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Exclusive | UFO expert says government is still hiding information from us — and we couldn’t handle the truth anyway

Nypost · · 710 words · By Ben Cost; Ella Morrison
Government Transparency Institutional Mistrust UFO/UAP Disclosure
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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The Department of War released over 160 previously classified files on Friday in an effort for greater transparency surrounding UFOs, aliens and extraterrestrial life”
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Multiple independent web sources and a Wikipedia entry confirm that the US government/Defense Department released over 160 classified UFO files on Friday, May 8, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of alleged sightings of unidentified flying objects or UFOs in Brazil.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Brazil
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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 UAP files, also called "the UFO files" are a collection of declassified government records on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), released by the administration of Donald Trump …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_UAP_files
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“President Donald Trump ordered the government to identify and release any files related to alien life and UFOs”
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Web search results explicitly state that President Donald Trump released these files to provide 'unprecedented transparency' and that the release was part of his administration's actions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Erika Lane Kirk (née Frantzve; born November 20, 1988) is an American businesswoman, nonprofit executive, and podcaster. She serves as chairwoman and CEO of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), a conservative o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erika_Kirk
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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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_second_Trump_p…
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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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“the Director of National Security, Tulsi Gabbard, said Friday”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm Tulsi Gabbard is the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), which is the role described as overseeing national security intelligence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the United States on November 7, 2028, to elect the president and vice president for a term of four years. In the 2024 elections, then-former preside…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2028_United_States_presidentia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tulsi Gabbard's political positions are influenced by her background as a politician and U.S. military officer. Gabbard served in the United States Congress from 2013 to 2021. She has been serving in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Tulsi_G…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tulsi Gabbard (; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician and U.S. military officer serving as the eighth director of national intelligence (DNI) since 2025. She previously served as U.S. repres…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsi_Gabbard
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“Dennis Anderson... has been investigating mysterious flying objects for over six decades”
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While web results confirm Dennis Anderson is a UFO researcher/planetarium director, there is no independent evidence in the provided results confirming the specific duration of 'over six decades' or '60 years'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Edward Cole (22 April 1925 – 5 August 2015) was an English actor whose career spanned 75 years. He was best known for playing Arthur Daley in the long-running ITV comedy-drama show Minder and F…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cole_(actor)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Phoenix Lights (sometimes called the "Lights Over Phoenix") were a series of widely sighted unidentified flying objects observed in the skies over the southwestern U.S. states of Arizona and Nevad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Lights
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Some conspiracy theories argue that various governments and politicians globally, in particular the United States government, are suppressing evidence that unidentified flying objects (UFO) are contro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_conspiracy_theories
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“the former member of the Center for UFO Studies”
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The provided evidence confirms Dennis Anderson is a UFO researcher, but does not mention his membership or former membership in the Center for UFO Studies.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George T. Knapp is an American journalist, news anchor and talk radio host. Much of his work has focused on the paranormal, particularly UFOs. Knapp is noted for bringing to prominence UFO conspiracy …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Knapp_(television_journ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Phoenix Lights (sometimes called the "Lights Over Phoenix") were a series of widely sighted unidentified flying objects observed in the skies over the southwestern U.S. states of Arizona and Nevad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Lights
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Some conspiracy theories argue that various governments and politicians globally, in particular the United States government, are suppressing evidence that unidentified flying objects (UFO) are contro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_conspiracy_theories
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“Anderson — who notably studied the mysterious 2001 “Arthur Kills Lights” where five to 16 bright orange “ovals” flew between New Jersey and Staten Island”
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Web search results confirm the 'Arthur Kill Lights' event in 2001 involved 5 to 16 orange ovals between New Jersey and Staten Island, and another source links Dennis Anderson to UFO research/commentary.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Arthur Kill is a tidal strait in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary between Staten Island, New York, and Union and Middlesex counties, New Jersey.Aerial view of Arthur Kill, with the Rahway Ri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Kill
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web search NEUTRAL — Wagner Planeterium director Dennis Anderson says, "There are simply too many unexplained incidents to merely write off the whole UFO thing." By Andrew Paul Mele Special to the Advance.
https://www.silive.com/news/2014/09/wagner_planetarium_direc…
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web search NEUTRAL — Famous past cases include the “Arthur Kill Lights” in 2001, when five to sixteen bright orange ovals flew in a V formation over the water between New Jersey and Staten Island.
https://style.news.am/eng/news/113203/ufos-and-abductions-wh…
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“Making reference to the “Phantom Airships” people claimed to have witnessed in the late 1800s”
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Wikipedia and other sources explicitly confirm the 'mystery airship' or 'phantom airship' phenomenon occurred in the late 1890s (specifically 1896-1897).
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web search NEUTRAL — The mystery airship or phantom airship was a phenomenon that thousands of people across the United States claimed to have observed from late 1896 through mid 1897. Typical airship reports involved nig…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_airship
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web search NEUTRAL — There was even a name for it Teutonphobia. Airships must have seemed like extraordinary technology to people just coming out of the 1800s.It was mostly reports of lights in the sky. Then, in late July…
https://genealogyinvestigations.co.nz/blog/the-phantom-airsh…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dark Histories is also available as an audio podcast, available from:Itunes: http://apple.co/2gmEaZNGoogle Play: http://bit.ly/2yp9q0MIn the winter of 1896
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KWnz9JZkVA
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“While 162 files were released on Friday, the government announced more will be made public on a rolling basis in the coming weeks.”
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Three independent web sources (The Guardian, Euronews, and another news report) specifically mention the release of 162 files on Friday and the intent for further transparency/releases.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Trump administration released 162 declassified UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena) files on May 8, 2026, making them publicly available through the Depar.
https://gagadget.com/en/709151-declassified-ufo-files-releas…
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web search NEUTRAL — The release aims to promote transparency, though experts warn these videos can be misinterpreted. President Donald Trump says in a Friday Truth Social post that the release of the files allows people …
https://www.euronews.com/2026/05/09/trump-declassifies-162-u…
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web search NEUTRAL — Even so, the first batch of 162 files released on Friday, incorporating hundreds of pages on a monochrome new defense department website, offered little new or conclusive evidence.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/pentagon-ufo…
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“stating that he has been investigating “this stuff for 63 years now.””
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify the specific claim that Dennis Anderson stated he has been investigating for '63 years'.
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