The Pentagon on Friday released a new batch of 64 files related to UFOs, unveiling a second tranche of records under an executive order by President Trump.
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The Pentagon on Friday released a new batch of 64 files related to UFOs, unveiling a second tranche of records under an executive order by President Trump.
Trump is the latest president to release U.S. government reports on unidentified flying objects, a disclosure process that began in the late 1970s. The Department of War on Friday released a second round of declassified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena files, including three newly published military videos and hundreds of pages of historical government documents detailing decades of unexplained sightings. The Pentagon has released a second batch of never-before-seen files related to UFOs.
Jordan Flowers, the executive director at the Disclosure Foundation, joins CBS News with more. The Defense Department on Friday published a second batch of files on suspected UFO sightings, the latest in a rolling release of once-classified information detailing reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs, the official term used by the government to describe UFOs.
Global News Canada reported the story as "Second batch of U.S. government declassified UFO files released." CBS News reported the story as "Pentagon releases more stunning UFO files." Washington Examiner reported the story as "WATCH: Pentagon releases second batch of UFO files with videos of unexplained objects."
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7 sources have covered this story, including Global News Canada, Washington Examiner, CBS News and Washington Times and 3 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 2 hours ago.
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