Pentagon Begins Releasing New Files On UFOs (apnews.com)
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- News link: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/05/08/167218/pentagon-begins-releasing-new-files-on-ufos
- Source link: https://apnews.com/article/trump-ufos-uap-aliens-pentagon-records-investigation-3e658d2cf3742465127c0049c872240a
> The Pentagon has begun releasing new files on UFOs, saying members of the public can draw their own conclusions on "unidentified anomalous phenomena" like an object that a drone pilot says shone a bright light in the sky and then vanished. It said in [3]a post on X on Friday that while past administrations sought to discredit or dissuade the American people, President Donald 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." It said additional documents will be released on a rolling basis.
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> Besides the Pentagon, the effort is led by the White House, the director of national intelligence, the Energy Department, NASA and the FBI. A newly unveiled website housing the documents on unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs, has a decidedly retro feel, with black-and-white military imagery of flying objects displayed prominently on the page, with statements displayed in typewriter-like font. The first release includes 162 files, such as old State Department cables, FBI documents and transcripts from NASA of crewed flights into space.
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> One document details an FBI interview with someone identified as a drone pilot who, in September 2023, reported seeing a "linear object" with a light bright enough to "see bands within the light" in the sky. "The object was visible for five to ten seconds and then the light went out and the object vanished," according to the FBI interview. Another file is a NASA photograph from the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, showing three dots in a triangular formation. The Pentagon says in an accompanying caption that "there is no consensus about the nature of the anomaly" but that a new, preliminary analysis indicated that it could be a "physical object."
[1] https://apnews.com/article/trump-ufos-uap-aliens-pentagon-records-investigation-3e658d2cf3742465127c0049c872240a
[2] https://www.war.gov/UFO/
[3] https://x.com/DeptofWar/status/2052723504336736284
Don't tell me - blurry and jittery and stories. (Score:2)
Guessing: blurry, jittery and stories.
Gun cam, in a maneuvering jet (Score:1)
> Guessing: blurry, jittery and stories.
Not guessing: Infrared not visible light, gun camera in a maneuvering jet fighter, and observations by an aviator trained to recognize aircraft via gun camera to help recognize friend/foe or maneuvering for attack.
This just proves... (Score:2)
...that government cameras really suck.
Gun cameras have a different role (Score:1)
> ...that government cameras really suck.
Many of the images are from "gun cameras." Gun cameras in high performance fighters are quite different than the cameras you are used to. They are far more tolerant of intense glare, being pointed towards the sun, may be highly magnified, may be IR rather than visible light, etc.
Re: Gun cameras have a different role (Score:1)
Hmm, I used to build military observation systems and the few things I looked at are obvious lens reflections making dots that, if you try to chase them, keep moving as you turn. With complex lens systems, you can get multiple dots. I have even seen a big spot caused by my aircraft window when flying over clouds, so the effect is not limited to a camera system - an Airbus A320 window will also do!
public can draw their own conclusions (Score:3, Insightful)
No Epstein anywhere, I gather.
Re: (Score:1)
A UFO rescued Epstein and left a bio-printed doppelgänger behind as a cover story.
Where are the Hillary files? (Score:1)
n/t
UAF (Score:1)
Not UFO, UAF, which is "unknown aerial phenomena".
Let's drop the idiotic UFO moniker once and for all. Aliens have not visited us (yet) and given the distances involved, they as may never will.
Re: UAF (Score:4, Insightful)
That of course assumes there isnt a shortcut involving physics we're not even close to discovering.
Re:UAF (Score:4, Insightful)
How did you manage to spell UAP wrong when writing it out correctly immediately after?
What letter in UFO do you think stands for "aliens?"
Best site for intelligent discussion of this stuf (Score:2)
metabunk.org
Release the UFO Files (Score:2)
(... and forget the EPSTEIN Files)
Interesting data point... (Score:2)
Only because anything they are releasing almost certainly isn't a picture of a top-secret experimental military aircraft.
Re: Interesting data point... (Score:2)
I don't know, three letter agencies are very territorial. Would you claim some random footage shows one of your toys when there was a chance it would get blabbed some Murdoch kid?
Retro indeed (Score:2)
We need to distract the public from the Soviet bomb sniffing balloons we're flying... er, embarassing sex files we're hiding! What should we do?
UFO stories?
Look at these amazing UFO files!!!! (Score:2)
And argue about them vehemently!
Pay no attention to Iran. Or gas prices. Or food or rent prices. Or thugs disappearing foreigners off the street. Or Epstein. Or . . .
wrong files bro (Score:1)
"focused on providing maximum transparency to the public" indeed
Re: (Score:3)
Looking forward to the release of the lizard files, because it sure ain't human that our leaders rape minors and eat childern.