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Pentagon begins releasing new files on UFOs and says people can 'make up their own minds' | Flipboard

Flipboard · · 385 words · By PBS News; Associated Press; Seung Min Kim
Government Transparency Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)

The Pentagon has released a collection of 162 files, including photos and videos of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), following a directive from the Trump administration. The released materials include sightings from Apollo missions and military operations in Iraq and Syria, with the government stating that the public can draw their own conclusions.

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12 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The Pentagon has begun releasing new files on UFOs”
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Multiple independent news sources (The Guardian, CBS News, Flipboard) confirm that the Pentagon has begun releasing new files on UFOs.
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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 — Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, also known as the UAP Report and colloquially named the Pentagon UFO Report, is a United States federally mandated assessment, prepared and publi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_Report_(U.S._Intelligence)
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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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“The Pentagon published 162 UFO files on war.gov/ufo”
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Multiple web search results specifically mention the publication of 162 UFO files on the website war.gov/ufo.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From July 12 to 29, 1952, a series of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings were reported in Washington, D.C., and later became known as the Washington flap, the Washington National Airport Sight…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Washington,_D.C._UFO_inci…
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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 — UFO (full title: Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers) is a 1956 American semi-documentary about the development of the UFO phenomenon in the United States. Clips from the doc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_(1956_film)
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“Two-thirds [of the 162 UFO files] are redacted”
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Two separate web search results explicitly state that two-thirds of the 162 files are redacted (one specifically mentioning 108 files are partially redacted, which is approximately two-thirds of 162).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963, has spawned numerous conspiracy theories. These theories allege the involvement of the Central Inte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pawn Stars is an American reality television series that premiered on History on July 19, 2009. The series is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the activities at the World Famous Gold &…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pawn_Stars_episodes
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The mythology of The X-Files, sometimes referred to as its "mytharc" by the show's staff and fans, follows the quest of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), a believer in supernatural pheno…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology_of_The_X-Files
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“The Department of War launched a website on Friday called war.gov/ufo”
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Multiple sources, including TechCrunch and other web search results, confirm the launch of the website war.gov/ufo on a Friday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since January 2026, the United States Department of Defense has conflicted with the artificial intelligence company Anthropic over the use of its products for military purposes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic–United_States_Depart…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russian war crimes are violations of international criminal law including war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide which the official armed and paramilitary forces of Russia have …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_war_crimes
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“The [war.gov/ufo] website contains photographs from the Apollo 17 mission that NASA cannot explain”
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Web search results specifically mention that the war.gov/ufo website includes unexplained Apollo 17 photographs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the eleventh and final crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Mod…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. Apollo was conceived in 1960 in the Dw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Third-party evidence for the Apollo Moon landings is evidence or analysis of evidence about the Apollo Moon landings that does not come from the U.S. government (the first party) or from Moon landing …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_evidence_for_Apoll…
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“The [war.gov/ufo] website contains infrared videos of objects the military cannot identify”
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Web search results confirm the website contains military sighting videos and a carousel of images of unidentified aerial phenomena.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Department of War provides the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security.A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
https://www.war.gov/ufo/
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web search NEUTRAL — The Pentagon released 162 UFO files on war.gov/ufo, including unexplained Apollo 17 photos and military sighting videos. Of the files, 108 are partially redacted.
https://thenextweb.com/news/pentagon-ufo-files-war-gov-pursu…
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web search NEUTRAL — A new website made public Friday by the Defense Department — war.gov/UFO — is replete with a rotating carousel of black-and-white images of unidentified aerial phenomena. Viewers can sift through doze…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/pentagon-ufo-files-…
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“The [war.gov/ufo] website contains internal memos describing sightings in Iraq and Syria”
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While the website's existence is confirmed, the provided evidence for this specific claim consists of general definitions of 'war' and news about Iran-US tensions, with no mention of internal memos regarding Iraq and Syria on the UFO website.
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · War, in the popular sense, a conflict between political groups involving hostilities of considerable duration and magnitude. Sociologists usually apply the term to such conflicts only if …
https://www.britannica.com/topic/war
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web search NEUTRAL — War is an armed conflict [a] between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain m…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War
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web search NEUTRAL — 7 hours ago · Iran-US-Israel War Today News Live Updates: The US military carried out more airstrikes on Friday and hit several empty tankers attempting to break the blockade on Iran.
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/iran-us-war-news-liv…
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“The Pentagon... [is] following through on an order from President Trump to make [files available]”
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CBS News and other web search results explicitly state that the Pentagon is following through on an order from President Trump to release these documents.
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web search NEUTRAL — The War Department released more than 160 files Friday related to sightings of UFOs dating back nearly 80 years, two days after President Trump predicted "I think some of it's going to be very interes…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/08/us-news/pentagon-releases-doze…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump orders Pentagon, federal agencies to release files on UFOs and aliens. US president’s announcement comes amid a surge of interest following comments on aliens by ex-President Barack Obama.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/8/make-up-their-own-mi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Washington — The Pentagon on Friday began releasing more files related to UFOs and UAPs, following through on an order from President Trump to make public government documents about unexplained phenom…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pentagon-begins-release-ufo-fil…
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“Buzz Aldrin observing a “fairly bright light source” while aboard the Apollo 11”
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The claim is repeated five times, but all five citations are from the same source (Flipboard), which does not meet the requirement for multiple independent sources.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Buzz Aldrin observing a “fairly bright light source” while aboard the Apollo 11
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/house-dems-despondent-over-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Buzz Aldrin observing a “fairly bright light source” while aboard the Apollo 11
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/bright-lights-and-hot-orbs-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Buzz Aldrin observing a “fairly bright light source” while aboard the Apollo 11
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/virginia-supreme-court-stri…
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“A mysterious object making “multiple 90-degree turns” at a speedy clip [is detailed in the files]”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claim about an object making 90-degree turns.
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“A blaringly bright object doing corkscrew twists over the skies in Kazakhstan [is detailed in the files]”
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“The Trump administration on Friday released a batch of "never-before-seen" files and videos on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon (UAP)”
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