{"id":136554,"date":"2026-05-22T15:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/pilots-and-astronauts-detail-unexplained-aerial-encounters-in-declassified-ufo-files\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:08:42","slug":"pilots-and-astronauts-detail-unexplained-aerial-encounters-in-declassified-ufo-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/pilots-and-astronauts-detail-unexplained-aerial-encounters-in-declassified-ufo-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilots and astronauts detail unexplained aerial encounters in declassified UFO files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"anchor-bc0aed\" class=\"body-graf\">WASHINGTON \u2014  Late last year, a senior U.S. intelligence officer on a helicopter mission to investigate \u201cthuds\u201d heard in an unnamed mountain range saw a mysterious orange orb \u2014 an object that split in two and changed direction. <\/p>\n<p><button class=\"styles_subscriptionCTA__LOUeY\" id=\"subscriptionCTA\" type=\"button\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_textWrapper__vxvko\">\n<p class=\"styles_text__daaVB styles_textLarge__qlzwu\">Subscribe to read this story ad-free    <\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_text__daaVB\">Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/rockcms\/2026-01\/arrow-f55fa5.svg\" alt=\"arrow\" class=\"styles_arrow__tnruW\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-23f45c\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cThe ground team suddenly radioed that the object had risen from the ground, approached within ten feet of the helicopter, dropped below us and sped away,\u201d the officer wrote after the 2025 encounter, according to government documents released Friday. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-1c0562\" class=\"body-graf\">The strange encounter was detailed in a memo from the Office of the Directorate of National Intelligence, which is included in a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/ufos-and-anomalous-phenomena\/ufo-uap-files-pentagon-release-trump-rcna344204\" target=\"_blank\"> second batch of declassified documents <\/a>on unidentified anomalous phenomena \u2014 previously and more infamously known <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/ufos-aerial-phenomena\" target=\"_blank\">unidentified flying objects<\/a>, or UFOs \u2014 released this year by the Trump administration. The U.S. government has been holding onto the files for decades.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__FvnTh styles_medium__MEKii\" id=\"anchor-6d0b70\"><picture class=\"styles_image__i32F7\" data-testid=\"picture\" data-flavor=\"fit\" data-original-height=\"1394\" data-original-width=\"2500\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260522-UFO-ch-1215-ea5de0.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260522-UFO-ch-1215-ea5de0.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260522-UFO-ch-1215-ea5de0.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260522-UFO-ch-1215-ea5de0.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260522-UFO-ch-1215-ea5de0.jpg\" alt=\"Imagery likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Central Command area of responsibility in 2022. A user uploaded this video to a classified network in June 2024.\" height=\"1394\" width=\"2500\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__TCewG\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">A user uploaded this video to a classified network in June 2024.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">U.S. Defense Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"anchor-7c5373\" class=\"body-graf\">Questions about whether humans are alone in the universe and whether alien life has ever visited Earth have captivated Americans since<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20231019-the-weird-aliens-of-early-science-fiction\" target=\"_blank\"> at least the late 1800s<\/a>, buoyed by science fiction and urban myths of strange sightings and even purported alien abductions. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-6c9380\" class=\"body-graf\">Those ideas, once given little widespread credibility, have in more recent years taken on more serious scrutiny as video footage \u2014 some of it legitimately difficult to explain \u2014 has emerged from trusted sources including the U.S. military.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-f27b2d\" class=\"body-graf\">Yet once again, the government on Friday didn\u2019t draw any conclusions about the origins of the UFOs or offer any evidence of government communication with extra terrestrials. The documents do include a disclaimer that readers should not interpret anything \u201cas reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event\u2019s validity, nature, or significance.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__FvnTh styles_medium__MEKii\" id=\"anchor-155f45\"><picture class=\"styles_image__i32F7\" data-testid=\"picture\" data-flavor=\"fit\" data-original-height=\"1415\" data-original-width=\"2500\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260522-UFO-ch-1214-7d86c3.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260522-UFO-ch-1214-7d86c3.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260522-UFO-ch-1214-7d86c3.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260522-UFO-ch-1214-7d86c3.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260522-UFO-ch-1214-7d86c3.jpg\" alt=\"Imagery likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Central Command area of responsibility in 2021. A user uploaded this video to a classified network in June 2024.\" height=\"1415\" width=\"2500\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__TCewG\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Imagery likely derived from an infrared sensor from U.S. military operating within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in 2021. <\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">U.S. Defense Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"anchor-aaa474\" class=\"body-graf\">The release comes during a week in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/iran\/trump-iran-clock-ticking-deal-drone-attacks-uae-saudi-hormuz-war-rcna345629\" target=\"_blank\">President Donald Trump <\/a>has said he would delay another strike on Iran and the continued conflict has driven gas prices to nearly four-year highs ahead of the holiday weekend. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-ac008c\" class=\"body-graf\">The U.S. this week also announced the indictment of the brother of Fidel Castro, 94-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nightly-news\/video\/justice-department-charges-raul-castro-with-murder-263683141770\" target=\"_blank\">Raul Castro, in a 1996 downing<\/a> of two planes that were on a humanitarian mission to Cuba. Additionally, Trump faced rare criticism from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/house-republicans-cancel-vote-war-powers-trump-iran-rcna346468\" target=\"_blank\">Republicans over the announcement<\/a> of a $1.8 billion fund for those who claim they were the victims of government overreach, including possibly the defendants in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-a0f199\" class=\"body-graf\">The latest batch of UFO-related documents comes mostly from the Defense Department, and is largely made up of footage from military aircraft as well as audio and notes. There are also seven files from NASA and one from the CIA. The government said the files are redacted to protect witnesses, locations and sensitive information. They date from the 1940s through six months ago. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-a8905a\" class=\"body-graf\">In the helicopter account by the intelligence officer, fighter jets were called in and, according to the officer\u2019s notes, the orbs were able to match \u201cthe jets speed and flight path\u201d and appeared to \u201cchase\u201d the fighter jets.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-f9988d\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cWe were virtually speechless after these observations,\u201d according to the officer. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-4eddec\" class=\"body-graf\">There are no conclusions in the memo about what the orbs were or any follow-up described. The senior official who witnessed it wrote at the end of the memo that after the incident he filed a debrief that night before driving home.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-fa43bb\" class=\"body-graf\">Other files detail similarly strange encounters. In 1970, in a handwritten letter, a Los Alamos scientist describes regularly seeing green lights between the hours of 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. between 1948 and 1951 in the mountains, one time moving in some kind of formation. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__FvnTh styles_medium__MEKii styles_portrait__NEQhG\" id=\"anchor-bee3ae\"><picture class=\"styles_image__i32F7\" data-testid=\"picture\" data-flavor=\"fit\" data-original-height=\"3183\" data-original-width=\"2500\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260522-ufo-ch-1225-8bcefb.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260522-ufo-ch-1225-8bcefb.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260522-ufo-ch-1225-8bcefb.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260522-ufo-ch-1225-8bcefb.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-05\/260522-ufo-ch-1225-8bcefb.jpg\" alt=\"Chart showing observations of these \u201cgreen fireballs,\u201d as well as meteors, meteorites, and disks.\" height=\"3183\" width=\"2500\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__TCewG\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Chart showing observations of these \u201cgreen fireballs,\u201d as well as meteors, meteorites and disks.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">U.S. Defense Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"anchor-864c05\" class=\"body-graf\">In 1972, a CIA officer in the United Soviet Socialist Republics stepped outside after watching a sports competition between Canada and the USSR and saw a green circle that widened and concentric circles appeared. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-1806e1\" class=\"body-graf\">A series of videos released Friday include sightings of spherical, oblong and cigar-shaped objects that pass through frames over land, lake and sea. The grainy footage tracks the objects as they zip through skies around the world. In a November 2020 video, a circular-shaped object glides in and out of clouds over the central part of the U.S. Roughly five months later, another video shows circular shaped object barrels across the skies above the U.S.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-253157\" class=\"body-graf\">Objects were also recorded in Kabul, Syria, Kazakhstan and Europe. In one clip near Kazakhstan\u2019s Karaganda International Airport, the night sky is broken with a burst of oval-shaped white light. One object captured in Europe appears to stop and start, like it\u2019s being operated by an unseen video game controller.  <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-2b319e\" class=\"body-graf\">Unidentified objects are also seen over water, floating near a surfaced submarine. Another object begins to seemingly pulse with sunburst-looking rays, and one fast-moving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/us-military-shot-unidentified-object-lake-huron-rcna70289\" target=\"_blank\">object was downed over Lake Huron in 2023<\/a>. It\u2019s not clear from the footage whether the object was recovered. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-a24d71\" class=\"body-graf\">Audio files capture NASA pilots from the 1960s and 1970s, including the Apollo 12 crew from 1969, describing odd things they saw aboard spacecraft. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-3f67e8\" class=\"body-graf\">In 1962, as NASA pilot Scott Carpenter manned a spacecraft through three revolutions of the Earth during Project Mercury, he describes as the audio crackles what he says are particles that move in and out of his view. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-0c37ec\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cTheir motion is random. They look exactly like snowflakes to me,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-e8355c\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cRoger, have you tried to return?\u201d ground control asks. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-1d26a7\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cNegative,\u201d Carpenter responds calmly as he says he has to adjust and sees particles again. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-244c27\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">\u201cThey definitely look like snowflakes,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\/pilots-astronauts-detail-unexplained-aerial-encounters-declassified-uf-rcna346511\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\nSee more: https:\/\/theglobaltrack.com\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/corinthiames.com.br\/<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Late last year, a senior U.S. intelligence officer on a helicopter mission to investigate \u201cthuds\u201d heard in an unnamed mountain range saw a mysterious orange orb \u2014 an object that split in two and changed direction. 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