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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T17:18:34.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nThe Pentagon released its first batch of declassified UFO files on Friday, covering reported sightings that date back to the 1940s. The files, drawn from the FBI, State Department, NASA, and the Pentagon, include reports of flying saucers, glowing orbs, and encounters witnessed by federal law enforcement agents. The release follows a February directive from President Donald Trump ordering agencies to make UFO-related records public.\n\n#### What did the Pentagon's declassified UFO files reveal?\n\nThe Pentagon released more than 160 files on the Defense Department's website, officially catalogued under the term \"Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena,\" or UAPs. The files span decades of reported sightings and include documents once marked \"top secret.\" They cover incidents reported by credible witnesses, including federal agents and military personnel, across multiple US agencies.\n\n#### What are the oldest UFO sightings in the Pentagon files?\n\nOne file from December 1947 contains a series of reports on \"flying discs.\" An Air Force intelligence report from November 1948, marked \"top secret,\" describes sightings of \"unidentified aircraft\" and \"flying saucers.\" Both documents reflect early government concern over recurring, unexplained aerial phenomena.\n\n#### What is the 'Eye of Sauron' UFO sighting in the files?\n\nAmong the most striking accounts in the Pentagon's UFO files is a report from 2023 involving federal special agents. Two agents described seeing \"a glowing orange orb perched close to a rock pinnacle,\" while three separate teams independently reported orange orbs launching smaller red ones. One witness described the object as resembling the Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings, and an artist rendering was included in the file.\n\nThe Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, known as AARO, described that file as \"among the most compelling within AARO's current holdings.\" The credibility of the witnesses and the nature of the events contributed to that assessment. The 2023 reports were submitted by seven federal government employees acting independently.\n\n#### Why did Trump order the release of secret UFO files?\n\nTrump directed federal agencies in February to identify and release UFO and alien-related government files, citing \"the tremendous interest shown\" by the public. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the files had been \"hidden behind classifications\" for too long. Trump also claimed at the time that former President Barack Obama had revealed classified information about extraterrestrial life during a podcast appearance, an assertion Obama's remarks did not clearly support.\n\n#### Has the Pentagon found evidence of alien life in UFO investigations?\n\nNo evidence of intelligent life beyond Earth has been produced. A Pentagon report from March 2024 concluded there was no proof that UAPs were alien technology. Many previously suspicious sightings were explained as weather balloons, spy planes, satellites, or other ordinary activity. Interest in UFOs has grown in recent years, partly driven by concerns that some sightings could involve advanced technologies developed by foreign adversaries.",
  "title": "Pentagon releases secret UFO files dating back to the 1940s"
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