The War Department released more than 160 files Friday related to sightings of UFOs dating back nearly 80 years, two days after President Trump predicted “I think some of it’s going to be very interesting to people.”
The disclosure of 162 files by the Pentagon follows a presidential order from February calling for transparency around “alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).”
Even before Trump’s directive, the Pentagon was years into a process to declassify and release government documents related to UFOs, often referred to by the feds as unexplained anomalous phenomena, or UAP.
Sean Kirkpatrick, a physicist and former career intelligence officer who led the department’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) until 2023, said he has seen the government’s records and believes there are no bombshell revelations to be found.
“Readers should not get their hopes up that there’s going to be some document with photos, interviewing the aliens when they came down,” he told the Associated Press. “Because that just doesn’t exist.”
The office’s 2024 debut report revealed hundreds of new UAP incidents but found no evidence that the U.S. government had ever confirmed a sighting of alien technology. A second report covering more recent sightings is expected to come soon.
