Video. Fighter jet tracks UFO in newly released Pentagon footage
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“The Pentagon released another batch of previously classified UFO files”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm the Pentagon released a batch of declassified UFO files, specifically mentioning a 'second set' or 'second batch' released around May 22.
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— May 8, 2026 ... The tranche of never-before-seen documents released by the Pentagon on UFOs includes descriptions of reported sightings - by civilians on ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1m2epkey44o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1m2epkey44o
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— 2 days ago ... The Pentagon on May 22 released a second set of declassified files on ... unidentified flying objects (UFOs).
https://www.livenowfox.com/news/pentagon-releases-new-batch-…
https://www.livenowfox.com/news/pentagon-releases-new-batch-…
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— 2 days ago ... ... object. Pentagon releases first batch of previously secret files documenting reports of UFOs. Read more ... has never been magic, or aliens ...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/22/pentagon-ufo-v…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/22/pentagon-ufo-v…
“including military videos of unidentified aerial phenomena”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm that the Pentagon UFO releases include visual recordings/videos from Navy fighter jets (FLIR cameras) of unidentified aerial phenomena.
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— 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_UFO_videos
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— 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)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_Report_(U.S._Intelligence)
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— The United States UFO files, also referred to as the UFO files or the UAP files, are a collection of declassified United States government records concerning UFOs, also called unidentified anomalous p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_UFO_files
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_UFO_files
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“saying the material is intended to provide “unprecedented transparency””
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The specific phrasing regarding 'unprecedented transparency' is found in cross-referenced news reports (EuroNews) and aligned with the context of the releases described in web results.
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— 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_UFO_videos
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— 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)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_Report_(U.S._Intelligence)
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— The United States UFO files, also referred to as the UFO files or the UAP files, are a collection of declassified United States government records concerning UFOs, also called unidentified anomalous p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_UFO_files
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_UFO_files
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“offering no evidence of alien life”
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Multiple sources, including the BBC and other web search results, explicitly state that the released files do not provide evidence of extraterrestrial life or alien technology.
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— 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)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_Report_(U.S._Intelligence)
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— The United States UFO files, also referred to as the UFO files or the UAP files, are a collection of declassified United States government records concerning UFOs, also called unidentified anomalous p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_UFO_files
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_UFO_files
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— 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_UFO_videos
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