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Pentagon releases hundreds of declassified UFO files

newsMay 9, 2026293,732

The Pentagon, joined by the Department of Defense, FBI, NASA and the State Department, posted 162 declassified files spanning 1948 to 2026, including 120 PDFs, 28 videos and 14 images. The collection contains Apollo-era papers, eyewitness reports from the 1940s and video footage of unidentified aerial phenomena over Greece, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the records "have long fueled justified speculation, and it's time the American people see" them, and the release expands the public record available for scientific, historical and national security review.

Hetan Shah
@hetanshah.bsky.social

This 1952 memo from the Pentagon UFO files is superb There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’ 🤣 www.war.gov/medialink/uf...

There likely is nothing to be done at the moment to prepare for these possibilities (the only body of writing on the subject available in an emergency is science fiction), because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.

Maxwell W. Hunter, II
Member, Professional Staff
279344d ago
Eoin Meehan 🇮🇪🇪🇺52

It's now my mission to include that statement in some formal document I will be preparing ... "At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic." Awesome.

Hetan Shah40

This provides a good overview of what’s in the UFO docs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Edwin Hayward38

It's fairly accurate. Any interstellar species will be so far beyond humans that preparing feels quasi pointless. Life isn't a Hollywood movie.

Hetan Shah20

Obit of the author Maxwell Hunter II is here and he’s as cool as you thought www.latimes.com/archives/la-...

Éric Vautier18

Maxwell W. Hunter II FTW.

Marcelo Soares11

The whole document is so well written. Hard to see that clarity of thinking in official documents these days.

Josh Halpern trading as10

With a thought for the year> Upon discovery of aliens "it would be a good idea to proceed on the assumption that the human race would finally have found a bigger problem than the ones it has created for itself." A memo for the ages by en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell...

California Tech Guy9

Hey I've watched Farscape. Aliens think humanity is stupid, backwards, and inconsequential.

Theo9

Any writer of hard SF will tell you: A civilization able to conquer the distances between stars (not planets) and arrive here en masse would already be so far ahead of us technologically and industrially that resistance would be futile.

Cryptan8

Now there’s a WASP name. Maxwell W. Hunter II.

John H. Nordrhein7

Childhood's End came out a year later.

Simon H5

This is everywhere I've ever worked

Time Spinner4

"The human race would have finally found a problem bigger than the ones it created for itself" He was holding nothing back, heck

Anthony Sanders4

It's like an episode of Yes Minister.

Article194

We must honour Maxwell W. Hunter II, some sort of statue, at the very least a golden plaque somewhere 😊

TextArcana4

Ironically Maxwell Hunter’s sister, Allie N. Hunter, was of the opposite opinion.

Malice in Blunderland3

Ah so its the same protocol for climate catastrophe.

Bill Geerhart3

Maxwell W. Hunter II [1922-2001] had a way with words.

Bluesky Chicago Regino Troubleshooting Bureau Chief2

Sidebar -- not thrilled at seeing the URL for the Department of Defense on my timeline. (Not your fault. Blame the drunk who sprinkles PEDs on his Wheaties who is in charge.) With that said: dark humor really is a lost art. This is *talent* on display.

Jack2

Just as the movies have been showing us all along.

Penny Briers2

They don’t write them like that anymore

Kenneth Silber2

And don't miss this upcoming book, @danvergano.bsky.social.

CarrotBaum 🥕2

Reads like Douglas Adams 😂

ray 鄺羡華
@raykwong.lol

Good morning and happy Saturday to everyone. The zaniest thing about Fat Satan releasing the UFO files yesterday is that Donald Trump is mentioned in the Epstein files over 38,000 times.

50445d ago
Scott18

Good morning, Ray and friends. Have a great Saturday, everyone.

AngelRucas16

Good morning, Ray! ☀️☕ Happy Saturday. Make it a fun one. 💙 Even aliens can see this is another distraction from the Trump/Epstein files and war crimes.

InezSneks 🙄🙄13

Good morning, ray!!! Happy Saturday. It's already one of those mornings 😡😡😡

Petra Michaela9

Good morning Ray. 💙 Have a great Saturday. 🌺🦋

Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist9

Good Morning Ray. That is wild. This definition sums him up.

Sue5

Good morning Ray 😀 Crazy that a paedophile rapist is still president.

dragonlady1011.bsky.social5

💙💙💙 good morning Ray happy Saturday Releasing the UFO files is just another way to deflect from the Epstein files I hope you have a great Saturday Fuck Trump

Kinley 🦋 Brenda5

Good morning Ray! Happy Saturday! #ReleaseTheFiles #Epstein

❀༻𝕊𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕫𝕚𝕖𝕡𝕚𝕖༺❀5

Good morning Ray! It’s getting old.🙄

Lori 🇺🇦💩🐸👑4

And the media reporting on it like it's some big deal. They are just beyond ridiculous. They are like cats with catnip.

Lena’s Corner Table4

Good Saturday morning! One day there will be joyous news involving Fat Satan.

Dr. Merri 🐸4

Good morning Ray - I wish people would stop supporting Nazis

Lorraine Montez4

Good morning Ray! Fat Satan said we would need to decide what the hell was going on for ourselves and I agree with you. He’s mentioned thousands of times in the Epstein files.

mike3

Good morning Ray! Happy Saturday! ☕☀️💙 Funny how all those DAY 1 PROMISES turned out to be maybe SOMEDAY PROMISES.

ML Porter3

Was Epstein an Alien Ray? Hi Ray! Have a good weekend and keep that knee limbered up, we might have to run to Canada!

Donate Krappe 🦒3

Good morning Ray! Happy Saturday!

shnookeee.bsky.social3

Morning G I am very close to not giving a shit anymore. I know that’s what they want…. I knew they’d do something to fuck with the midterms and now they’ll have every election going forward. Tell me I’m wrong

GGmaJoy3

Good morning, Ray! ☕️ ☕️

Wendy 🦋🇺🇦🇬🇱☮️3

Good morning, Ray 👋☕️ If trump wants aliens, I've got one for him 😏 Happy Saturday!😁 (just a reminder, Elon is in the #EpsteinFiles , too!)

Linda Noel3

Happy Saturday, Ray! Even Zanier is nobody at all even cares about UFOs at all, and we're all just sitting here waiting for him to drop dead. There could've been actual selfies of him with the Area 51 corpses, and we'd be like - "Damn, MF still breathing" and scroll on by... May that day come soon!

Ro3

Good Saturday Morning Ray! Epstein/Trump Or Was it TRUMP/Epstein? RELEASE THOSE FILES AND WE WILL KNOW FOR SURE! Have a wonderful Saturday☀️😘💙

Mark Hartig3

Surprised he didn't find a way to monetize it.

Sailing Steve2

Funny. I was thinking the same ting about the Iran war.

Martijon2

Good morning ray! Dear One is a pedophile!

Mark2

Likewise! Good morning all! :)

Josette2

Morning, Ray! Always another shiny object to draw attention.

justbegreene.bsky.social2

Good morning ray☀️ Happy Saturday back

Stacey💙 🌊 🪷2

Have a great Saturday my friend!

Breezelan2

Good morning Ray and Happy Caturday. Did you see the video clip Katie Phang posted about the Trump Epstein Memorial Reading Room? It contains over 3 thousand volumes, each weighing over 5 lbs of evidence collected so far.

Mace Duggan2

Good morning, ray @raykwong.lol. Ya know, that IS zany. Hmmmm... Oh, and Happy Saturday!

Paula who is persisting 🟦♿️🌻2

Good morning ray. It’s always about diversion. Have a wonderful day!

Eileen very left!2

Happy Saturday, Ray! BTW, those files were released just for the KoolAid Kult! The rest of us are waiting for the tRump, er, I mean, the Epstein Files.

MiSometimes2

Good morning, Ray. Happy Saturday Thank you for giving me a smile with my coffee. ☕

Rich 💙💙💙💙2

Good morning Ray ☕️💙☕️ Have a great weekend

FreyaLux2

Good Morning Ray ☕️ He wants you to focus on this this👇

RIPgop2

Quiz: Who is listed in the Epstein Files 38,000 times? A: Donald Trump B: Donald Trump C: Donald Trump D: All of the above #resist Tennessee Missouri Louisiana Alabama Mississippi Oklahoma Kansas Arkansas Kentucky Pennsylvania Ohio Iowa New York California Oregon Connecticut Colorado

dem6400.bsky.social2

Happy Saturday Ray! Hope you have a great weekend. It’s a gorgeous morning in Wisconsin so things are off to good start here. 💙

Old School Gentleman2

Happy Saturday sir! Wishing you and your family a very Happy Mothers day weekend

CoQueenBee 🐝2

☀️Ray! Have a wonderful weekend!

its__alida♒️✨️2

Wild AF!!! That's more times than Jesus being mentioned in the bible!!!! Good morning & happy Saturday Ray

Denise2

This is the craziest Epstein distraction so far, I think.

CatCmdr12

If only they’d come & beam him & his flying monkeys off this planet!! Good Morning, Ray 🌞 👽 🛸

IanSeine™️2

Hey Ray! Have a great weekend.

Louleo2

Good morning Ray 🌞💙 have a good one

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