Donald Trump's decision to unveil long‑classified UFO material has moved from teasing to reality, with the White House confirming thatTrump's historic release of secret UFO fileshas begun in Washington and will continue in stages over the coming weeks.
Under his Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters programme, officials say the first 162 files on so‑called unidentified anomalous phenomena have quietly gone live on a government website.
The White House says this first tranche includes never‑before‑seen Pentagon UAP records, Apollo mission images and transcripts, and FBI material.
Among the headline items are photographs and documents from the Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 lunar missions, including shots taken on the surface of the Moon.
One widely shared image appears to show three small bright dots hanging in the lunar sky. On its own, the picture proves very little. The accompanying Apollo 17 transcripts, however, are more arresting. During a manoeuvre, mission operators discuss unidentified objects drifting past their windows.
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'Now we've got a few very bright particles or fragments that go drifting by as we manoeuvre,' one astronaut says.
Another voice replies that some of the objects are now visible in detail, describing 'very jagged, angular fragments that are tumbling.'
The Pentagon has framed the release as a corrective to decades of secrecy. In a post on X, it said that while 'past administrations sought to discredit or dissuade the American people', President Trump is 'focused on providing maximum transparency to the public, who can ultimately make up their own minds about the information contained in these files.'
Officials say more documents will be posted on a rolling basis.
Source: International Business Times UK
