Pentagon Releases New UFO Files Including Apollo Moon Mission Reports and Recent Drone Pilot Accounts
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin reported witnessing a “fairly bright light source” which he described as a “possible laser” while in lunar orbit, according to a previously confidential crew debriefing of Apollo 11 taken on July 31, 1969.
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FortuneIn a 1969 debriefing of Apollo 11 crew members, the astronaut Aldrin recalled spotting several unusual sights, such as a “sizeable” object close to the moon and a “fairly bright light source” that the crew felt could be a laser.
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Those are some of the details in a new batch of files on UFOs that the Pentagon began releasing on Friday as President Donald Trump taps into the public’s long-held curiosities about “unidentified anomalous phenomena” in the broader universe. Though the Pentagon has been working on declassifying the documents for years, Trump put attention back on the topic months ago by teasing a major UFO document dump.
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ZeroHedgeThat document, along with videos and images of unknown objects in airspace from nearly all corners of the globe, was included in newly released files from the Pentagon related to the U.S. government’s investigations into unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). The first tranche of files was released on May 8.
BloombergPentagon Begins Releasing Wave of Files on UFOs The Pentagon has begun releasing a wave of government files on unidentified flying objects. Following a directive from President Trump, agencies are now identifying and declassifying decades of records. (Source: Bloomberg)
Financial TimesPentagon publishes dozens of files on alleged UFOs The public can ‘make up their own minds’ on strange sightings, says US defence department
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One document details an FBI interview with someone identified as a drone pilot who, in September 2023, reported seeing a “linear object” with a light bright enough to “see bands within the light” in the sky.
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ZeroHedgeThe FBI included a composite sketch of the reported object. These were not the only witnesses. The FBI interviewed a drone pilot operating near the same testing facility who also claimed to see the object, and other redacted witnesses driving towards the facility that day who saw it as well.
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In one cable, dated Jan. 31, 1994, an object was reportedly seen over Kazakhstan by Tajik air pilots, who described it as a “bright light of enormous intensity” that approached them from over the horizon.
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FortuneFor instance, a State Department cable from the U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan in 1994 details how one Tajik pilot and three Americans saw a brightly lit UAP while flying a jet over Kazakhstan. The object, according to the cable, was “making 90 degree turns, doing corkscrews and maneuvering in circles at great rates of speed.”
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A small group of Republicans in Congress has pressed for further transparency, accusing the Pentagon of holding documents back. A March letter from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., demanded 46 UAP videos identified by whistleblowers. Luna said Friday those videos will be released later by the Pentagon.
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Then there's this guy: In a Space today, Alan DiDio (@alandidio) says he attended the UFO disclosure pastor meeting, and the year 2027 was discussed in relation to aliens and UFO disclosure. 😳 pic.twitter.com/BvUbFYFrYY
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01 ZeroHedge Here are five highlights from a partial review of the new file release. Moon Sightings
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02 Fortune That’s not the only instance of erratically moving objects cited in the document release. A military report from the Aegean Sea in 2023 cited a UAP flying just above the surface of the ocean and making “multiple 90-degree turns at an estimated 80 mph” (129 km/h).
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