Close Encounters of the Distraction Kind

About this episode

The episode discusses the Pentagon's release of declassified files and narratives related to UAPs and UFOs.

The Pentagon has released hundreds of declassified files, pictures and videos relating to UAPs - Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena - more popularly known as UFOs. The materials date back to the late 1940s and include firsthand but generally uncorroborated narratives from military officers and civilians as well as grainy photos and videos that could really be anything. Various government and private investigations into whether extraterrestrials have tried to make contact have never come up with...

Topics covered

• UAPs
• UFOs
• government investigations
• declassified files
• military narratives

Keywords

• Pentagon
• UAPs
• UFOs
• declassified files
• military officers
• extraterrestrials
• investigations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pentagon

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