Pentagon Releases Second Batch of Declassified UFO Files With 51 Videos

The Pentagon released a second set of declassified UFO files on Friday, describing reported sightings of orbs, discs and fireballs spanning 80 years and including 51 videos.

BBC reported that witnesses described seeing "green orbs, discs and fireballs" dating as far back as 1948, while a senior US intelligence officer said he saw "countless orange orbs swarming in all directions" last year.

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The BBC said the fresh batch included a half dozen documents, a handful of audio recordings and 51 videos, and that one of the documents was a 116-page Armed Forces Special Weapons Program report from 1948-1950.

NBC News said the Pentagon releases newly declassified UFO files, and the CBS News account said the Friday tranche included six PDF files, seven audio files and 51 video files.

The BBC added that the Pentagon uploaded the first set of 161 files on 8 May and said additional files would be released on "a rolling basis".

CBS News said the files included a 2025 first-hand account from an intelligence officer about an experience that left him "virtually speechless," describing a "series of close UAP encounters lasting over an hour" while investigating previous sightings.

In that account, CBS quoted the officer writing, "In the distance, we saw countless orange orbs swarming in all directions" against the backdrop of the mountain.

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BBC reported that the senior US intelligence officer described the UAP as "super-hot", low to the ground and moving at high speed, and said he did not take any photos because he was too focused on "assessing what it was and whether it posed a threat".

The BBC also said Congressman Tim Burchett, a Republican from Tennessee, wrote on X thanking Trump and called the first tranche a "drop in the bucket" compared to what was to come.

NBC News’ live feed framed the moment as the Pentagon releasing newly declassified UFO files, while CBS said the videos were requested by House lawmakers in March and that many materials lacked a substantiated chain-of-custody.

The Pentagon’s releases were tied to President Donald Trump’s order for transparency, with the BBC saying the files were the second set released after an order this year from Trump and that the Pentagon said additional files would be released on "a rolling basis".

ABC News said the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) found no evidence that any of these incidents are of an extraterrestrial nature, while military officials admitted many remain "unresolved" and cannot be explained.

The BBC said the files do not draw any definitive conclusions about the existence of extraterrestrial life and that US officials said people could decide for themselves what the releases show.

The Guardian reported that the first reveal earlier this month of 162 files received more than a billion hits on the government website, and that Friday’s release stretched back decades with further 50 videos and documents.

In the Department of War’s PURSUE posting, the agency said the materials archived there are unresolved cases because the government is unable to make a definitive determination on the nature of the observed phenomena, and it said it would release new materials on a rolling basis as they are discovered and declassified.