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Eight of the 46 UFO vids sought by Congress appear in new doc ahead of their official release

Nypost · · 497 words · By Shane Galvin
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What to know about Government Transparency

Eight of the 46 highly-anticipated UFO videos Congress has demanded be made public by the Department of War are featured in an upcoming documentary, including a color video of a flying sphere shared publicly for the first time with The Post.

Claims checked 12
Techniques found 2
Topics 3

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
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Center72%
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What happened

Eight of the 46 highly-anticipated UFO videos Congress has demanded be made public by the Department of War are featured in an upcoming documentary, including a color video of a flying sphere shared publicly for the first time with The Post.

Why it matters

The footage is revealed in investigative journalist Jeremey Corbell’s film “Sleeping Dog,” out Tuesday.

Common ground

“Congress has formally requested these files by name.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Glittering Generalities: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/09/us-news/eight-of-the-46-ufo-vids-sought-by-congres…

psychologyPropaganda Techniques Detected

eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing loaded language helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.
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Glittering Generalities 70% confidence
Using vague, emotionally appealing phrases ('freedom', 'justice') without specifics.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
Why it matters: Recognizing glittering generalities helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Another titled “ANAMORPHIS UAP” showed a billowing blob, hovering and undulating in the sky as recorded by military radar.”
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No evidence was found for a video titled 'ANAMORPHIS UAP' showing a billowing blob recorded by radar.
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web search NEUTRAL — “In today’s UAP hearing, we revealed new military surveillance video showing a UAP splitting a Hellfire missile in mid-air. Not a single witness was aware of any U.S. military technology capable of su…
https://theblogginghounds.com/2025/09/09/new-military-video-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mysterious and Uknown Events in the Sky recorded on Camera Here is my reaction.Lets get this to 10K likes and I will do Mysterious and Uknown Events in the S...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47XxN8MVlvI
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web search NEUTRAL — Can military aircraft be displayed with the flight radar? Track NATO, USA, British Royal Navy and other armed forces aircraft movements live.
https://flightradar.live/en/flight-radar/military-flight-tra…
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Claim 2: “which included radar footage of a strange star-shaped objects and a ‘super hot’ orb that had a chase encounter over Africa with a US military aircraft last year.”
CORROBORATED
Multiple sources confirm the release of UFO files including a 'super-hot' orb that had a chase encounter with a US military aircraft last year.
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web search NEUTRAL — The objects range from fast-moving specks captured in the distance to a football-shaped object spotted over the East China Sea in 2022. The most recent video is from Jan. 1 of this year and appears to…
https://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2026/05/08/bright-lights-and-h…
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web search NEUTRAL — A US military aircraft had a freaky chase encounter with a “super-hot” orb during a nighttime search mission just last year, the newly released UFO files show.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/08/us-news/us-military-aircraft-e…
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web search NEUTRAL — Also included in Friday's release was eerie infrared footage, captured by US military personnel in 2013, appearing to show something darting through the darkness with uneven, shape-shifting arms.
https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15802057/ufo-f…
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Claim 3: “That triangle light formation is similar to the one that appeared in photographs released Friday, and taken by Apollo 17 astronauts — who snapped it from the surface of the Moon in 1972.”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was found regarding Apollo 17 astronauts taking photographs of a triangle light formation from the Moon in 1972 released on a Friday.
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Claim 4: “A jarring clip of the ocean shows three unidentified military vessels going through the water with large wakes behind them — only to be outpaced by a black object which seemed to cast a shadow on the surface of the water.”
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No evidence was found specifically describing a black object outpacing three military vessels with large wakes in the ocean.
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web search NEUTRAL — It shows the shadows of two astronauts, and in the distance what looks like a flash of blue light. It is highlighted and englarged US Department of Defense. A view from the Moon during the Apollo 12 m…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1m2epkey44o
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web search NEUTRAL — A never-before-seen video released Tuesday by a member of Congress appears to show a U.S. military Hellfire missile bouncing off a bright, shiny object that was being tracked off the coast of Yemen on…
https://abcnews.com/Politics/congressman-shows-video-militar…
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web search NEUTRAL — This story is making more news now that the military has shared the famous Tic Tac video of a UFO going from sky to sea in 2019. The USS Hampton incident makes us think deeper about the weird things h…
https://www.pararational.com/unidentified-submerged-object-o…
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Claim 5: “Other radar footage titled “FORMATION UAP” shows three lights going through the sky in a triangle formation — crossing over each other while clearly moving in coordination with no visible means of propulsion or a heat signature.”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was found in the provided search results for 'FORMATION UAP' or the described triangle formation.
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Claim 6: “The footage is revealed in investigative journalist Jeremey Corbell’s film “Sleeping Dog,” out Tuesday.”
CORROBORATED
Multiple sources confirm the existence of the documentary 'Sleeping Dog' featuring Jeremy Corbell and its focus on UAP secrets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Last Podcast on the Left is a weekly podcast on the Last Podcast Network featuring podcast producer and researcher Marcus Parks, comedian and actor Henry Zebrowski, and comedian Ed Larson, three l…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Podcast_on_the_Left
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web search NEUTRAL — The film’s title, Sleeping Dog, comes from a warning Corbell received from intelligence officials: “Don’t kick a sleeping dog.” The phrase refers to deeply compartmentalized legacy programs tied to UA…
https://evrimagaci.org/gpt/sleeping-dog-documentary-exposes-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sleeping Dog: How New UFO Documentary Could Bring Us Closer To Real-Life Disclosure Day. Sleeping Dog, a new documentary from director Michael Lazovsky, explores the UFO/UAP community through the eyes…
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/sleeping-dog-ufo-jeremy-corbe…
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Claim 7: “The videos will be shown in full to the American public in a future Department of War disclosure on UFOs, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla) assured skywatchers.”
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Claim 8: “That video, titled “FMV UAP,” shows a small cylindrical object flying smoothly in the air over mountainous terrain with no visible means of propulsion.”
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Web search results for 'FMV UAP' did not yield specific descriptions of a cylindrical object over mountainous terrain; results were generic or unrelated.
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web search NEUTRAL — An unidentified flying object (UFO) is an object or phenomenon seen in the sky but not yet identified or explained. The term was coined when United States Air Force (USAF) investigations into flying s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_flying_object
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web search NEUTRAL — If you watch closely you can see the three UAPs rotate while maintaining formation and distance from one another. The objects then change their formation to a line, and reverse direction eventually fl…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/thermal-camera-ufo-uap
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web search NEUTRAL — 990 Best Mountains Free Video Clip Downloads from the Videezy community. Free Mountains Stock Video Footage licensed under creative commons, open source, and more!Aerial View flying over mountain in T…
https://www.videezy.com/free-video/mountains
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Claim 9: “In another strange clip, a group of four log-shaped objects seemingly squirm and wriggle at high speed across the night sky.”
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No evidence was found for a clip showing four log-shaped objects squirming across the night sky.
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web search NEUTRAL — Video is an electronic medium used for the recording, copying, playback, transmission, and display of moving visual images, with or without accompanying audio. Video technology was initially developed…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore free online videos, films, shorts, documentaries, and more, all streaming in HD. Discover comedy, documentaries, animation, drama, Staff Picks, and more videos.
https://vimeo.com/watch
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web search NEUTRAL — Search millions of videos from across the web.
https://www.google.com/videohp
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Claim 10: ““Sleeping Dog” will be available on Amazon.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 11: “The 46 videos sought by Congress are in addition to 28 videos released Friday”
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While one source mentions that 46 videos demanded by Congress will be published separately from other materials, there is no corroborating evidence for the specific '28 videos released Friday' count across multiple independent sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From January 28 to February 4, 2023, a high-altitude balloon originating from China flew across North American airspace, including Alaska, western Canada, and the contiguous United States. On February…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Chinese_balloon_incident
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — May 1 is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 244 days remain until the end of the year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A space jellyfish (also jellyfish UFO or rocket jellyfish) is a rocket launch-related phenomenon caused by sunlight reflecting off the high-altitude rocket plume gases emitted by a launching rocket du…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_jellyfish
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Claim 12: “Eight of the 46 highly-anticipated UFO videos Congress has demanded be made public by the Department of War are featured in an upcoming documentary”
CORROBORATED
Multiple web search results confirm that Congress requested the release of 46 military UFO videos and that eight of these are featured in a new documentary.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Adamski (17 April 1891 – 23 April 1965) was a Polish-American author who became widely known in ufology circles, and to some degree in popular culture, after he displayed numerous photographs i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adamski
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An unidentified flying object (UFO) is an object or phenomenon seen in the sky but not yet identified or explained. The term was coined when United States Air Force (USAF) investigations into flying s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_flying_object
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and was established on 20 December 2019. Part of the United States Department of Defense, it is one …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Space_Force
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.