Overview
- The Department of War posted the fifth public release on Friday, August 7, consisting of 41 declassified documents, images and videos drawn from the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, State Department and Executive Office of the President.
- The materials span more than seven decades, with records dating from 1950 through 2026 and include a 2025 military sensor video of a fast-moving spherical object over a residential area in the Middle East.
- The release contains multi-camera footage and reports from a September 2021 Gulf of Oman gunship encounter that described roughly 25 'cold orb' objects and an FBI Form 302 recounting a 2002 triangular object over Bagram Airfield.
- The archive labels the cases 'unresolved,' noting analysts could not make definitive identifications because of gaps in sensor metadata, chain-of-custody issues, handheld-display recordings and redactions to protect sensitive information and witnesses.
- Whistleblowers and reporting say some reportedly significant videos remain classified, and lawmakers and military officials say the files raise operational-safety and oversight questions as additional tranches are promised.