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Newly released secret government files detail UFO encounter with 13 fighter jets

Nypost · · 454 words · By Emily Crane
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Newly released secret government files detail UFO encounter with 13 fighter jets See more of our coverage in your search results.

Claims checked 12
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Topics 3

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Newly released secret government files detail UFO encounter with 13 fighter jets See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleA trove of previously top secret National Security Agency records have just been released that detail a spate of apparent UFO encounters, including one incident where 13 military fighter jets were sent to chase a mysterious…

Common ground

The UFO-related files, made public by the nonprofit Disclosure Foundation earlier this week, are all marked with the codeword “Umbra” — a top security designation used by the NSA.

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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.

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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: “one incident where 13 military fighter jets were sent to chase a mysterious unidentified object”
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Newsweek and other reports specifically mention an incident where 13 fighter jets were scrambled to chase an unidentified object based on the released files.
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web search NEUTRAL — Thirteen fighter jets were scrambled to chase down an unidentified flying object (UFO), according to newly released files.
https://www.newsweek.com/ufo-files-update-13-fighter-jets-ch…
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web search NEUTRAL — An incident involving 13 Soviet-designed MiG fighter jets chasing a mysterious star-shaped UFO was among the encounters described in newly declassified top-secret files released after a decades-long l…
https://www.rt.com/news/640416-ussr-us-ufo-encounters/
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web search NEUTRAL — The National Security Agency has produced hundreds of pages of historical UAP-related records following a Freedom of Information Act appeal by the Disclosure Foundation.Radar tracking of unidentified …
https://disclosure.org/news/nsa-top-secret-umbra-uap-foia-re…
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Claim 2: “In other incidents, Soviet-made fighter jets described pursuing unknown objects.”
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Multiple sources (Daily Mail, other web results) specify that the files describe Soviet-made MiG fighter jets pursuing UFOs.
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web search NEUTRAL — Although the files were heavily redacted, one incident detailed how 13 fighter jets were sent to chase a single UFO, which had been spotted by military radar. Dozens of incidents involved Soviet-made …
https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15834213/ufo-f…
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web search NEUTRAL — The files reveal that 13 Soviet MiG fighter aircraft were mobilized to pursue an unidentified flying object (UFO) during the Cold War period.
https://en.protothema.gr/2026/05/21/new-nsa-documents-mig-fi…
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web search NEUTRAL — An incident involving 13 Soviet-designed MiG fighter jets chasing a mysterious star-shaped UFO was among the encounters described in newly declassified top-secret files released after a decades-long l…
https://rtrunews.com/news/640416-ussr-us-ufo-encounters/
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Claim 3: “The 222 files released were among the second batch of documents made public on the Department of War’s website”
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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 4: “As part of the suit, NSA’s chief policy officer Eugene Yeates submitted affidavits in response to a document request, which later became known as the “Yeates Memo.””
CORROBORATED
The Disclosure Foundation explicitly mentions that NSA Chief Policy Officer Eugene Yeates submitted affidavits in response to the lawsuit.
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web search NEUTRAL — At the time, the NSA vigorously defended the lawsuit in court. To support its legal defense against producing UFO-related documents, the NSA's Chief Policy Officer, Eugene Yeates, submitted "in camera…
https://disclosure.org/news/nsa-top-secret-umbra-uap-foia-re…
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web search NEUTRAL — Others in attendance included Eugene Yeates, Chief of Legislative Affairs at the NSA.Lisbon was known as the Capital of Espionage during World War II, largely because Portugal was officially neutral d…
https://www.kennedysandking.com/john-f-kennedy-articles/the-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Some key positions he held at NSA included: Chief, Office of Legislative Affairs; Director of Policy; and Associate Deputy Director of Operations. He also served with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the …
https://thelebanontimes.com/a-lifetime-of-dedicated-service-…
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Claim 5: “The documents... detail unexplained sightings from witnesses, as well as radar-tracking reports and incidents involving military aircraft.”
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Evidence from the Disclosure Foundation and other reports explicitly state the records include radar tracking, visual sightings, and military responses involving aircraft.
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web search NEUTRAL — Air Force frequency graph of UFO reports.3] Congress had previously created the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office in 2022 to "investigate anomalous incidents observed across air, maritime, space an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_Files
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web search NEUTRAL — Partially redacted NSA document marked “TOP SECRET UMBRA” describing the radar tracking of an unidentified flying object.The records also document direct military responses to unidentified objects. At…
https://ovniologia.com.br/2026/05/nsa-releases-hundreds-of-p…
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web search NEUTRAL — Radar tracking of unidentified flying objects. Visual sightings. Objects moving across large distances. Altitude and heading information. References to objects assessed in some entries as "probably ba…
https://disclosure.org/news/nsa-top-secret-umbra-uap-foia-re…
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Claim 6: “The UFO-related files, made public by the nonprofit Disclosure Foundation earlier this week, are all marked with the codeword “Umbra” — a top security designation used by the NSA.”
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The Disclosure Foundation's own site and other reports confirm they released the files and that the records were marked with the 'TOP SECRET UMBRA' designation.
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web search NEUTRAL — National Security Agency surveillance.Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is a former United States National Security Agency (NSA) intelligence contractor who leaked classified documents reveal…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden
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web search NEUTRAL — The National Security Agency has produced hundreds of pages of historical UAP-related records following a Freedom of Information Act appeal by the Disclosure Foundation.
https://disclosure.org/news/nsa-top-secret-umbra-uap-foia-re…
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web search NEUTRAL — New files released by the National Security Agency revealed hundreds of incidents involving UFOS which were classified by the intelligence community. The files have now been disclosed, marking the lat…
https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15834213/ufo-f…
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Claim 7: “weeks after President Trump ordered the release of government reports on unidentified flying objects.”
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Claim 8: “A trove of previously top secret National Security Agency records have just been released that detail a spate of apparent UFO encounters”
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Multiple independent sources (Disclosure Foundation, Daily Mail, and other web results) confirm the NSA released hundreds of pages of formerly top-secret records regarding UAPs/UFOs.
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web search NEUTRAL — These agencies include the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), FBI,[102] CIA, National Security Agency (NSA), as well as military intelligence agencies of the Army and U.S. Navy, in addition to the Air…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidentified_flying_object
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web search NEUTRAL — The National Security Agency has produced hundreds of pages of historical UAP-related records following a Freedom of Information Act appeal by the Disclosure Foundation. Many of the records were previ…
https://disclosure.org/news/nsa-top-secret-umbra-uap-foia-re…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hundreds of top-secret UFO files have been made public after a decades-long legal battle with the US intelligence community. The Disclosure Foundation, a nonprofit pushing the US government for UFOs, …
https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15834213/ufo-f…
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Claim 9: “the Pentagon released its latest batch of declassified UFO files on Friday, including audio of the Apollo 12 crew describing how they once saw mysterious “streaks of light” while trying to sleep in deep space.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a recent Pentagon release of Apollo 12 audio describing streaks of light.
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Claim 10: “The memo was declassified and made publicly available back in 2009 but the information included in the document wasn’t released.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific declassification date of the 'Yeates Memo' in 2009 or the withholding of supporting information.
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Claim 11: “The documents, which were released as part of a Freedom of Information Act appeal from the Disclosure Foundation, are tied to a 1980 lawsuit brought against the NSA”
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The Disclosure Foundation and other reports confirm the documents were released via a FOIA appeal tied to a 1980 lawsuit against the NSA.
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web search NEUTRAL — Back in 1980, a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit was brought against the National Security Agency on behalf of a citizen watchdog group to compel production of UFO-related information in the NSA's p…
https://disclosure.org/news/nsa-top-secret-umbra-uap-foia-re…
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web search NEUTRAL — The National Security Agency has released hundreds of pages of historical records related to unidentified aerial phenomena after a Freedom of Information Act appeal by the Disclosure Foundation. Accor…
https://unknowncountry.com/headline-news/foia-appeal-forces-…
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web search NEUTRAL — I came across this article tonight, in Spanish, about a FOIA obtained document that details 13 jets had been dispatched to intercept a "star shaped" object in the 1960s, all as part of hundreds of doc…
https://cassiopaea.org/forum/threads/imminent-alien-disclosu…
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Claim 12: “Radar-tracking reports included in the files also described UFO objects as being star-shaped, spheres and “balls of fire.””
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Daily Mail and other sources confirm the radar reports described objects as star-shaped, spheres, and balls of fire.
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web search NEUTRAL — The new trove of intelligence reports revealed that for an unknown length of time, military radar officers regularly tracked objects described as star-shaped, disc-like, spheres, bright balls and even…
https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15834213/ufo-f…
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web search NEUTRAL — It follows the Trump administration's release of more than 160 files relating to UFOs earlier this month. In one of the files—which were heavily redacted—a witness described a mysterious star-shaped o…
https://www.newsweek.com/ufo-files-update-13-fighter-jets-ch…
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web search NEUTRAL — Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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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.