Pentagon released newly declassified records on unidentified anomalous phenomena Friday, including footage of a six-pointed object over East Asia.
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The US Department of Defense released its fourth tranche of declassified records on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) Friday, continuing an effort to make government files on UFOs publicly available.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the long-classified files have historically fuelled "justified speculation," and stated that the American people have a right to see the information for themselves.
The latest batch of files, released following President Trump's declassification order, includes video footage of a mysterious six-pointed object spotted off the coast of East Asia over the Yellow Sea between China and the Korean Peninsula last year. The object appears in the footage as a glowing figure with six prongs of light emanating from the source, flying at a constant but unknown speed.
The Pentagon also released additional video content showing bright balls of light and quick-moving shapes moving through clouds. One photograph in the files appears to capture a moment where a UAP is approaching Earth from low orbit, described as small and bright. Another video shows what officials identified as a jellyfish-shaped UFO previously seen in Iraq in the late 2010s, flying a great distance away through the sky between clouds.
The files released Friday contain no proof of alien life. The latest release adds to the diversity of unexplained phenomena revealed since May, which have included well-documented moving orbs and a more thinly sourced spotting of an enormous crystal potato-shaped object over Colorado.
The Trump administration, including the FBI, is treating UFOs as a national security threat that warrants more investigation. Officials have offered no evidence to support longstanding claims of government coverups of alien landings or the secret retrieval of extraterrestrial bodies.
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