US: Pentagon releases trove of classified UFO files

The White House directed the Pentagon, Director of National Intelligence, Energy Department, NASA, and FBI to release classified files on unidentified flying objects on May 8, 2026, with 162 documents now publicly available on a newly created website; the collection includes military sensor videos, astronaut testimony, and decades-old sightings spanning from Syria to North America. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Trump characterized the disclosure as unprecedented transparency, though critics including former Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene dismissed the release as a distraction from the administration's unpopular military campaign against Iran.