Trump admin teases second batch of UFO files coming ‘very soon’

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The Pentagon is preparing to release a second batch of declassified documents related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), commonly known as UFOs. This announcement follows the first release earlier this month, which attracted significant public interest, with over one billion visits to the dedicated UFO website. While some view the files as intriguing, others criticize them as lacking substantial evidence or new information.

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▪The U.S. Department of Defense is set to release a second batch of UAP files.
▪The first release generated over one billion visits to the Pentagon's UFO website.
▪Critics argue that the new files do not provide compelling evidence of extraterrestrial life.

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▪ Second batch of UFO files set to be released after lawmaker teased ‘holy crap’ moment — Fox News — US

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News Trump admin teases second batch of UFO files coming ‘very soon’ The Pentagon boasted that over one billion users around the world have visited the government's UFO website and that the 'second release of UAP files are actively being processed for publication on the site.' UFONew Africa/Shutterstock CalvinFreiburger 0 Calvin Freiburger Comments 0 Tue May 19, 2026 - 3:16 pm EDT WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Defense (unofficially the “Department of War”) is preparing the second batch of declassified documents pertaining to “unidentified anomalous phenomena” (UAP), more popularly known as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs.

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