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The U.S. government has made public dozens of previously classified files about unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) — formerly known as UFOs — in what the Trump administration is calling a historic effort at transparency.

Pentagon, Trump administration describe release of material as 'historic transparency'

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This still image from a video is among the material released Friday by the Pentagon in files related to unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs, previously known as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. The minute-long video from which this still was taken was reportedly recorded in Greece in 2024, by what the Pentagon described as a short-wave infrared sensor on an unspecified U.S. military platform. (U.S. Department of War)

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