Pentagon Releases Fifth Batch of Declassified UFO Records, Including Unresolved Military Encounters

The Pentagon released 41 additional UAP files Friday under President Donald Trump’s disclosure initiative, including reports of large triangular objects, high-speed “cold orbs” and other unexplained sightings involving military and government personnel.

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The Pentagon released a fifth batch of declassified records concerning unidentified anomalous phenomena on Friday, adding dozens of documents, images and videos to a disclosure effort ordered by President Donald Trump and revealing several unresolved encounters reported by U.S. military personnel and former government employees.

The Department of War said the latest release under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters includes previously classified material and historical records concerning unidentified anomalous phenomena, the government’s term for UFOs. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said additional disclosures are already being prepared. “The Department will release additional files on a rolling basis,” Parnell said, adding that the department and other federal agencies are working on the next release.

The newly disclosed material contains 41 files drawn from the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, State Department and Executive Office of the President and spans records dating from 1950 through 2026, according to CBS News. Among the more unusual accounts is one from a former military pilot who told the FBI about a large object he said he observed while serving in Afghanistan in 2002. According to the account, stars above Bagram appeared to disappear as the object silently moved overhead. The pilot described it as an equilateral triangle that may have measured about 500 feet across and said it traveled at a steady speed and altitude without visible lights.

Another unresolved incident involved U.S. Special Operations personnel aboard an AC-130J gunship during a September 2021 exercise over the Gulf of Oman. Personnel reported approximately 25 UAP encounters involving objects described in an intelligence report as “cold orbs” moving at estimated speeds ranging from 250 mph to 1,300 mph. The objects were reported to have flown in formations, maneuvered aggressively and appeared to react after the aircraft fired its cannon. The Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office has not resolved the incident, according to CBS.

The release also includes an FBI account involving a former Pentagon employee who reported observing a nearly translucent triangular object over his Colorado home in October 2023, according to the New York Post. The witness said the object was completely silent and may have passed as low as 300 feet above the ground. He told investigators that he was familiar with conventional aircraft but saw no visible wings, fins or engine housing on the object. He also described what appeared to be a haze or visual distortion surrounding it and said the object briefly rotated to an almost vertical position while maintaining its direction and altitude.

Other UAP investigations disclosed by the government also remain unresolved. A Pentagon assessment released earlier this year documented reports from federal agents who said they observed unexplained orange and red “orbs” near a sensitive national security facility in the western United States in 2023.

Trump ordered the government-wide disclosure initiative in January, directing federal agencies to make more UAP-related information available to the public even as he has publicly expressed skepticism about the existence of extraterrestrial life. Friday’s release represents the fifth installment under that initiative, with the Pentagon saying more declassified UAP material will be released as the review continues.