Pentagon Drops Mysterious New UFO Footage

The Pentagon released another set of files on unidentified objects, including film from 1952 that still has no settled explanation. The material is part of a disclosure effort ordered by President Donald Trump in February, published through a system officials call PURSUE.

The sixth batch, released Friday, includes footage of bright objects over Utah in 1952. Navy warrant officer and photographer Delbert C. Newhouse filmed the objects near Tremonton on July 2 of that year.

Newhouse reported seeing 12 to 14 reflective objects in a loose formation. He used a handheld Bell & Howell camera and 16mm Kodachrome film. An Air Force assessment described him as reliable, with more than 1,000 hours of aerial photography experience.

Project Blue Book reviewed the film. Analysts considered birds reflecting sunlight, balloons, and a mirage. The footage lacked clear reference points, which made size, distance, and speed hard to measure.

In December 1952, Blue Book staff, balloon specialists, and General Mills representatives generally compared the objects to pillow balloons used to drop anti-communist leaflets. One General Mills representative was unconvinced, saying the objects looked too bright and moved too fast.

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Later reviews favored seabirds reflecting sunlight. No explanation was locked in. The new release leaves that uncertainty intact more than 70 years later.

The same batch includes modern cases. A 2025 Middle East report describes six small spherical objects that changed direction and were estimated at about 480 miles per hour. Other files include 2023 infrared recordings over the Yellow Sea and East China Sea, and four cellphone videos from Colorado law enforcement of a silent object with flashing red, blue, and green lights.

The Pentagon said some details were removed to protect witnesses and sensitive sites. Officials said the redactions were not meant to hide whether the encounters happened. The files also include a 2008 expense report from a federal UFO investigation that received nearly $22 million.

Trump’s February order directed agencies to make records on unidentified anomalous phenomena and related subjects public. Officials say more releases will follow.

The Tremonton film is the centerpiece because it is old, visual, and still unexplained. The newer clips show the same pattern: objects recorded, explanations offered, nothing closed.

Fox correspondent Peter Doocy said the 1952 film “looks like a drone swarm, but there were no known drones when this was taken.” The government is publishing the uncertainty rather than a conclusion.