What Is in Trump's New UFO Files?

"The URL is compelling: war.gov/UFO. But if alien watchers are looking for proof that the government is harboring evidence of extraterrestrial life, they'll need to wait a little longer. The first release was fairly limited, with more files to be published "every few weeks," according to the site."

"So far, visitors to the site can learn about an incident during the Apollo 12 mission in 1969, when Alan Bean told Houston he was seeing "flashes of light" that were "sailing off into the distance." (Bean made the same claim in public in the years before his death in 2018.) The files also contain an account from Apollo 17 astronauts describing bright lights that look like "the fourth of July" that were rotating "way out in the distance.""

"But the files also include a photo of a UFO encounter in September 2023 that shows an "apparent ellipsoid bronze metallic object materializing out of a bright light in the sky." The blob is enormous and scary - much larger and alienlike than the usual flashes of light or objects behaving strangely that are seen in UFO videos. But a quick look at the captions reveal it is a "composite sketch" of an actual field with a "graphic overlay" rendered by an FBI lab."

"Friday's release, with just 161 files, leaves much to be desired. And even the Defense Department isn't sure about everything in there. "While all of the files have been reviewed for security purposes, many of the materials"

A government website linked to UFO records began releasing documents in phases. The initial release was limited and promised additional files every few weeks. Available materials include Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 astronaut accounts describing distant flashes and bright rotating lights. The site also includes a September 2023 UFO-related image described as an apparent ellipsoid bronze metallic object materializing from a bright light. The image is identified as a composite sketch with a graphic overlay created using an FBI lab. A later release added 161 files, but not all materials are fully certain, with security review completed for the documents.

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