The Truth Is Out There (Again) - War Department Releases Third Set of UAP/UFO Files

On the hit '90s-'00s TV show, "The X-Files," the famous tagline was, "The truth is out there." And after two drops of UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon), or "UFO" files in May, the Department of War (DOW) has just released a third one on Friday.

So, are we are getting the truth out there - once again?

The DOW statement, shared in an X article published Friday, reads:

Statement Attributable to Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs and Chief Pentagon Spokesman @SeanParnellASW:
Today, the Department of War is publishing the third release of declassified and historical Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) files as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE). The collection continues to be housed on WAR.GOV/UFO, and the Department will release additional files on a rolling basis.
As the unprecedented levels of interest in both this topic and the Trump administration's historic transparency effort continue, WAR.GOV/UFO has received over 1.7 billion hits worldwide since the site's launch on May 8, 2026. The Department of War and our agency partners are actively working on the next release of UAP files.

The Pentagon on Friday released a new group of documents and videos related to UFOs, or UAPs, with 72 more documents, images and recordings. https://t.co/hk2H1JaKem
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 12, 2026

The report reads:

The latest batch includes 53 documents and 10 images from the CIA, FBI, NASA, the Department of Defense and other unspecified agencies, along with six videos and three NASA audio recordings. The videos show orb-like objects in the sky, while a set of images and clips offer "artistic interpretations" of reported sightings.
Several of the documents detail encounters reported by federal law enforcement officers in 2023, in which five agents reported seeing strange orbs on the horizon. One agent recounted their partner asking, "Are you seeing this?" as a glowing orb lit up the sky.

The CBS News reporting linked above adds that:

Four of the videos show eyewitness footage of strange encounters, a shift from previous releases, which were dominated by military footage. The new videos, which were collected by the FBI, include details from interviews with the witnesses.

The October 2023 encounters reportedly happened during two days in the Western U.S.:

Five "federal law enforcement special agents" provided their accounts to the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, and each narrative is included in the files.
One agent said the sightings began with "weird lights moving along in groups miles away." Another said red lights "accelerated instantly and maneuvered with perfect, smooth coordination into a horizontal formation." A person identified as Witness 4 described smaller orbs "being hatched from the larger very bright orange light" multiple times, losing count "after five occurrences." Witness 3 said the discharged orbs were like "grapes being expelled from a basketball," and recalled their partner saying, "Are you seeing this?"

The declassification and release of the files, as the statement notes, is drawn from President Trump's signing of an executive order in Mar., as my colleague Ward Clark wrote.

Flashes and Flutters and Dots, Oh My! New 'UFO Photos' Released

Daily Wire White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan shared part of the latest release, also, in an X post:

NEW: According to the newly released UAP files, in July 2025, an eyewitness was returning home from work and "observed an intense bright light in their backyard as they parked their car."

"The light was hovering approximately 25 feet off the ground, below a tree line near the… pic.twitter.com/KhCKnV2DeN
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) June 12, 2026

It reads:

NEW: According to the newly released UAP files, in July 2025, an eyewitness was returning home from work and "observed an intense bright light in their backyard as they parked their car."
"The light was hovering approximately 25 feet off the ground, below a tree line near the center of their backyard, at an estimated distance of 90 feet. The eyewitness exited their vehicle briefly before retrieving their phone to record the event."
"The spouse of the eyewitness came outside to assess the situation. The spouse also witnessed the light, describing it as a 'brilliant red sphere' about one meter in diameter."
"The center of the red sphere appeared to be a white plasma 'sun' about the size of a basketball. The orb slowly rose and moved to the left, and both eyewitnesses observed a second, identical orb, hovering above the other orb."
"The eyewitness then began recording the event using an iPhone 14 Pro Max, capturing the footage depicted in this video. As the eyewitness began recording, the orbs moved westward together above a nearby tree line. The witnesses described the orbs’ motion as silent and smooth, and as moving in tandem as though they were flying in formation or tethered together."
"As the orbs moved out of sight, both eyewitnesses saw them appear to merge. The eyewitnesses estimated that the orbs moved from their initial position before disappearing from view at an estimated distance of 75 yards."
"This observation occurred within 25 miles of the 'Triangle Orbs,' 'Red Orb Rotation,' and 'Orbs Over the Pond,' sightings at a location well known to them, which is sparsely populated."
"The description above is derived from statements provided to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by eyewitnesses to the event. The FBI assesses the individuals who reported this event as credible."

The releases are available to view at WAR.GOV/UFO.

As RedState columnist Buzz Patterson asked in 2023: "What's up there?" We're going to be getting more of these file releases, according to the DOW, so stay tuned for the next one.

[Editor's Note: this article was edited for clarity post-publication.]

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