Trump releases ‘never-before-seen’ footage of UFOs in fresh files

The US government has released a bunch of files relating to UFOs and say they will be releasing more in subsequent batches.

Information on various unidentified phenomena have captured many imaginations and been the fuel for all sorts of conspiracy theories about aliens and the unexplained.

Having previously promised to release files relating to UFOs, the first batch of them has now been put on the internet by the Department of War, which used to be their Department of Defense before Trump decided he was going to rename it.

The release of the files had been hyped up by Christopher Mellon, a former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, as he'd said that disclosing these files would take the debate surrounding aliens 'to another level'.

The first batch of files contains 162 documents and includes pictures taken by the Apollo 12 and 17 missions.

This image was taken by the Apollo 12 mission (DoW)

Some of the pictures show oddly shaped objects highlighted in the horizon above the surface of the Moon.

Whether they're stars, some other space object or an alien spacecraft they're certainly unidentified, which is good enough for them to be included in these files.

Also contained within the release files are transcripts of conversations between operators who said they saw 'a few very bright particles or fragments', describing them as 'very jagged, angular fragments that are tumbling'.

There are several videos that have been released too, showing movement across the screen from some object which is tracked without being identified.

Often the object is a moving light, a small speck of uncertainty travelling across the image.

In a way it's more fuel for the conspiracy fire, these unidentified objects could be anything at all and there's a dedicated cohort of conspiracists who will absolutely lap up the content released in these files and whatever comes next.

Each of the files has information on where the new piece of the puzzle came from, and many of them were taken from parts of the world which are hosts to warzones, so some of the unidentified objects might be weapons.

In a statement, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said: "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."