A US military aircraft had a freaky chase encounter with a “super-hot” orb during a nighttime search mission just last year, the newly released UFO files show.

The bizarre incident unfolded when multiple military personnel were carrying out the search in a mountainous region close to an apparent government site, according to a heavily redacted document released by the Pentagon on Friday .

At one point, an official described seeing “a possible aircraft on the horizon moving away to the west,” the file reads .

A US military operator reported UAP while operating within African airspace in 2025. Department of War

A US military operator also reported UAP flying across their screen in the Middle East in May 2022.…