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Washington. The U.S. Department of Defense on Friday released a second batch of declassified files on unidentified anomalous phenomena, in a new disclosure of documents, videos, and official reports linked to sightings recorded over several decades.<\/p>

The publication includes 222 files and more than<\/a> 50 videos related to unidentified aerial phenomena. According to Reuters, the release is part of a U.S. government transparency initiative involving documents that remained under official classification for years.<\/p>

Among the disclosed materials are reports describing lights, spheres, discs, and objects observed in various military and space-related contexts. One of the most striking documents contains 116 pages detailing 209 sightings<\/a> recorded near a military installation in Sandia, New Mexico, between 1948 and 1950.<\/p>

The Department of Defense said its agencies are working on a third release of UAP files, though no date was provided for the next publication.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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