{"id":12855,"date":"2026-05-09T12:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/?p=12855"},"modified":"2026-05-09T12:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:02:21","slug":"us-department-of-war-releases-declassified-ufo-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/us-department-of-war-releases-declassified-ufo-files\/","title":{"rendered":"US Department of War Releases Declassified UFO Files"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States Department of War has finally opened its secret lockers. On May 8, 2026, they launched a massive digital archive filled with declassified UFO files. This new website at war.gov\/UFO<\/a> lets regular people like you and me see photos, videos, and papers that were hidden for years. President Donald Trump ordered this move because he promised to be totally open about unexplained sightings in the sky. It is part of a new plan called PURSUE that brings together different government offices to share what they know.<\/p>\n

Strange Objects in the Sky<\/h2>\n

The files are very interesting. Honestly, I spent hours looking at a report from September 2023. It describes a bronze colored object that looked like a giant metallic egg. Military pilots saw it appear out of a bright light and then it just vanished. Actually, let me put that more simply. A huge ship, nearly 200 feet long, was spinning around our airspace and the experts still have no clue what it was. . This specific case is still labeled as unresolved because they just do not have enough sensor data to be sure.<\/p>\n

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A Massive Team Effort<\/h2>\n

Multiple big names are working on this. Look, the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth are leading the charge. Even NASA is involved in this project. They want to stop all the public doubt and gossip by showing the raw data. Wait, before we get into the space stuff, you should know this is just the beginning. The government says they will keep releasing more files as soon as they check them for safety. It feels like we are finally getting the truth after decades of waiting.<\/p>\n

Old Secrets Come to Light<\/h2>\n

The archive is not just about new things. It goes back a long way. You can find FBI files from 1947 that talk about flying discs. There is also infrared video from the western US taken just last year in 2025. One part that really caught my eye was the old NASA photos. I looked at the Apollo 17 pictures and you can clearly see three strange lights above the moon. Space fans in India and abroad are already talking about these lunar lights on social media.<\/p>\n

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They are being very careful about privacy. They hid the names of people who saw these things to keep them safe. They also blacked out the locations of secret military bases. But the Department of War says they did not hide any facts about the UFOs themselves. Basically, they want scientists and regular people to help them solve these mysteries. They are inviting experts from the private sector to look at the data and find answers.<\/p>\n

I think this is a huge step for everyone who loves space. You might be wondering if this proves aliens are real. The government is not saying that yet. They are just giving us the facts and letting us decide for ourselves. It is a very big moment for transparency in the world. I will keep an eye on the website for the next batch of files. We might find something even more surprising in the coming months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The United States Department of War has finally opened its secret lockers. On May 8, 2026, they launched a massive digital archive filled with declassified UFO files. This new website at war.gov\/UFO lets regular people like you and me see photos, videos, and papers that were hidden for years. President Donald Trump ordered this move<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":12860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12855"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12862,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12855\/revisions\/12862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hardwire.news\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}