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Stefan Becket is a managing editor of politics for CBSNews.com. Stefan has covered national politics for more than a decade and helps oversee a team covering the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, immigration and federal law enforcement.

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October 23, 2026 / 5:02 PM EDT / CBS News

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Washington — Federal agents in the western U.S. this year encountered a large, triangular aircraft that zoomed through the sky from a standstill while making no noise or giving off any exhaust, according to new documents released by the Pentagon.

The agents' recollections were included in the Defense Department's latest release of files related to UFOs, or UAP, unidentified anomalous phenomena. Friday's disclosure was the seventh under an executive order that President Trump signed earlier this year mandating the release of sensitive UAP files.…