USA HeraldMay 8, 2026 The United States government just moved one of the most controversial questions in modern American history out of the shadows and onto a public website. On Friday, the Department of War announced the first release of what it describes as new,

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Friday called the Pentagon’s release of documents related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) and UFOs “shiny object propaganda” as the Trump administration wages “foreign wars.

President Donald Trump’s release of declassified UFO files on Friday drew excitement from longtime transparency advocates — and immediate skepticism from critics on both the Left and Right who argued the timing was meant to distract from the war in Iran,

Transparency or diversion?: Trump touts the UFO files as unprecedented openness, but critics suspect a tactic to shift focus from the Iran conflict and domestic discontent. What was released?: The first tranche includes 160 documents, photos, and videos ...

The Trump Administration and the Department of War released new unclassified documents from, according to the website, June 1947 to July 1968. war.gov/UFO