"The American people can now access the federal government’s declassified UAP files instantly," the Pentagon announced in a statement posted to X. "The latest UAP videos, photos, and original source documents from across the entire United States government are all in one place — no clearance required.

The Department of War on Friday released 162 declassified documents, images and videos related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), opening a new public portal that officials described as part of a broader transparency effort on unexplained aerial sightings.

Do aliens exist? Could Earth really be the only planet hosting intelligent life? Debates over the existence of extraterrestrials date back to the earliest Indigenous and western thought. The tools generating the evidence within western science,

For decades, UFOs and the possibility of alien life have been a major part of pop culture, inspiring everything from blockbuster movies to conspiracy theories and viral internet debates. As fascination with extraterrestrials has grown,