Two senior military observers say they watched a mysterious black triangular object flying at extraordinarily high speed over a sensitive site in the western US earlier this year, in the latest tranche of reported UFO sightings released on Friday (Oct 23) by the Trump administration.The unidentified object, as per the latest UFO file dump, showed none of the characteristics of a conventional military aircraft. As per the military observers' report to the defence department, it vanished suddenly and silently within seconds, leaving no exhaust trail or other evidence of its existence.<h2>UFO sighting and the object: All we know</h2>The claimed sighting, by anonymous sources with "extensive operational experience working alongside government agencies," occurred at a location redacted in the file made public Friday.Also read | <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/lizard-people-ex-us-army-sniper-claims-soldier-killed-by-reptilian-beings-in-battle-near-area-51-1792215428620">Lizard people? Ex-US Army sniper claims soldier killed by 'reptilian beings' in battle near Area 51</a>The "unidentified anomalous phenomenon" (UAP), a term that is used to refer to UFOs in military, governmental and scientific circles, resembled a delta-wing drone with a wingspan between nine and 15ft (2.75 to 4.5m), the observers recalled. They calculated its speed at 1,800mph.“We both observed the object ascend vertically over a ridge line situated approximately 3.2 miles west of our location on a heading of about 268 degrees. The object climbed to approximately 200 feet above the ridge line, then transitioned from vertical to horizontal flight at a significant velocity, approaching our position, then descending southeast into the [redacted] along [redacted]. We then lost visual contact while the object was flying along this [redacted] at an estimated range of about 1.5 miles from our position. The total duration of the sighting was approximately three seconds. Throughout the observation, neither [redacted] nor I detected any auditory output from the unmanned aerial system,” they claimed, as per a FBI release on the UAP. <a href="https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release-07/documents/DOW-UAP-D176-Triangular_UAP_AARO_MFR_2026.pdf">Read the Pentagon report here.</a><h2>Scepticism over the images</h2>Similar to hundreds of other reports released by the Pentagon since May as part of Trump's promise to bring transparency to decades of classified or secret documents, many details are vague, inconclusive or blacked out.While many previous accounts came with real photographs or video footage, the "black triangles" report features nine identical images of the same unidentified canyon with tiny, trilateral silhouettes crudely added to replicate the object's movement."This does indeed look like little more than a black triangle shape superimposed on a landscape background to illustrate the report. I don't think it really adds anything substantive to the report itself," Greg Eghigian, professor of history and bioethics at Penn State University and author of the 2024 book "After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon" told The Guardian.Also read | <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/ai-cracks-napoleon-era-secret-letter-unsolved-for-more-than-200-years-what-was-hidden-in-the-ciphers-1792139231806">AI decodes Napoleon-era secret letter unsolved for more than 200 years. What was hidden in the ciphers?</a><h2>Thinning releases: When will the rest of Pentagon's secret UFO files be released?</h2>After an early flurry, the Pentagon's releases in the second Trump administration have become less frequent in recent months, and noticeably thinner since Trump declared in February that he was ordering full disclosure about the government's knowledge of UFOs and the search for alien life.The move followed allegations aired in Congress in 2023 by a former intelligence official that successive administrations engaged in a cover-up, and that the government had possession of crashed alien spacecraft. Notably, Friday's release contained fewer than 25 text documents, and no videos or images.

Two military observers claim they saw a black triangular object fly at 1,800mph over a US site, in the latest Trump administration UFO release. Here's all we know.

Two senior military observers say they watched a mysterious black triangular object flying at extraordinarily high speed over a sensitive site in the western US earlier this year, in the latest tranche of reported UFO sightings released on Friday (Oct 23) by the Trump administration. The unidentified object, as per the latest UFO file dump, showed none of the characteristics of a conventional military aircraft. As per the military observers' report to the defence department, it vanished suddenly and silently within seconds, leaving no exhaust trail or other evidence of its existence. UFO sighting and the object: All we know The claimed sighting, by anonymous sources with "extensive operational experience working alongside government agencies," occurred at a location redacted in the file made public Friday. Also read | Lizard people? Ex-US Army sniper claims soldier killed by 'reptilian beings' in battle near Area 51 The "unidentified anomalous phenomenon" (UAP), a term that is used to refer to UFOs in military, governmental and scientific circles, resembled a delta-wing drone with a wingspan between nine and 15ft (2.75 to 4.5m), the observers recalled. They calculated its speed at 1,800mph. “We both observed the object ascend vertically over a ridge line situated approximately 3.2 miles west of our location on a heading of about 268 degrees. The object climbed to approximately 200 feet above the ridge line, then transitioned from vertical to horizontal flight at a significant velocity, approaching our position, then descending southeast into the [redacted] along [redacted]. We then lost visual contact while the object was flying along this [redacted] at an estimated range of about 1.5 miles from our position. The total duration of the sighting was approximately three seconds. Throughout the observation, neither [redacted] nor I detected any auditory output from the unmanned aerial system,” they claimed, as per a FBI release on the UAP. Read the Pentagon report here. Scepticism over the images Similar to hundreds of other reports released by the Pentagon since May as part of Trump's promise to bring transparency to decades of classified or secret documents, many details are vague, inconclusive or blacked out. While many previous accounts came with real photographs or video footage, the "black triangles" report features nine identical images of the same unidentified canyon with tiny, trilateral silhouettes crudely added to replicate the object's movement. "This does indeed look like little more than a black triangle shape superimposed on a landscape background to illustrate the report. I don't think it really adds anything substantive to the report itself," Greg Eghigian, professor of history and bioethics at Penn State University and author of the 2024 book "After the Flying Saucers Came: A Global History of the UFO Phenomenon" told The Guardian. Also read | AI decodes Napoleon-era secret letter unsolved for more than 200 years. What was hidden in the ciphers? Thinning releases: When will the rest of Pentagon's secret UFO files be released? After an early flurry, the Pentagon's releases in the second Trump administration have become less frequent in recent months, and noticeably thinner since Trump declared in February that he was ordering full disclosure about the government's knowledge of UFOs and the search for alien life. The move followed allegations aired in Congress in 2023 by a former intelligence official that successive administrations engaged in a cover-up, and that the government had possession of crashed alien spacecraft. Notably, Friday's release contained fewer than 25 text documents, and no videos or images.

Two military observers claim they saw a black triangular object fly at 1,800mph over a US site, in the latest Trump administration UFO release. Here's all we know.

'Black triangle' UFO flying at 1,800mph spotted over sensitive US site: Latest Trump admin UFO file dump

The Pentagon on Friday released a fourth tranche of files related to UFOs, also known as unidentified anomalous phenomena. The release includes 40 files, including 14 documents, 19 videos, four audio files and three images. The files come from the Pentagon, NASA, the CIA, the FBI and the Energy Department. The files include one report from a military aviator who spotted a mysterious object “unlike anything he had seen” in 28 years of his service.&nbsp;The Pentagon posted the new files on its UFO website, which hosts the material released under an executive order that President Donald Trump signed earlier this year. About half the files are dated from 2010 or later, with videos showing infrared footage captured by military cameras. The grainy images show unexplained objects and encounters from around the world, including over the western Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic and the Middle East.&nbsp;Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/medical-student-from-kerala-killed-in-uzbekistan-family-alleges-forced-conversion-bid-1783693509962">Medical student from Kerala killed in Uzbekistan; family alleges forced conversion bid</a><h2>Sighting near Pantex nuclear plant</h2>&nbsp;One significant file from the Energy Department mentions an intrusion by an unidentified object into the airspace over a nuclear weapons facility known as Pantex near Amarillo, Texas, in September 2015. The object was described as travelling at 10-15 mph. It includes the account of two officers who chased the object as the nuclear facility was placed on lockdown.&nbsp;The witnesses described it as a diamond-shaped object rounded at the top, about four feet tall and two feet wide at the base. However, they varied on the colour, some saying it was black and others claimed it was silver, red and blue.&nbsp;“Although they were unable to catch up to the object, they stopped their vehicle and got out. Once outside, they noted that the object did not make any sound. The officers said they were unable to identify any propulsion system on the object with binoculars to assess the object,” the report said.&nbsp;&nbsp;The report says the object appeared non-threatening and did not come close to sensitive assets.&nbsp;Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/11-killed-mostly-foreigners-19-missing-in-spain-s-devastating-wildfire-toll-may-go-up-1783684567807">Foreigners among 12 killed, 23 missing in Spain’s devastating wildfire; toll may go up</a><h2>UAP outran surveillance plane tracking system&nbsp;</h2>A 2019 range-fouler report, which is used when there is an unauthorised intrusion into airspace during active military operations or training, described a small rectangular object caught on the camera of a surveillance plane.Military witnesses recalled it as having flight characteristics they had never seen and said it moved fast enough to outrun the aircraft’s tracking system.&nbsp;Besides, NASA documents are also there in the latest release, including images showing unidentified objects.&nbsp;The tranche also includes debriefings from the Apollo 14 and Apollo 17 missions.&nbsp;Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/want-death-to-come-on-my-own-soil-sheikh-hasina-party-leaders-to-return-surrender-in-december-1783679799431">‘Want death to come on my own soil’: Sheikh Hasina says will return, surrender in December</a><h2>‘Unlike anything I had seen in my 28 years’</h2>&nbsp;Another debrief documented an object that an aviator saw in 2019 over the Eastern US, along with four other personnel.&nbsp;“I noticed an object with flight characteristics unlike anything I had seen in my 28 years of performing for the [Air Force] and Navy,” the aviator wrote. “A small object was below us and appeared to be travelling in a straight line opposite our direction at high speed. I tracked it for ~10-15 seconds before we turned on the recorder to provide the attached video. When I zoomed in to try and achieve more resolution, the object’s speed took it out of my FOV, and I was unable to reacquire it, even at a lower zoom. Upon analysis after the flight, the object appeared to be rectangular. Others with equal or more experience were also unsure as to what this object might be.”The video of the incident shows what appears to be an object travelling at high speed:&nbsp;Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/pakistan-hiv-outbreak-health-minister-mustafa-kamal-blames-night-party-goers-for-child-infections-1783677297132">Pakistan HIV outbreak: Health Minister Mustafa Kamal blames 'night party goers' for infections</a><h2>UAP appears to degrade sensor footage</h2>&nbsp;A Yellow Sea UAP appears to degrade electro-optical and infrared sensor footage from a US military platform. The 2023 video includes four minutes and 57 seconds of footage that gets progressively worse over time.&nbsp;The most recent events described in the fourth batch of files came in 2025 near China, under the military’s Indo-Pacific Command. One video shows a military sensor tracking “an area of contrast resembling a six-pointed star” over the Yellow Sea. Another seems to track an object over the East China Sea for several minutes.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pentagon started releasing UFO, or UAP, files on a rolling basis on May 8, following President Donald Trump’s promise to declassify certain government files. The second and third rounds were published on May 22 and June 12, respectively.

About half the files are dated from 2010 or later, with videos showing infrared footage captured by military cameras. The grainy images show unexplained objects and encounters from around the world, including over the western Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic and the Middle East.

The Pentagon on Friday released a fourth tranche of files related to UFOs, also known as unidentified anomalous phenomena. The release includes 40 files, including 14 documents, 19 videos, four audio files and three images. The files come from the Pentagon, NASA, the CIA, the FBI and the Energy Department. The files include one report from a military aviator who spotted a mysterious object “unlike anything he had seen” in 28 years of his service. The Pentagon posted the new files on its UFO website, which hosts the material released under an executive order that President Donald Trump signed earlier this year. About half the files are dated from 2010 or later, with videos showing infrared footage captured by military cameras. The grainy images show unexplained objects and encounters from around the world, including over the western Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic and the Middle East. Also Read: Medical student from Kerala killed in Uzbekistan; family alleges forced conversion bid Sighting near Pantex nuclear plant One significant file from the Energy Department mentions an intrusion by an unidentified object into the airspace over a nuclear weapons facility known as Pantex near Amarillo, Texas, in September 2015. The object was described as travelling at 10-15 mph. It includes the account of two officers who chased the object as the nuclear facility was placed on lockdown. The witnesses described it as a diamond-shaped object rounded at the top, about four feet tall and two feet wide at the base. However, they varied on the colour, some saying it was black and others claimed it was silver, red and blue. “Although they were unable to catch up to the object, they stopped their vehicle and got out. Once outside, they noted that the object did not make any sound. The officers said they were unable to identify any propulsion system on the object with binoculars to assess the object,” the report said. The report says the object appeared non-threatening and did not come close to sensitive assets. Also Read: Foreigners among 12 killed, 23 missing in Spain’s devastating wildfire; toll may go up UAP outran surveillance plane tracking system A 2019 range-fouler report, which is used when there is an unauthorised intrusion into airspace during active military operations or training, described a small rectangular object caught on the camera of a surveillance plane. Military witnesses recalled it as having flight characteristics they had never seen and said it moved fast enough to outrun the aircraft’s tracking system. Besides, NASA documents are also there in the latest release, including images showing unidentified objects. The tranche also includes debriefings from the Apollo 14 and Apollo 17 missions. Also Read: ‘Want death to come on my own soil’: Sheikh Hasina says will return, surrender in December ‘Unlike anything I had seen in my 28 years’ Another debrief documented an object that an aviator saw in 2019 over the Eastern US, along with four other personnel. “I noticed an object with flight characteristics unlike anything I had seen in my 28 years of performing for the [Air Force] and Navy,” the aviator wrote. “A small object was below us and appeared to be travelling in a straight line opposite our direction at high speed. I tracked it for ~10-15 seconds before we turned on the recorder to provide the attached video. When I zoomed in to try and achieve more resolution, the object’s speed took it out of my FOV, and I was unable to reacquire it, even at a lower zoom. Upon analysis after the flight, the object appeared to be rectangular. Others with equal or more experience were also unsure as to what this object might be.” The video of the incident shows what appears to be an object travelling at high speed: Also Read: Pakistan HIV outbreak: Health Minister Mustafa Kamal blames 'night party goers' for infections UAP appears to degrade sensor footage A Yellow Sea UAP appears to degrade electro-optical and infrared sensor footage from a US military platform. The 2023 video includes four minutes and 57 seconds of footage that gets progressively worse over time. The most recent events described in the fourth batch of files came in 2025 near China, under the military’s Indo-Pacific Command. One video shows a military sensor tracking “an area of contrast resembling a six-pointed star” over the Yellow Sea. Another seems to track an object over the East China Sea for several minutes. The Pentagon started releasing UFO, or UAP, files on a rolling basis on May 8, following President Donald Trump’s promise to declassify certain government files. The second and third rounds were published on May 22 and June 12, respectively.

About half the files are dated from 2010 or later, with videos showing infrared footage captured by military cameras. The grainy images show unexplained objects and encounters from around the world, including over the western Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic and the Middle East.

‘Unlike anything I had seen in 28 years’: Pentagon releases fourth tranche of UFO files

A newly released batch of once-classified UFO files has revived interest in one of the strangest claims buried in Cold War-era intelligence records: a CIA-linked reference to a destroyed "message from space" and its transmitter. The fresh documents were released on Friday (Jun 12) as part of the Trump administration's third tranche of declassified files related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), the government's official term for UFOs. The latest release includes photographs, videos, drawings and intelligence records from military and civilian agencies, adding to a growing public archive that has drawn intense interest in recent months.Also read | <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/rotting-body-discovered-metres-from-iran-team-s-fifa-world-cup-camp-in-tijuana-fifa-2026-1781322053339">'Bad smell' leads to discovery of rotting body near Iran team's FIFA World Cup camp in Tijuana</a><h2>CIA destroyed messages from aliens?</h2>Among the newly scrutinised records is a confidential CIA memorandum dated January 9, 1958. The document recounts a telephone conversation with Dr Leon Davidson, a chemical engineer who worked on the Manhattan Project and later at Los Alamos before becoming an independent researcher of UFO reports.

CIA communication about Dr Leon Davidson and 'destroyed' records from latest UFO file dump

In the memo, CIA official R.P.B. Lohmann wrote that Davidson had been informed the agency could not help resolve his concerns regarding a "space message and its transmitter" because records connected to the matter had already been destroyed."We have contacted Dr Davidson by telephone advising him that we cannot resolve his problem concerning the space message and its transmitter because records on the matter have been destroyed by the evaluating agency," the memo states.Also read | <a href="https://www.wionews.com/technology/death-is-only-the-beginning-meta-patents-technology-that-ll-let-ai-run-your-social-media-from-beyond-the-grave-wion-explains-1771304178081">Death is only the beginning? Meta patents tech that'll let AI run your social media from beyond the grave | WION Explains</a>The document offers no further explanation about the nature of the alleged message, who discovered it, or which agency had evaluated and destroyed the records.What makes the memo particularly intriguing is its tone. Lohmann acknowledged that the response given to Davidson was "extraordinarily noncommittal and evasive" and suggested it was crafted to avoid contradicting previous statements made by government agencies.The memo also notes that CIA officials attempted to conceal their identities during conversations with Davidson, although Lohmann conceded that the scientist likely knew who he was dealing with.<h2>Alien starbase on moon?</h2>Davidson was not a fringe figure. Archival records maintained by Columbia University show he spent years collecting and studying UFO reports, eventually assembling what is now known as the Leon Davidson Flying Saucer Collection.The latest release also includes records linked to NASA's Apollo-era missions, including references to an alleged "alien starbase" on the far side of the Moon that reportedly did not appear in official mission transcripts.The Pentagon says public interest in the archive has been unprecedented, with the website hosting the files receiving more than 1.7 billion visits since its launch in May. For UFO researchers, the newly released memo is likely to become one of the most closely examined documents in the collection. &nbsp;

A declassified 1958 CIA memo has resurfaced in the latest UFO document release, revealing a mysterious reference to a destroyed "space message and its transmitter." The files also include claims linked to an alleged alien starbase on the Moon's far side.

A newly released batch of once-classified UFO files has revived interest in one of the strangest claims buried in Cold War-era intelligence records: a CIA-linked reference to a destroyed "message from space" and its transmitter. The fresh documents were released on Friday (Jun 12) as part of the Trump administration's third tranche of declassified files related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), the government's official term for UFOs. The latest release includes photographs, videos, drawings and intelligence records from military and civilian agencies, adding to a growing public archive that has drawn intense interest in recent months. Also read | 'Bad smell' leads to discovery of rotting body near Iran team's FIFA World Cup camp in Tijuana CIA destroyed messages from aliens? Among the newly scrutinised records is a confidential CIA memorandum dated January 9, 1958. The document recounts a telephone conversation with Dr Leon Davidson, a chemical engineer who worked on the Manhattan Project and later at Los Alamos before becoming an independent researcher of UFO reports.

A declassified 1958 CIA memo has resurfaced in the latest UFO document release, revealing a mysterious reference to a destroyed "space message and its transmitter." The files also include claims linked to an alleged alien starbase to the Moon's far side.

'Message from space': Did CIA destroy an alien message? Newly released UFO files reveal bizarre 1958 mystery

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