The Pentagon released a new batch of declassified documents, commonly known as the “UFO Files,” on the 22nd, including 50 previously classified videos and other documents documenting “unidentified anomalous phenomena.”
One video, taken by the US Coast Guard in April 2024 while operating infrared sensors, shows an object flying near an aircraft over the southeastern United States. A video labeled “Syrian UAP instant acceleration” was captured by an infrared sensor on a U.S. military platform in 2021 and uploaded to a classified government network in 2024. The Department of Defense’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office has conducted multiple investigations into all the captured phenomena but has found no concrete evidence to prove that the events are related to extraterrestrials. However, military officials admit that many of the events remain unexplained and are in a state of “unresolved.”
Among the newly released records is a video taken by the US Central Command in 2020 at an undisclosed location, showing a spherical object flying over a densely populated area, gradually rising before disappearing into the sky. The record also includes a written account provided last year by a senior U.S. intelligence official, who wrote that while on duty, he saw two “huge spheres” suddenly light up next to the helicopter.
The document states that the orange spheres had a white or yellow center, and the entire sphere emitted light. Officials wrote that fighter jets were scrambled to try to identify what the spheres were but were unable to do so. The official wrote: “The spheres we saw earlier turned into a chase after fighter jets, and we were all stunned by what we witnessed.”
A Department of Defense spokesperson said that since the Pentagon released its first batch of declassified UFO files on the WAR.GOV/UFO website on May 8, the files have received more than one billion views from around the world.