Published by TrenBuzz.com | May 8, 2026 | BREAKING
Key Points at a Glance – Trump Opens America UFO Vault
- The US Department of War released 160+ UFO/UAP files on May 8, 2026 — now publicly accessible at war.gov/UFO — no security clearance required.
- The program is called PURSUE: Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters.
- Files include sightings over Iraq (2022), Syria (2024), UAE, Greece, Africa (2025), and archival photos from the Apollo 17 Moon mission (1972).
- A 1947–1968 massive FBI file with hundreds of pages of eyewitness testimony was also released with fewer redactions than previous versions.
- The files show NO evidence of government contact with extraterrestrial beings — and no proof alien life has visited Earth.
- Trump posted on Truth Social: “WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? Have Fun and Enjoy!”
- The war.gov/UFO website crashed under traffic pressure hours after launch.
- More files will drop “every few weeks” on a rolling basis.
- Former President Obama recently said: “Aliens are real, but I haven’t seen them.” He later clarified he saw no evidence of extraterrestrial contact during his presidency.
- Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson called the release “the beginning of the Age of Disclosure — long overdue.”
For decades, Americans have asked the same question — what does the government actually know about UFOs? On May 8, 2026, the answer finally arrived. And it may not be the one they expected.
The Pentagon released more than 160 records, citing President Trump’s call for unprecedented transparency in giving the public access to federal and military records related to unexplained encounters with strange phenomena. President Trump said via Truth Social that with the documents and other records available to the public, “the people can decide for themselves, ‘WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?’ Have Fun and Enjoy!”
What Is war.gov/UFO — And How Did This Happen?
At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, the Department of War is overseeing a multiagency effort to expeditiously find, review, identify, declassify and publicly release unresolved Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena-related records and historical documents in the federal government’s possession.
The first batch of long-awaited files on what the government is calling Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) are being housed on a dedicated government site — war.gov/UFO — and additional files will be added “on a rolling basis.” “The American people can now access the federal government’s declassified UAP files instantly — no clearance required,” the Pentagon said.
What’s Actually IN the Files — The Real Highlights
The files include internal military memos describing “one possible small UAP” in Iraq in 2022, as well as “multiple glares or light from an unknown origin” observed in Syria in 2024. There are also recent reports from US troops in the UAE and Greece. One 2025 file from Africa shows a military operator reporting a UAP while operating within African airspace.
Perhaps the most striking document is archival imagery from the Apollo 17 Moon mission in 1972 — showing three unexplained lights above the lunar terrain. The astronauts at the time theorized the lights might have come from chunks of ice. NASA’s own file is now publicly viewable.
One specific UFO report described a craft as: “a linear object with a super bright light… metallic/gray in color… no wings or exhaust… smaller than a 737, one to two Blackhawk helicopters in length” — observed at 5,000 feet before vanishing east to west after 5–10 seconds.
The Bottom Line — No Aliens, But Plenty of Mystery
The documents don’t suggest any wide-ranging government cover-up of extraterrestrial encounters. The files show no indication that the US government has had any interaction with beings from other planets or that it has any reason to believe such beings have visited Earth.
For UFO believers hoping for a smoking gun, this first batch isn’t it. But for researchers, historians, and scientists, it’s an unprecedented trove of raw, unfiltered government data that has never been seen outside classified spaces.
Obama, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and the Age of Disclosure
Interest and speculation about extraterrestrials reignited earlier this year when former President Barack Obama said in a podcast that aliens are “real but I haven’t seen them.” He later clarified: “I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us.”
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, speaking to CBS Mornings on May 8, called the release a “landmark moment in American transparency” — adding that science has always said the probability of life elsewhere in the universe is extraordinarily high, and the data released today moves the public conversation from speculation toward structured analysis.
What Comes Next — Rolling Releases Every Few Weeks
The Defense Department said it will be “releasing new materials on a rolling basis as they are discovered and declassified, with tranches posted every few weeks.”
The government site with the UFO documents also appeared to be glitchy in the early going — crashing under the weight of millions of simultaneous visitors — mirroring what happened when the Epstein files were first released in December 2025.
America’s UFO vault is open. The government says there are no aliens. The files say there are plenty of things that can’t be explained. And somewhere between those two facts — the truth is still out there.
Disclaimer: This article is for general informational and news reporting purposes only. All file contents, government statements, and expert quotes are sourced from the US Department of War, CNN, NBC News, and NPR as of May 8, 2026. The files represent declassified reports — sightings described therein are eyewitness accounts and have not been independently verified as evidence of extraterrestrial life. TrenBuzz.com makes no claims about the existence or non-existence of alien life. Readers are encouraged to visit war.gov/UFO directly to review the official documents.