Overview
- President Trump directed Secretary Pete Hegseth to lead an interagency effort to identify and release government files on UFOs/UAPs, with no public timeline announced.
- Former Pentagon official Christopher Mellon says the government holds satellite images of craft that do not resemble known human technology.
- Mellon reports a significant number of previously withheld F/A‑18 gun‑camera and FLIR videos were judged unclassified in 2018 and remain unreleased, some of which he has viewed.
- Relevant records are dispersed across entities including the Pentagon, ODNI, NSA, DIA, DOE, and NNSA, a structure Mellon warns could slow disclosure without strong congressional oversight.
- Mellon does not expect the files to confirm alien contact, and Sen. Mike Rounds urges broad transparency that protects U.S. military capabilities, noting prior bipartisan interest in disclosure.