The Pentagon’s newest UFO files add fresh fuel to the long-running debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena, with new footage showing a mysterious orb over a residential area in the Middle East and a black sphere over the Pacific Ocean. The release expands a series of declassified disclosures that now spans decades and includes videos, renderings, and documents the department says it is still posting on a rolling basis.
This latest batch includes 41 files in all, among them more than a dozen videos, three images, and a stack of PDF documents. The oldest file dates to 1953, while the newest comes from this year. The Defense Department first posted 161 files on its website on 8 May and has since followed that with several additional drops after President Trump called for the records to be released in an executive order earlier this year.
One of the most discussed clips was recorded over the Gulf of Oman in 2021. It shows a dark orb moving in irregular patterns, and the file describes it as an unidentified anomalous phenomenon measuring about four feet in diameter. Another video, taken by a US military sensor camera at an undisclosed site in the Middle East in 2025, appears to show a round object moving in a straight line above what looks like a neighborhood.
There is also a 2019 video shot over the Pacific Ocean in which a black sphere appears, vanishes for a moment, and then returns while seeming to tremble as it drifts across the frame. The file notes that while a sensor captured the imagery, the version viewers see was recorded with a handheld device, which may explain some of the flicker in the footage. In another declassified FBI document, a former military pilot described seeing lights during a flight from Boston to Dublin in October 2023 and said he has seen similar sights at least ten times since then.
