The Pentagon has launched a new website that will serve as a “one-stop shop” for declassified information about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), also known as UFOs.
The site is expected to shed light on the work of an office Congress created last year that coordinates efforts across federal agencies to detect and identify what the Pentagon officially refers to as unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs.
“The posting of the website is the next step in this process, in terms of ensuring that the public has information and insight into UAPs,” the Pentagon press secretary, Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, said at a news conference Thursday. “And so what you see today is what has been declassified to date.”
The site includes just a handful of videos, some labeled “unresolved” or “unclassified,” with short descriptions offering explanations of assessments by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, which the National Defense Authorization Act established last year. It also includes sections labeled “Coming Soon.”
The Pentagon plans to update the website to include a tool allowing current and former U.S. government employees, service members and contractors to “provide reports via a private and secure means,” Ryder said. The update is expected in the fall, and a tool for the public to file similar reports will also be announced “in coming months,” the news release said.
“The department is committed to transparency with the American people on AARO’s work on UAPs,” Ryder said, adding that the office reviews the facts and, “when possible,” declassifies the information to make it publicly available.
“The Department of Defense is committed to the responsible, transparent, and rigorous identification and reporting of UAPs,” said Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks in a statement. “This new website will serve as a resource for the public, Congress, and our DOD personnel to access information about our efforts to address this important national security issue.”
The launch of the website comes amid growing public interest in UFOs. In recent years, there have been a number of high-profile reports of UAP sightings, including by military pilots. In 2021, the Pentagon released three videos that it had previously classified, which showed unidentified objects moving at high speeds and performing maneuvers that would be difficult to replicate with known technology.
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