The Trump administration has released its first batch of UFO files, revealing descriptions of unidentified objects spotted during NASA's Apollo lunar missions and bizarre FBI tips about flying saucers and extraterrestrial life. The move is praised as a transparency effort but also criticized as propaganda.
The Trump administration has declassified its initial batch of UFO files, officially termed 'unidentified anomalous phenomena,' which includes captivating reports and images from NASA's lunar missions and FBI investigations. Among the revelations are photographs of 'unidentified phenomena' observed from the moon's surface during the Apollo 12 mission in 1969. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, from Apollo 11, detailed sightings of a 'sizeable dimension' object, 'little flashes,' and a 'fairly bright light.' The Apollo 17 crew also reported 'very bright particles' and a 'very bright spot,' with the Pentagon now investigating a specific Apollo 17 photograph showing three dots in a triangular formation. Additionally, the files include hundreds of pages from FBI case files (1947-1968) documenting public reports of UFOs, flying discs, and even inquiries about 'saucer occupants.' While the Trump administration hails this as a 'historic transparency effort,' figures like former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene have dismissed it as 'propaganda' and a distraction, a sentiment countered by White House spokesperson Davis Ingle.
