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The Pentagon launched a second batch of declassified UFO recordsdata Friday, simply weeks after unveiling its preliminary trove.
The recordsdata are housed on the Pentagon’s web site, which has acquired greater than 1 billion hits for the reason that preliminary launch on Might 8, in keeping with company spokesperson Sean Parnell. The Pentagon and different businesses are “actively working” on a 3rd launch, which can “be introduced within the close to future,” he added.
The discharge included a report from a U.S. intelligence officer, who described seeing “two giant orbs flare up” close to his helicopter in late 2025. The orbs have been “oval-shaped, orange with a white or yellow middle, and emitted gentle in all instructions,” he mentioned.
The officer mentioned he and the pilots later noticed the orbs seem over fighter jets that have been close by.
“I remarked to the pilots that it appeared the identical orbs we had encountered have been now ‘chasing’ the fighters,” he wrote. “We additionally noticed orange orbs flaring up and down round us for a number of minutes, forming a definite triangle earlier than vanishing.”
The Pentagon additionally launched a 116-page doc detailing a sequence of sightings and investigations in Sandia, New Mexico, between 1948 and 1950. The file incorporates “209 sightings of ‘inexperienced orbs,’ ‘discs,’ and ‘fireballs’” reported close to a army base, in keeping with the company.
“Witnesses reported unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) maneuvering, flying out of sight, disappearing, or exploding. The paperwork additionally embody the outcomes of latest investigations into residual copper powder present in some areas the place sightings have been reported,” the Pentagon mentioned.
A few of these investigations helped gasoline Undertaking Grudge, a quick U.S. Air Drive investigation into UFO sightings that spanned just some months in 1949.
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