Al Jazeera English • May 8, 2026 15:18

‘Make up their own minds’: Pentagon releases first tranche of UFO files

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US President Trump ordered the release in February amid renewed public interest; critics claim distraction.

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Wed 22:13 - The Hill

Neil deGrasse Tyson: 'I expect the alien files will be anticlimactic'

Fri 12:44 - Washington Examiner

War Department declassifies UAP documents after ‘long fueled justified speculation’

Fri 12:46 - The Hill

Pentagon releases new batch of UFO files

Fri 15:18 - Al Jazeera English

‘Make up their own minds’: Pentagon releases first tranche of UFO files

Fri 15:21 - France 24

Pentagon releases first batch of ‘top secret’ UFO files

Fri 15:26 - The Hill

Greene says UFO files release 'shiny object propaganda' as 'they wage foreign wars'

Fri 16:19 - Die Welt

Pentagon publishes previously secret UFO files for the first time

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Die Welt

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16:19

Pentagon publishes previously secret UFO files for the first time

Das Pentagon gibt erstmals Hunderte Akten zu nicht identifizierten anomalen Phänomenen frei. Laut Kriegsminister Hegseth ist es an der Zeit, dass sich das amerikanische Volk selbst ein Bild macht. Wer …

France 24

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15:21

Pentagon releases first batch of ‘top secret’ UFO files

The Pentagon on Friday released decades of previously classified UFO sightings recorded by the FBI and NASA and other federal agencies. At least two of the more than 160 documents …

The Hill

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15:26

Greene says UFO files release 'shiny object propaganda' as 'they wage foreign wars'

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Friday called the Pentagon's release of documents related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) and UFOs "shiny object propaganda" as the Trump administration wages …

12:46

Pentagon releases new batch of UFO files

The Pentagon on Friday released a new tranche of files focused on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), or UFOs, as part of the Trump administration's vow to be transparent on the …

22:13

Neil deGrasse Tyson: 'I expect the alien files will be anticlimactic'

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson predicted that government files on UFOs and unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) “will be anticlimactic.” “The impending release of U.S. government files on aliens and U.F.O.s is …

Washington Examiner

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12:44

War Department declassifies UAP documents after ‘long fueled justified speculation’

The Trump administration announced on Friday the release of declassified government files on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, hailing it as an effort to bring “unprecedented transparency” to the matter. The Department …