Files and videos of UFOs, apparently never before seen by the American public, were released on Friday by the administration of President Donald Trump.
Called Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon, the release was part of Trump’s campaign to increase transparency regarding government evidence of such reports.
“The latest UAP videos, photos, and original source documents from across the entire United States government are all in one place – no clearance required. While past administrations sought to discredit or dissuade the American people, President Trump is focused on providing maximum transparency to the public, who can ultimately make up their own minds about the information contained in these files,” the White House statement confirmed.
The files are available online.
— Department of War 🇺🇸 (@DeptofWar) May 8, 2026
🚨 BREAKING: TRUMP UFO DROP GOES DEEPER
New bombshell from the first batch of files: Apollo 17 footage that was buried for decades.
Astronauts captured bright particles and jagged, angular fragments tumbling past the spacecraft:
“There are big ones on my window… looks like the… pic.twitter.com/pH8OuR9bmE— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) May 8, 2026
Fox reported the work is part of Trump’s Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE) program.
The released documents confirm various objects captured on film, and documented by eyewitnesses, during the Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 space missions from years ago.
One image reveals what apparently is a flight of three small dots in the sky, confirmed by Apollo 17 astronauts.
“Now we’ve got a few very bright particles or fragments or something that go drifting by as we maneuver,” an operator told the command center.
“Roger. Understand,” the center replied.
Confirmed another operator: “There’s a whole bunch of big ones on my window down there – just bright. It looks like the Fourth of July out of Ron’s window.”
It was Barack Obama who claimed that aliens are real, prompting a followup question from Fox to Trump, who revealed Obama’s misbehavior.
“He gave classified information. He’s not supposed to be doing that,” Trump said of Obama. “I don’t know if they’re real or not. I can tell you, he gave classified information. He’s not supposed to be doing that – he made a big mistake. He took it out of classified information.”
Then Trump announced he would declassifying much information on the topic.
“Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters. GOD BLESS AMERICA!” he wrote.
Director of National intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said the files long have fueled speculation, “and it’s time the American people see it for themselves.”
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said, “I applaud President Trump’s whole-of-government effort to bring greater transparency to the American people on unidentified anomalous phenomena.”
