White House releases new UFO files to US lawmakers

WASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday released a new set of UFO files containing previously unpublished photographs, documents and video footage, responding to requests from US lawmakers. The materials include sightings of bright spherical objects reported across different parts of the United States, some based on witness statements recorded on Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case forms. The files, which include FD-1057 and FD-302 investigation forms, document observations made between 2008 and 2025 of luminous objects gliding at low altitude over populated areas. Some of the footage was captured on smartphones, including iPhones. Witnesses described "plasma spheres" that changed in brightness and shape, moved silently, and occasionally broke apart into smaller points of light before recombining or vanishing. Other accounts reported similar objects flying over residential areas and bodies of water. According to the released documents, some images and videos were edited during technical review to protect witness identities and sensitive locations, a practice the White House described as standard for intelligence material on unexplained aerial events. No comprehensive independent verification of the details in the file was provided by the White House, and relevant agencies continue to examine a wide range of reports falling under the UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) category as part of existing observation and analysis programs.