By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-08-07 13:14:58 | Updated at 2026-08-07 13:56:17
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The Trump administration has released a fresh wave of UFO files, exposing dozens of reports and videos previously hidden from the public.
The fifth tranche, released on Friday, includes chilling accounts of enormous triangular craft, mysterious high-speed orbs and even a metal sphere allegedly carrying a human body.
Among the most extraordinary reports is a military pilot's account of a silent, 500-foot triangular object that swept over Bagram Airfield, a US-operated base, in 2002.
The witness told agents that he was stargazing with another pilot at approximately 4:30am when the stars suddenly began disappearing above them.
'It appeared as if something huge went overhead,' the FBI interview summary states.
The pilot described the object as an equilateral triangle that moved silently across the sky at a steady speed and altitude, despite displaying no visible lights.
Another file recounts claims that a large metal sphere crashed into the center of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro in 1963, gouging a hole 13 feet deep.
The mysterious object reportedly had window-shaped openings covered with thick glass, and contained a human body dressed in heavy clothing bearing inscriptions that could not be deciphered.
However, the records preserve witness statements and media reports rather than verified government findings, and they offer no evidence that either object was extraterrestrial.
Among the most extraordinary reports is a military pilot's account of a silent, 500-foot triangular object that swept over Bagram Airfield in 2002. Pictured is the artist impression released with the files
Another file recounts claims that a large metal sphere crashed into the center of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro in 1963, gouging a hole 13 feet deep
Above is a screenshot of a video released on Friday showing an unresolved UFO report from 2025. The footage was taken in 2025, showing a small orb-like object traveling across the screen
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said in a statement: 'The Department of War is in lockstep with President Trump to bring unprecedented transparency regarding our government’s understanding of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.
'These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation, and it’s time the American people see it for themselves.
'This release of declassified documents demonstrates the Trump Administration’s earnest commitment to unprecedented transparency.'
One of the records, a three-page FBI interview summary, details the pilot’s alleged encounter with the enormous triangular craft over Bagram.
The witness said he and another pilot were watching the night sky when stars began disappearing from view, as though they were being obscured by something passing overhead.
‘It appeared as if something huge went overhead,’ the interview summary states.
He estimated that the equilateral object measured approximately 500 feet across and was traveling at around 173mph.
Despite its enormous size, it allegedly maintained a steady speed and altitude without making any sound or displaying visible lights.
Above is an artistic impression of a reported incident this year in an undisclosed part of the Western US
The second pilot reportedly witnessed it too, asking: ‘Did you see that?’ as it passed above them.
The witness said he did not report the encounter at the time and later failed to find anything that could explain what they had observed.
The same file reveals that the pilot subsequently reported unexplained lights during commercial flights beginning in October 2023.
He first noticed them while flying from Boston to Dublin at 37,000 feet and believed they were hovering at least 13,000 feet above his aircraft.
The lights reportedly brightened and faded in cycles lasting between 10 seconds and one minute. Some remained stationary while others traveled in straight lines or suddenly changed direction.
Although they resembled aircraft landing lights, the pilot said their behavior did not match planes, meteors, satellites or Starlink.
He claimed to have witnessed the phenomenon approximately 10 times, with individual encounters lasting from 45 minutes to two hours.
Friday's release included another encounter with a mysterious triangular craft that appeared over Colorado Springs in October 2023
During a flight in February 2024, he recorded more than 10 lights moving and changing brightness as his aircraft traveled at approximately Mach 0.80 near Sioux Falls.
The pilot said he never felt threatened and believed the lights remained at least 100 miles away.
A separate FBI file describes an even more dramatic encounter involving a giant black triangle over Colorado Springs in October 2023.
The witness told agents that he was standing outside with a co-worker on a clear night when a strange, dark-gray cloud appeared in the sky.
He described the cloud as stationary and seemingly ‘pixelated or distorted’ before a red light emerged from it.
As he watched, an enormous solid-black triangle reportedly came into view, displaying a diffuse red light at each of its three corners.
The witness estimated that the object was as large as the parking lot where he was standing and measured between three and five stories thick.
It initially traveled at a speed comparable to a helicopter before ‘almost instantaneously’ accelerating to what he believed was Mach 1 or Mach 2.
He claimed waves appeared to radiate from the craft, producing a shimmering distortion similar to the mirage seen above a hot road.
Another newly released study analyzed films of unidentified objects recorded over Utah and Montana in the early 1950s
Despite its apparent size and speed, the triangle allegedly generated no noise, displayed no visible propulsion and produced no unusual odor.
The witness said it then abruptly rolled 90 degrees onto its left side while veering right, the opposite direction in which a conventional aircraft would normally bank, before quickly returning to level flight.
After the object disappeared to the south, he looked back and discovered that the strange cloud from which it had emerged had also vanished.
Around a minute later, he called his wife to describe what he had seen, but she told him his voice sounded ‘robotic,’ as though electronic interference was disrupting the call.
The FBI report records the witness’s account but offers no conclusion about what he saw and does not independently verify his estimates of the object’s size, speed or altitude.
Another Colorado Springs couple described a smaller triangular object that passed approximately 300 feet above their home in 2023.
Another Colorado Springs couple described a smaller triangular object that passed approximately 300 feet above their home in 2023. Above is an artistic impression of the encounter, which was released by the White House on Friday
The witness said it appeared ‘almost see-through’ and was surrounded by haze and ripples, ‘like you were looking at an object that is underwater.’
It reportedly banked until it was nearly vertical without changing its direction or altitude, then disappeared within four seconds.
Another newly released study analyzed films of unidentified objects recorded over Utah and Montana in the early 1950s.
The objects appeared disk-shaped and blue-white, with analysts calculating that those in the Utah footage traveled at up to 2,457mph and endured acceleration reaching 965 times the force of gravity.
The report concluded that birds, balloons and conventional aircraft could not explain the calculated movements, describing the objects as neither identifiable natural phenomena nor ‘commonly known man-made objects.’
But those figures relied on assumptions about the objects’ distance from the camera, which analysts acknowledged was arbitrary.
In a bizarre 2026 encounter, two witnesses reported red lights descending over a remote area of the western US, with one allegedly hovering just six feet above the ground.
Another glow appeared to move through a dry wash around 330 feet behind them.
Afterward, one witness discovered that his mechanical watch had jumped 25 minutes ahead, while his phone, vehicle clock and his companion’s digital watch continued showing the correct time.
The watch allegedly continued running normally afterward, but remained 25 minutes fast.
This is a developing story... More updates to come.
