UFO Revelations: What the Latest UAP Videos from the Pentagon Reveal About Extraterrestrial Life

Translation result. [Herald Economy—Reporter Moon Young-gyu] The White House has again released videos related to unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The U.S. government classifies these phenomena as unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and has not taken a definitive position on whether they represent non‑human technology or another explanation.

The White House posted on social media on the 11th (local time) an infrared clip from 2013, captured in the Middle East, drawn from files that the Department of Defense (DoD) had released.

In 2013, U.S. Central Command submitted a report to the DoD’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) along with roughly 1 minute 46 seconds of video.

In the footage, the sensor’s field of view narrows and then expands, revealing an object that appears cross‑shaped or like an eight‑pointed star. The object maneuvers within the frame and leaves a trailing afterimage.

The object briefly moved out of frame, then reappeared and moved about again before drifting completely out of view toward the upper left.

Among the documents the Defense Department released are incident reports from the Apollo 11, Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 lunar missions.

After the 1969 Apollo 11 flight, astronaut Buzz Aldrin told briefers that, as he tried to sleep, he saw small flashes inside the cabin at intervals of a few minutes. Aldrin also reported seeing what looked like a fairly bright light source and said the crew initially considered the possibility that it might have been a laser.

During the same year, on the Apollo 12 mission, astronaut Alan Bean reported witnessing a flash. He described the experience as akin to “sailing through space.”

The files also include incidents that occurred from 2020 to the present. The Air Force has filed mission reports identifying UAPs, but many of the records provide little detail about what the objects were or precisely when and where they were observed.

The Defense Department released more than 160 files documenting over 400 incidents worldwide. The collection includes government reports dating back to the 1940s.

President Trump posted on Truth Social, “We have released the first batch of UFO/UAP files for public review and study. Previous administrations were not transparent on this issue, but new documents and videos will allow the public to judge for themselves. Enjoy the show.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement that these once‑classified materials, which could not be released for a long time, had invited reasonable speculation, and that it was now time for the American people to see them for themselves. He added that the declassification of these documents demonstrates the Trump administration’s commitment to an unprecedented level of transparency.

The Defense Department says it will release additional material sequentially as items are discovered and declassified. Records accumulated over decades reportedly number in the tens of millions.

However, the department emphasized that the archived material consists of unresolved cases and that the government cannot draw definitive conclusions about the nature of the observed phenomena.