The White House declassifies documents on UFOs and extraterrestrial life
The Pentagon underlines that these are unresolved cases but says the objective is for people to "form their own opinion"
BarcelonaThe United States Department of War has begun publishing files related to unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and possible extraterrestrial life this Friday, which can be consulted on an official webpage that will be updated "continuously," according to the official statement. In February, President Donald Trump announced that, "given the enormous interest shown," he would order the process of identifying and publishing government files related to extraterrestrial and alien life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and UFOs to begin.
The Pentagon states that the declassification responds to an objective of "total transparency" so that people can "form their own opinion" about the information. However, it emphasizes that the archived materials are unsolved cases, meaning that the government "cannot make a definitive determination about the nature of the phenomena observed." The Department of War is coordinated with other government departments and agencies, such as NASA and the FBI, which are reviewing "tens of millions" of files, "many of which exist only on paper, and which span many decades."
The White House anticipates that new materials will be published continuously as they are discovered and declassified, with installments published every few weeks. The first release includes 162 files, such as old State Department cables, FBI documents, and NASA transcripts of manned space flights.
