{"id":5492,"date":"2026-05-08T15:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5492"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:52:21","slug":"the-us-releases-never-before-seen-ufo-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5492","title":{"rendered":"The US releases \u2018never-before-seen\u2019 UFO files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>\u2018No clearance required\u2019<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>New files on UFOs have been released on Friday by the Pentagon, which said were \u201cnever-before-seen files\u201d, following President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to do so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Referring to unidentified anomalous phenomena, the modern term for UFOs, the US Department of Defence wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that \u201cthe American people can now access the federal government\u2019s declassified UAP files instantly\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cThe latest UAP videos, photos, and original source documents from across the entire United States government are all in one place \u2013 no clearance required\u201d, it added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>According to the department, it will release \u201cnew materials on a rolling basis as they are discovered and declassified, with tranches posted every few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman applauded Trump for the \u201ceffort to bring greater transparency to the American people on unidentified anomalous phenomena.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>In a post on X, Isaacman wrote: \u201cWe will remain candid about what we know to be true, what we have yet to understand, and all that remains to be discovered\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cExploration and the pursuit of knowledge are core to NASA\u2019s mission as we endeavor to unlock the secrets of the universe\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>\u2018Very interesting documents\u2019 about UFOs were promised by Trump<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>In April, Trump revealed that America would soon make information public to all those curious, ufologists and normal people alike, as he revealed that the US defence department &#8220;very, very soon&#8221; would release new UFO-related documents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>As he spoke at a Phoenix rally, Trump said that earlier this year, in February, he had instructed his defence secretary Pete Hegseth to begin releasing files related to \u201calien and extra-terrestrial life\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:2\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/predictor.joemediagroup.ie\/pl?competition=premier-league\" width=\"100%\" height=\"1900\" frameborder=\"0\" data-embed-type=\"embed\" data-embed-src=\"https:\/\/predictor.joemediagroup.ie\/pl?competition=premier-league\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:3\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>Interest in UFOs peaked following Barack Obama\u2019s comments<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Just three months ago, former President Barack Obama said that \u201cthe odds were good there&#8217;s life out there\u201d, during a podcast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The 44th American president even jokingly said that knowing where the aliens are was the first thing he wanted to find out at president.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Obama later issued a second statement about aliens being real, issuing a clarification on Instagram, no less.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>His first term predecessor\u2019s comments didn\u2019t sit right with Trump, to say the least.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:4\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>He was quick to accuse Obama of revealing classified information, saying \u201che&#8217;s not supposed to be doing that\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>UFO \u2018sightings\u2019 in the US and the Roswell incident<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>When it comes to UFOs, what made the biggest headlines in the United States was the debris found in 1947 near Roswell, New Mexico.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>It has since become the basis for UFO conspiracy theories alleging that the United States military recovered a crashed extraterrestrial spacecraft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The United States Army Air Forces announced possession of a \u201cflying disc\u201d, after metallic and rubber debris was recovered by Roswell Army Air Field personnel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:5\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>This announcement made international headlines, but was retracted within a day, as the debris was from a complex and uncrewed military balloon train consisting of linked balloons and assorted equipment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>It was operated from a nearby air field as part of the top-secret Project Mogul, a program which was intended to detect Soviet nuclear tests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The American army reported that it was merely a conventional weather balloon to obscure the purpose and source of the debris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#releases #neverbeforeseen #UFO #files<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018No clearance required\u2019 New files on UFOs have been released on Friday by the Pentagon, which said were \u201cnever-before-seen files\u201d, following President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to do so. 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