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Pentagon Releases UAP Videos, Trump Orders Full Disclosure.

5/23/2026

Summary

Story summary

The Pentagon released 50 videos and documents, showing a cigar-shaped object over a residential area.
It also includes footage of a fighter jet engaging a UAP over Lake Huron.
Over one billion people have visited repository, prompting President Donald Trump to order disclosures via order and the PURSUE system.
Polling shows Americans believe extraterrestrials exist and half think they have visited Earth, leading the administration to frame releases as transparency.

History

Historical Context

The Pentagon’s 2024 release of UAP videos echoes the 1947 Roswell incident, when the U.S. Army Air Forces recovered mysterious debris near Roswell, New Mexico. That crash spurred decades of secrecy, popularized by Philip J. Corso’s 1997 bestseller claiming alien technology was reverse-engineered. Today, the disclosures revive public demand for transparency.

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Story summary

The Pentagon released 50 videos and documents, showing a cigar-shaped object over a residential area.
It also includes footage of a fighter jet engaging a UAP over Lake Huron.
Over one billion people have visited repository, prompting President Donald Trump to order disclosures via order and the PURSUE system.
Polling shows Americans believe extraterrestrials exist and half think they have visited Earth, leading the administration to frame releases as transparency.

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