The Pentagon released a new batch of 40 UFO (UAP) files on July 10, 2026, including 14 documents, 19 videos, 4 audio files, and 3 images collected from the Pentagon, NASA, CIA, FBI, and Department of Energy [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]. This increases the total number of publicly available UAP files to 334 [7].
One highlighted report features a military pilot with 28 years of service who encountered an unknown object with flight characteristics "unlike anything I have ever seen in my 28 years of service," the pilot said [1]. Another notable case from 2020 describes a dark maroon object about 3.7 to 4.6 meters tall drifting over the Atlantic Ocean. A weapons systems officer described it as "a large, slightly deformed balloon," though identification was not confirmed [1, 9]. The object appeared to drift with the wind, lacking visible propulsion or maneuvering abilities [9, 10].
The files include previous sightings such as a 2019 event over the US Eastern seaboard where a pilot and four others observed a fast-moving rectangular object flying in the opposite direction before disappearing after 10-15 seconds despite tracking efforts [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12]. Post-flight video analysis confirmed the object's rectangular shape [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12].
Among other cases, the files document a 2015 incident when an unidentified object entered restricted airspace above the Pantex nuclear weapons facility in Texas. Security officers chased the silent object but could not approach it before the facility was locked down [6, 10].
The newly released files include previously unredacted historical documents and recent infrared footage showing UAPs in the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Middle East, and other locations [6, 10]. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said, "The Department of Defense and cooperating agencies are actively preparing to release the next batch of UAP files," indicating more disclosures to follow [1].
