Pentagon releases fourth batch of declassified UAP files

The U.S. Department of Defense released a fourth batch of declassified files on unidentified anomalous phenomena on July 10, 2026, adding 40 documents, videos, and images to its public archive. The release, which includes materials from the Pentagon, NASA, the CIA, the FBI, and the Department of Energy, was conducted under an executive order signed earlier this year by President Donald Trump.

The newly disclosed records detail unexplained encounters reported by military personnel near sensitive sites and during training exercises. One of the most detailed reports describes an incident at the Pantex nuclear weapons facility near Amarillo, Texas, on September 1, 2015. According to a Department of Energy document, two security officers pursued a silent, diamond-shaped object after it entered restricted airspace, prompting a facility lockdown. The officers reported seeing no visible propulsion system through binoculars before the object continued north and disappeared. Investigators ultimately classified the encounter as non-threatening.

Multiple files document military pilots encountering objects with inexplicable flight characteristics. A 2019 report from a veteran aviator over...