The administration released its fourth set of declassified unidentified anomalous phenomena records on Friday, adding a range of new military infrared videos and detailed reports to the public archive.
The release is part of an ongoing effort to broaden public access while safeguarding sensitive military capabilities, witness identities, and national security operations.
Among the files is an 18‑second infrared video recorded by a U.S. military platform over the Yellow Sea. The footage shows a sensor tracking an area of contrast that officials describe as resembling a six‑pointed star. The government cautions that this description does not represent an official conclusion about the object's identity or significance.
A newly declassified Department of Energy report details a 2015 incident involving an unidentified object over the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas, the nation’s primary nuclear weapons assembly facility. Earlier releases had heavily redacted portions of the report; the latest tranche includes additional details and imagery.
The release also contains a 1‑minute 46‑second infrared video from 2024 that shows a military sensor tracking an elongated area of contrast. As the sensor zooms in, the object appears as a line of several bright points moving across the field of view before becoming less distinct as it recedes.
A Navy “Range Fouler Debrief” describes a small, metallic object with a reflective underside observed by a military operator. The report notes that the description reflects the observer’s impressions at the time and is not a definitive assessment of the object’s characteristics.
Additional infrared videos submitted by Central Command, the Air Force, and Indo‑Pacific Command illustrate various contrast patterns. One 2024 video shows an elongated area of contrast that later resembles a line of multiple bright points as the sensor tracks it, while a 2023 video captures two areas of contrast crossing the sensor’s field of view in opposite directions.
In at least one case, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research and Development provided technical context alongside the footage. It noted that apparent flickering in a 2019 Air Force infrared video could result from the sensor’s automatic contrast adjustments when tracking an object whose temperature closely matched its background.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research and Development was established in 2022 to investigate unidentified objects across air, sea, space, and other domains. Its focus is to determine whether incidents pose flight safety or national security risks.
The office evaluates sightings to see if they can be attributed to foreign adversaries, classified U.S. programs, or conventional explanations before labeling them unresolved.
This release follows the directive to expand public access to UAP records, with redactions limited to protecting eyewitness identities, sensitive military locations, and unrelated government facilities.
