Pentagon releases fresh batch of UFO files

Key Points:

• The US Department of Defense has released 41 newly declassified files on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), including videos, images, and documents dating from 1953 to 2025, following President Trump's executive order to make such information public.
• Recent video footage includes a dark "cold orb" moving irregularly over the Gulf of Oman in 2021, a black sphere appearing and disappearing over the Pacific Ocean in 2019, and a round sphere flying over a Middle Eastern residential area in 2025.
• The term UAP, used officially by the US government and scientists, refers to unidentified objects observed not only in the air but also on land and underwater, distinguishing it from the traditional UFO terminology.
• A declassified FBI document includes a former military pilot's account of unusual white lights seen frequently between midnight and 3 a.m. on flights in 2023, describing their varying brightness and movement patterns.
• Historical documents, such as a 1953 US Naval Photographic Interpretation Center memo, describe objects with increasing luminosity and size inconsistent with natural phenomena, while artistic renderings depict encounters including a large dark triangle with lights witnessed by military personnel in 2011.