layers of rock across the US are reigniting debate over whether the biblical Great Flood really happened.

Known as 'polystrate fossils,' the formations consist of ancient tree trunks that extend vertically through multiple layers of sedimentary rock, some layers believed to have formed millions of years apart.

Prominent examples have been discovered in Yellowstone National Park, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park, the eastern coal fields spanning Tennessee, Kentucky and Pennsylvania and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.

Researchers with Noah's Ark Scans, a group searching for evidence of the biblical ark, wrote on X Wednesday: 'A dead tree doesn't stand upright for millions of years waiting for sediment to slowly build around it. It rots. It collapses.

'These trees appear to have been rapidly buried by massive sediment flows before they could decay.'

Supporters of the biblical flood theory believe the widespread discovery of these upright fossilized trees could point to a sudden catastrophic event capable of rapidly burying entire forests beneath enormous sediment flows, similar to the flood described in the Book of Genesis.

According to the Bible, God instructed Noah to build an ark before unleashing a flood that covered the Earth, wiping out nearly all life except Noah, his family and the animals sheltered aboard the massive vessel.

The biblical account states rain fell for 40 days and 40 nights while underground 'fountains of the deep' burst open, eventually covering even the highest mountains before the waters later receded. 

However, mainstream geologists and paleontologists do not consider polystrate fossils evidence of a global flood or proof of the biblical account in Genesis.

Fossilized trees standing upright through massive layers of rock across the US are reigniting debate over whether the biblical Great Flood really happened

Pictured is a fossilized tree broken in half

Scientists argue the fossils can form through rapid local burial events that occur repeatedly over long geological timescales, including volcanic eruptions, river flooding, mudslides and shifting sediment in swamp environments.

Many researchers point to the 1980 eruption of Mount St Helens as a modern example of how trees can be rapidly buried upright in sediment during catastrophic natural events without requiring a worldwide flood.

Regardless, the Noah's Ark Scans researchers said: 'The fossil record looks a lot more like the catastrophic world described in Genesis than the slow evolutionary timeline we’ve been sold.'

The post has sparked a debate on X, with one user saying: 'The world is not as old as "scientists” want us to believe. And the Genesis Flood was an actual event. The fossil record proves once again the accuracy of Scripture.'

While others dismissed the biblical theory, saying the fossils are not evidence of a biblical flood, but rather the result of repeated natural disasters.

However, even some mainstream geologists have acknowledged that polystrate fossils point to periods of extremely rapid sedimentation.

Derek Ager, an emeritus professor of geology at the University College of Swansea in the mid-to-late 20th century, argued that the upright fossilized trees could not have remained standing for the vast spans of time traditionally associated with slow sediment buildup.

In his writings, Ager noted that if sediment accumulated at a constant, gradual rate, it would have taken roughly 328,000 years to bury a 33-foot-tall tree, an idea he described as 'ridiculous' because the tree would have decayed long before burial was complete.

Known as 'polystrate fossils,' the formations consist of ancient tree trunks that extend through multiple layers of sedimentary rock, some layers believed to have formed millions of years apart

Instead, Ager concluded the evidence suggested sedimentation was 'at times very rapid indeed,' even if the surrounding rock layers appear visually uniform and continuous.

While Ager did not support biblical creationism, advocates of the Great Flood theory frequently cite his comments as evidence that at least some geological formations may have formed far more quickly than traditionally believed.

Creationists have long argued that polystrate fossils are difficult to reconcile with slow geological processes because many of the trunks extend through multiple rock layers while remaining largely intact. 

Critics of the theory, however, argue that sediment layers can accumulate rapidly during localized events while still occurring within an ancient Earth timeline.

Creation scientist and trained robotics engineer Ian Juby recently discussed the fossils on his website, explaining: 'The rock layers are called ‘strata’ and the fossil cuts through more than one, hence the name ‘poly’ for many and ‘strate’ for the strata the fossil cuts through.

However, mainstream geologists and paleontologists do not consider polystrate fossils evidence of a global flood or proof of the biblical account in Genesis

'Polystrate fossils are found literally all over the world.'

He has also argued that polystrate fossils challenge the idea that sedimentary rock layers formed slowly over millions of years.

Pointing to fossil sites such as Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Juby claimed many upright fossilized trees show signs of rapid burial, including broken roots, upside-down trunks and compressed plant material embedded throughout multiple sediment layers.

He argued the fossils appear more consistent with a sudden catastrophic event involving enormous volumes of water and sediment than with gradual geological processes occurring over vast periods of time.

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Millions watched in awe earlier this year as NASA's Artemis II crew completed a daring trip around the moon – but it seems not everyone was convinced.

A viral video has captured the painfully awkward moment a conspiracy theorist accosted the astronauts on Capitol Hill.

Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen were confronted by an aggressive man who accused them of faking the moon mission.

'Stop lying! Stop acting! You all never went to space,' the man shouted as he filmed himself approaching the crew.

The befuddled crew simply stood in uncomfortable silence as the man berated them, apparently trying their best to pretend he wasn't there.

The man continued: 'Follow Jesus! God's watching you all!'

As Glover smiled and gave an uneasy wave, he went on: 'Stop lying to the public! Your psyop isn't working on millions of us! NASA's a joke!'

The Artemis II crew were hastily ushered away, yet the pursuing conspiracy theorist continued to hurl abuse, adding: 'Repent before God, y'all! I see through your lies! I know you never went to space! God's watching you all!'

A viral video has captured the painfully awkward moment a conspiracy theorist accosted NASA's Artemis II crew on Capitol Hill, claiming that the moon mission was a fake 

The tense encounter was reminiscent of a similar run–in between Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin and the moon–landing denier Bart Sibrel in 2002.

Mr Aldrin, who was 72 at the time, ended that particular argument by punching Mr Sibrel in the face.

However, the Artemis II crew managed to keep cooler heads during their altercation with the conspiracy theorist.

On X, space fans praised the astronauts' composure, jokingly pointing out Christina Koch's rather confused expression.

One commenter wrote: 'Christina was too stunned to speak by this level of stupidness.'

Another added: 'She had to smile through that VEEERY awkward moment.'

And another bluntly wrote: 'They're so polite, I'd smack him in the face.'

While the vast majority of social media users were shocked by the wild claims about fake space missions, a few internet–dwelling conspiracy theorists hailed this unknown individual as a hero.

The crew, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch (front), and Jeremy Hansen (back), kept their composure and even forced a bemused smile as they were berated 

On social media, space fans drew comparisons to the encounter between Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin and the moon–landing denier Bart Sibrel, which ended with Aldrin punching Mr Sibrel in the face 

CALLING THEM OUT IN THE CAPITAL....100%' wrote one conspiracy account on X.

Another said: 'Artemis II astronauts being called liars to their faces. Love it.'

And one chimed in: 'We know!!!! How much did you guys get paid??? You are a mockery to the world!!!'

Thankfully, claims that the Artemis II mission was faked are easily debunked by the vast quantities of evidence collected by the crew.

NASA livestreamed the entire 10–day mission, and the astronauts collected an enormous trove of photos and scientific observations.

These included the discovery of new craters on the moon's far side and observations of meteor impacts taking place in real time.

Likewise, thousands of people watched the launch in person from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida.

However, due to a series of delays and organisational setbacks, the mission had become a lightning rod for conspiracy even before the rocket left Earth's atmosphere.

However, online conspiracy theorists hailed the unknown man as a hero and celebrated his confrontation with the NASA crew 

Psychologists say that the Artemis II mission has attracted so much scepticism because it touches on key issues that attract conspiracy theories, such as powerful government organisations and space exploration 

Dr Daniel Jolley, an expert on the psychology of conspiracy theories from the University of Nottingham, told the Daily Mail: 'The Artemis II mission touches on several themes that commonly attract conspiracy theories.

'Space exploration is complex, highly symbolic, and led by powerful institutions, which can make it a target for suspicion among some groups.'

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Additionally, there is already a long history of conspiracy theories targeting NASA and the moon landings, which a high–profile mission like Artemis II can 'reignite'.

While some conspiracy theorists, such as the one who accosted the Artemis II crew, frame these theories in religious terms, Dr Jolley points out that this is not an essential component.

'Conspiracy theories sometimes take on a religious angle because they frame events in moral terms,' he says.

'However, it is important not to overstate this connection, as most religious people do not endorse conspiracy theories.'

Artemis II: Key facts

Launch date: April 1

Mission objective: To complete a lunar flyby, passing the 'dark side' of the moon and test systems for a future lunar landing.

Total distance to travel: 620,000 miles (one million km)

Mission duration: 10 days 

Estimated total cost: $44billion (£32.5billion)

* NASA Space Launch System rocket: $23.8billion (£17.6billion)

* Orion deep–space spacecraft: $20.4billion (£15billion)

Crew: 

* Commander Reid Wiseman

* Pilot Victor Glover

* Mission Specialist Christina Koch

* Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen

Mission Stages:

1. Launch from Kennedy Space Centre Launch Pad 39B

2. Manoeuvre in orbit to raise the perigee using the Cryogenic Propulsion Stage

3. Burn to raise apogee using the Cryogenic Propulsion Stage

4. Detach from Cryogenic Propulsion Stage and perform translunar injection

5. Fly to the moon over four days

6. Complete lunar flyby at a maximum altitude of 5,523 miles (8,889 km) above the moon's surface

7. Return to Earth over four days

8. Separate the crew module from the European Service Module and the crew module adapter

9. Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean  

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Unsealed UFO files reveal spherical orb darting across sky at astonishing speed: Live updates

• By RACHEL BOWMAN, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and KATRINA SCHOLLENBERGER, US HEAD OF LIVE NEWS and CHRIS MELORE and STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

Unsealed UFO documents released by the Trump administration today revealed a minute long video of a bright spherical orb racing across the sky at lightning speed.

The video, dated January 2023, appears to show a glowing ‘UAP in the clouds’ captured by a military infrared sensor above the Yellow Sea, between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula. 

The Trump administration released the second trove of UFO files on Friday containing 46 classified videos requested by lawmakers earlier this year.

The videos files were considered so sensitive that officials worked tirelessly to keep them sealed once lawmakers verified their authenticity. 

The first batch of photographs and documents were unsealed in early May, containing 162 State Department cables, FBI documents, transcripts of NASA flights into space and more. 

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth previously said that the Trump administration was working towards full UAP 'transparency' as the government continues to release documents to the public. 

The move came after the Pentagon's UFO office previously claimed that it had 'found no verifiable evidence that the US government or private industry has ever had access to extraterrestrial technology' in a controversial report. 

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Spherical UAP spotted zipping through the clouds

A spherical unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) was spotted among the clouds above the Yellow Sea in January 2023.

The UAP, caught on a military infrared sensor, quickly darted through the sky in the clip.

The Department of War confirmed that an unidentified user uploaded this video to a classified network in June 2024.

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Conspiracy theorist confronts NASA's Artemis II crew

A viral video has captured the painfully awkward moment a conspiracy theorist accosted the astronauts on Capitol Hill.

Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen were confronted by an aggressive man who accused them of faking the moon mission.

'Stop lying! Stop acting! You all never went to space,' the man shouted as he filmed himself approaching the crew.

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A viral video has captured the painfully awkward moment a conspiracy theorist accosted the astronauts on Capitol Hill.

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Newly released footage appeared to show a UFO suddenly vanishing above the skies of Columbus, Ohio.

The video was 'likely derived' from an infrared sensor aboard a US military platform operating within the United States Northern Command area of responsibility in November 2022.

The object was recorded for several seconds before seemingly disappearing from the screen.

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UFO files come with warning message about content

The latest batch of UFO files came with a warning about the factual nature and accuracy of the content.

Here is what the warnings states:

Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.

Redactions have been made to protect the identity of eyewitnesses, the location of government facilities, or potentially sensitive information about military sites not related to UAP.

No redactions have been made to any files released under President Trump's directive concerning information about the nature or existence of any encounter reported as a UAP or related phenomena.

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'Cigar shaped' UAP darts through sky

Video shows a 'cigar shaped' object darting through the sky over the United States in October 2022.

The video was 'likely derived' from an infrared sensor aboard a US military platform operating within the United States Central Command area of responsibility.

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Nuclear weapons facility Pantex reported images of an a UAP at its facility.

The undated images showed the unidentified object from a ground surveillance radar tower at its Texas plant.

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Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as Donald Trump's top intelligence chief, citing her husband's recent diagnosis with a rare form of bone cancer.

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Aurora 7 pilot Scott Carpenter described white particles he saw during the fourth crewed spaceflight and second orbital flight of Project Mercury, Mercury-Atlas 7.

He said the particles moved at 'random' and 'look exactly like snowflakes.'

Carpenter also described these phenomena as reflective, and that some seemed to move faster than the Aurora 7 spacecraft.

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Multiple spherical UAPs were recorded near a submarine in and out of water on March 25, 2022.

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Video showed a unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) flying over a mountain range in the United States on October 7, 2020.

The footage was captured by an infrared sensor aboard a US military platform operating within the United States Central Command area of responsibility.

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A CIA report detailing human intelligence gathering in the Soviet Union described an incident in summer of 1973, where a witness allegedly observed an airborne, luminous, bright green, unidentified object.

'While watching a sport competition between Canada and the USSR on television, he stepped outside for some air and observed an unidentified sharp (bright) green circular object for mass in the sky,' the report stated.

'Within 10 to 15 seconds of observation, the green circle widened and within a brief period of time several green concentric circles formed around the mass.'

The source described concentric circles forming around the phenomenon over a period of several minutes, before it dissipated. The source also stated that no sound attended the observation.

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Tennessee Representative Tim Burchett, one of the congressmen leading the charge to release the UFO files, praised Donald Trump for the latest tranche of documents.

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Chilling UFO encounter that left US intelligence officer 'speechless' revealed in latest files

• READ MORE: Trump releases explosive new UFO files revealing glowing orbs, mystery craft and eerie objects flying over America

By STACY LIBERATORE, US SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDITOR

The terrifying UFO experience of a senior US intelligence officer has been revealed for the first time in the Trump administration's latest disclosure release.

In 2025, the unnamed officer came face-to-face with mysterious 'orange orbs' that soared near their helicopter, as they and colleagues were on a secret mission to 'investigate loud thuds heard in the mountains on the test range.'

What began as a routine search for debris from weapons testing quickly escalated into what the officer described as 'a series of close UAP encounters lasting over an hour.'

At one point, ground teams tracking the objects on infrared cameras reportedly spotted a 'super-hot' object moving at high speed before suddenly splitting into two separate craft and changing direction.

Moments later, according to the report, one of the objects rose from the ground and flew within just 10 feet of the helicopter before dropping below the aircraft and accelerating away at extreme speed.

The pilots watched through night-vision goggles as the object split apart again, with a smaller craft emerging from the larger orb before both vanished into the darkness.

Fighter jets were later deployed into the area, where the same glowing objects allegedly appeared directly above the aircraft in formation.

'We were virtually speechless after these observations,' the official concluded in their report. 

The terrifying UFO experience of a senior US intelligence officer has been revealed for the first time in the Trump administration's latest disclosure release. Pictured is a different 'UFO' sighting 

The official and crew were tasked with investigating UFO reports that had surfaced from the mountain range over the previous several nights.

They spotted debris on the ground, determining it was remnants of rockets and other projectiles that had crashed during weapon testing on the range. 

As the crew began heading back to homebase, they received a message from the Joint Operations Center (JOC), saying radar had picked up 'hits' in the same area as the mysterious activity was reported the night before. 

'I relayed this to the pilots, and we altered course to intercept,' the intelligence officer wrote. 

'What followed was a series of close UAP encounters lasting over an hour.' 

The report then states that the grounds team spotted 'super-hot' UFOs flying close to the ground, 'and moving east to south at high speed,' and split into two.

The official received a radio from the ground team, saying the object had risen from the ground, soared just 10 feet away from the helicopter and then sped off. 

'We briefly pursued but broke off, unable to match its speed,' reads the officer's statement. 

This is a developing story... More updates to come. 

In 2025, the unnamed officer came face-to-face with mysterious 'orange orbs' that soared near their helicopter, as they and colleagues were on a secret mission to 'investigate loud thuds heard in the mountains on the test range' (stock)

Minutes later, the JOC directed the helicopter crew toward fresh radar detections several miles away, where they spotted what the intelligence officer described as ‘countless orange orbs swarming in all directions’ against the mountainside backdrop.

Hovering roughly 700 feet above the ground, the crew allegedly watched two glowing oval-shaped objects suddenly appear beside the helicopter, remaining stationary just above the aircraft’s rotor blades.

According to the report, the mysterious objects glowed orange with white or yellow centers and emitted light in every direction.

Seconds later, additional orbs reportedly appeared beneath the first pair, forming a bizarre ‘T’ formation before dimming one by one and disappearing into the darkness.

The encounter lasted only ten to 15 seconds, but the intelligence officer wrote that the objects were so close to the helicopter that the pilots briefly considered making an emergency landing.

Soon afterward, fighter jets entered the area during a training mission, and the crew claimed the same glowing objects appeared directly above the aircraft in horizontal formations, matching the jets’ speed and flight path.

The officer remarked that the mysterious orbs appeared to be ‘chasing’ the fighters as they crossed the restricted airspace.

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The Trump Administration has released a fresh wave of UFO files, including the moment a US fighter jet appeared to open fire and shoot down a mysterious object flying in American airspace in a fiery explosion.

The stunning footage from the Pentagon captured the seconds before and after an F-16 fighter jet launched an air-to-air missile at the unidentified craft over Michigan's Lake Huron.

Infrared cameras caught the instant the small craft with round or diamond shape and jagged tail was struck by what the Pentagon called a US 'weapons system' on February 12, 2023.

The object was seen exploding during the violent collision, sending countless pieces of shrapnel in all directions.

In the military's description of the incident, officials said: 'The footage appears to depict a kinetic interaction between two distinct areas of contrast, with the initial subject of the footage fragmenting in a radial displacement pattern that suggests a high-energy event.'

In simpler terms, the Air Force used kinetic weaponry, the technical term for missiles, to strike the UFO, causing it to 'fragment' or break up into several pieces after the high-energy explosion.

In a letter demanding the release of the new videos in March, Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna confirmed that the weapon used was a AIM-9X 'Sidewinder' missile.

The new footage was one of 46 new videos released on Friday by the Pentagon-led committee put in charge of disclosing America's UFO files to the public.

UFO files released on May 22, 2026 revealed what the US Air Force described as a UFO over Lake Huron in Michigan

UFO files released on May 22, 2026 revealed what the US Air Force described as a UFO being destroyed by a US fighter's 'weapon system'

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said in a Friday statement: 'The Department of War is in lockstep with President Trump to bring unprecedented transparency regarding our government’s understanding of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.'

'These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation, and it’s time the American people see it for themselves. This release of declassified documents demonstrates the Trump Administration’s earnest commitment to unprecedented transparency. 

The new tranche of files appeared on the Department of War website just before 8am ET, featuring chilling audio from the Apollo 12 crew, which reported mysterious objects while in space.

The dump also included reports of glowing orange orbs swarming around a military helicopter, mysterious ‘fireballs’ that triggered airborne particle hunts in New Mexico and intelligence documents describing unidentified aerial phenomena near a Soviet weapons-testing range.

Other entries in the nearly four dozen videos revealed Tic Tac-shaped UFOs tracked by the US Coast Guard, glowing spheres darting through clouds over Afghanistan, unidentified submerged objects emerging from the ocean and multiple fast-moving craft swarming military aircraft over the Persian Gulf, East China Sea and restricted US airspace. 

So far, the Pentagon has released over 200 files related to UAPs, which have long been an object of public fascination, following the directive from Trump. 

Officials noted, however, that many of the records lacked a fully verified chain of custody, raising questions about how the materials were obtained and authenticated. 

Four unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) appeared to create a formation over water in Iran in August 2022 

The files appeared on the Department of War website just before 8am ET on May 22. Above is a photo of mysterious objects uploaded to a classified network in June 2024

Above is a still from a military platform showing a mysterious object came into view. The video was uploaded to a classified network in July 2023

According to the report released by the Pentagon, the F-16C 'Fighting Falcon' sent to intercept the UFO was part of the US Air National Guard, the air force branch of the National Guard.

This group is a part-time reserve force made up of pilots, aircraft mechanics and support personnel who fly fighter jets, cargo planes, refueling tankers and other aircraft.

The F-16 typically carries up to six air-to-air missiles, including the Sidewinder and the AIM-120 AMRAAM missile.

The UFO file does not state why the fighter jet was scrambled or from what air base. It is unclear if the wreckage seen in the video was recovered from Lake Huron and if it was analyzed to determine its origin.

Along with troves of military footage released on Friday, chilling audio emerged from a medical debrief involving the crew of Apollo 12, the second group of astronauts to land on the moon in 1969.

Astronauts Pete Conrad, Richard Gordon and Alan Bean described seeing mysterious flashes and streaks of light in the darkness of space while trying to sleep during their mission.

NASA later concluded that the strange phenomena were caused by internal visual effects experienced by the astronauts rather than light sources outside the craft.

However, previous radio transcripts from both the Apollo 12 and 17 moon missions, released in the first wave of UFO files in May 8, revealed more strange sightings of unknown objects in space while the astronauts were on the lunar surface.

Pictured: A US Air Force F-16 'Fighting Falcon' seen in 2023 (Stock Image)

Pictured: A sphere-shaped craft seen in the latest batch of UFO file disclosed by the Pentagon. The object was seen flying over an undisclosed country on October 7, 2020 

This archival photograph depicts the lunar surface as viewed from the landing site of Apollo 12. This image features highlighted areas above the horizon in which unidentified phenomena are visible

The confirmation of the US military opening fire on an unidentified flying object over Michigan marked the latest incident involving the Air Force and a mysterious craft. 

Last year, during a bombshell UFO whistleblower hearing, members of Congress were shown video from an October 2024 encounter involving a US military drone and an orb-shaped UFO off the coast of Yemen.

Congressman Eric Burlison of Missouri revealed never-before-seen footage of the UFO being struck by a Hellfire missile from the drone and surviving the impact.

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The black-and-white video captured the 100-pound air-to-ground precision weapon bouncing off the mysterious orb, which continued traveling at extreme speed.

The video also appeared to show several fragments of the orb break away during the impact but continue to fly next to the UFO.

Before the UFO files started to be disclosed on May 8, the US government had maintained for decades that there has been no physical proof that alien spacecraft or extraterrestrials exist.

However, government whistleblowers have continued to claim that the US military has been secretly running covert programs aimed at recovering and reverse engineering crashed UFOs from around the globe.

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The Trump Administration has released a fresh wave of UFO files, including new photos, documents and 46 never-before-seen videos demanded by lawmakers.

The files appeared on the Department of War website just before 8am ET, featuring chilling audio from the Apollo 12 crew, which reported mysterious objects while in space.

The dump includes reports of glowing orange orbs swarming around a military helicopter, mysterious ‘fireballs’ that triggered airborne particle hunts in New Mexico, and intelligence documents describing unidentified aerial phenomena near a Soviet weapons-testing range.

The newly released batch also includes the long-awaited collection of 46 military UAP videos that lawmakers demanded from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last month.

The videos showing Tic Tac-shaped UFOs tracked by the US Coast Guard, glowing spheres darting through clouds over Afghanistan, unidentified submerged objects emerging from the ocean, and multiple fast-moving UAPs swarming military aircraft over the Persian Gulf, East China Sea and restricted US airspace.

One of the most explosive entries references a US Air Force F-16 reportedly shooting down a UAP over Lake Huron with an AIM-9X missile in February 2023, while another describes orb-like objects appearing near fighter jets during operations over the Middle East.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said in a Friday statement: 'The Department of War is in lockstep with President Trump to bring unprecedented transparency regarding our government’s understanding of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. 

'These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation, and it’s time the American people see it for themselves. This release of declassified documents demonstrates the Trump Administration’s earnest commitment to unprecedented transparency.' 

Four unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) appeared to create a formation over water in Iran in August 2022 

The dump includes reports of glowing orange orbs swarming around a military helicopter. This image was featured ni the release, which was uploaded to a classified network in June 2024

 This image, released on Friday, was captured by military in 2019

Above is a still from a military platform showing a mysterious object came into view. The video was uploaded to a classified network in July 2023