The Pentagon has made public the first set of declassified videos and files on unidentified anomalous phenomena, including accounts of pilots and astronauts like Buzz Aldrin.
SALT LAKE CITY — In a long-awaited move, the Pentagon on Friday made public the first set of declassified videos and files on unidentified anomalous phenomena .
From unidentified objects captured on video moving at fast speeds while suddenly changing directions, to mysterious lights, to the accounts of pilots and famed astronauts like Buzz Aldrin, the files were rolled out on a Department of Defense website.
"The Department of War is in lockstep with President Trump to bring unprecedented transparency regarding our government's understanding of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena," reads a statement on the site from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. "These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation — and it's time the American people see it for themselves. This release of declassified documents demonstrates the Trump Administration's earnest commitment to unprecedented transparency.
"The release brought favorable reaction from one of Utah's foremost stakeholders on the UAP issue. "I am pleasantly surprised and believe that it's a step in the right direction," said Brandon Fugal, owner of Skinwalker Ranch in Uintah County. Fugal said there is a measure of validation in the government's move to release the files.
"We know even at Skinwalker Ranch in Utah, which was the center of gravity for a Pentagon-funded, black budget program studying these phenomena, that there has been military interest," Fugal said. "We've even documented surveillance of our experiments and a lot of the sightings that we've been able to capture on camera with our advanced instrumentation.
"The ranch has long been considered a UAP and paranormal hot spot, and it has been the location of an ongoing reality television series on the History Channel. Fugal said the seventh season in the series is scheduled to begin on May 19.
"I mean, we're going to be presenting data and photographic evidence that is in alignment with what is being released by the government today," Fugal said. KSL's own investigation of the ranch in 2020 at Fugal's invitation ended in the documentation of additional unexplained phenomena, including the video capture of an apparent, unidentified flying object.
"I went from being a skeptic — a total skeptic — not believing that there was anything unusual going on," Fugal said in an interview with KSL Friday. "I believed at the time of purchasing the ranch in Utah that there was
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