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Ex-Pentagon employee described seeing ‘translucent triangle’ fly overhead in 2023 UFO sighting

Nypost · · 517 words · By Samuel Chamberlain; Chris Nesi
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Ex-Pentagon employee described seeing ‘translucent triangle’ fly overhead in 2023 UFO sighting See more of our coverage in your search results.

Claims checked 5
Techniques found 1
Topics 2

Coverage spectrum

Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
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What happened

Ex-Pentagon employee described seeing ‘translucent triangle’ fly overhead in 2023 UFO sighting See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google A former Pentagon employee and his wife saw a strange, triangle-shaped aircraft fly over their Colorado home late one night in October 2023, according to a startling account included in the fifth batch of UFO files released by…

Common ground

The story, outlined in an FBI interview summary known as a Form 302 from January of this year, contains some of the most striking descriptions of any Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena — government-speak for UFOs.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: 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/2026/08/07/us-news/ex-pentagon-employee-described-seeing-tran…

psychologyPropaganda Techniques Detected

eFinder identified 1 propaganda technique 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.

fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The story, outlined in an FBI interview summary known as a Form 302 from January of this year”
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Web search results specifically mention an FBI FD-302 interview form recording a UAP incident, corroborating the use of this specific form for the documentation of such accounts.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Carl Edward Sagan (; SAY-gən; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator. Initially an assistant professor at Harvard, Sagan later m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the most influential e…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wilhelm Reich (; Austrian German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈraɪç]; 24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957) was an Austrian doctor of medicine and a psychoanalyst, a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reich
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Claim 2: “A former Pentagon employee and his wife saw a strange, triangle-shaped aircraft fly over their Colorado home late one night in October 2023”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm the report of a former Pentagon employee and his wife seeing a triangle-shaped aircraft over their Colorado home in October 2023.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sanford Pentagon (colloquially known as The Pentagon) is an indoor arena located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Pentagon opened in September 2013 and has a seating capacity of 3,250 spectators.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford_Pentagon
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On October 16, 2025, a number of news organizations that cover the United States Department of Defense from its headquarters, The Pentagon, chose to forfeit their press passes rather than agree to new…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Pentagon_press_pass_forfe…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Raven Rock Mountain Complex (RRMC), also known as Site R and simply The Rock, is a U.S. military installation with an underground nuclear bunker near Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania. Raven Rock Mo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Rock_Mountain_Complex
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Claim 3: “President Trump, who ordered the rolling disclosure earlier this year”
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Wikipedia and web search results confirm Donald Trump is the 47th President (assuming office Jan 20, 2025) and that there is a system called PURSUE for the unsealing of UFO files, supporting the claim of his role in the disclosure process.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pentagon UFO videos are selected visual recordings of forward-looking infrared (FLIR) targeting cameras from United States Navy fighter jets based aboard the aircraft carriers USS Nimitz and USS T…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_UFO_videos
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trumpism is the political ideology behind Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, and his political base. It is often used in close conjunction with the Make America Great Agai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpism
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States UFO files, officially known as the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE), also referred to as the UFO files or the UAP files, are a collection of de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_UFO_files
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Claim 4: “account included in the fifth batch of UFO files released by the Trump administration Friday”
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The claim that the account was part of a fifth batch of UFO files released by the Trump administration is explicitly mentioned in the web search results, and the existence of the 'United States UFO files' (PURSUE) is verified by Wikipedia.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Neil McCasland (born c. 1957) is an astronautical engineer, retired United States Air Force major general, and former commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory who has been a missing pers…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_McCasland
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the second presidency of Donald Trump during the second quarter of 2026, from April 1, 2026, to June 30, 2026. To navigate between quarters, see timeline of the Donald T…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States UFO files, officially known as the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE), also referred to as the UFO files or the UAP files, are a collection of de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_UFO_files
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Claim 5: “former President Barack Obama said of aliens during a February interview: “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them.””
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Web search results explicitly reference Donald Trump reacting to Barack Obama saying 'aliens are real', corroborating that such a statement was made in an interview context.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — President Barack Obama is an oil-on-canvas portrait of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, completed by the artist Kehinde Wiley in 2018 for the National Portrait Gallery. It receiv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_Barack_Obama_(painti…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American former politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the fir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barack Hussein Obama (; born Baraka Hussein Obama, 18 June 1934 – 24 November 1982) was a Kenyan senior governmental economist and the father of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_Sr.
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