The Trump administration says it is pulling back the curtain on America’s UFO secrets, but the latest release of classified files has once again left many enthusiasts wanting more.
While the White House hailed Friday’s fourth tranche as an act of ‘unprecedented transparency,’ critics argue the newly declassified documents, photos and videos amount to little more than ‘bottom of the barrel stuff.’
Among the most vocal is investigative journalist Jeremy Corbell, whose reporting has helped bring previously classified military UFO footage into the public eye. After years of cultivating sources inside the military and intelligence community, Corbell believes the public is seeing only a carefully curated fraction of what the government actually knows.
Corbell, who has worked closely with military and intelligence whistleblowers who have testified before Congress, told the Daily Mail he has spoken with officials who claim to have direct knowledge of highly classified UFO programs.
‘I’ve been told by people in a position to know who have officially worked on UFO programs across multiple intelligence agencies that they are actively and durationally working on the actual physical non-human intelligence craft that has either crashed or, more often, appears to be abandoned or left,’ he said.
According to Corbell, those conversations paint a picture of decades-long efforts to study recovered vehicles that appear unlike any conventional aircraft.
He said sources have described attempts to understand the materials used to construct the craft, decipher propulsion systems that seemingly operate without wings, rotors, tails or any visible fuel source, and investigate what some insiders have referred to only as ‘biologics’ recovered alongside certain vehicles.
‘We’re seeing a lot of Navy videos… a lot of Air Force videos… but what we’re not seeing is high-quality reconnaissance footage from satellites in full,’ he said. ‘Where is the satellite footage with full motion video? They have it.’
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Corbell believes that satellite imagery, rather than infrared footage captured by aircraft, would provide the clearest evidence of the unexplained objects military personnel have reported for decades.
Whether the government’s most closely guarded UFO secrets remain hidden or not, the latest tranche still offers a glimpse into the kinds of encounters that continue to puzzle military officials.
The release includes newly declassified videos of an eerie six-pointed object tracked over East Asia, a mysterious ‘jellyfish’ craft and a Department of Energy report detailing a mysterious craft spotted above the Pantex nuclear weapons plant in Texas.
But Corbell argued the newly released incidents represent only a tiny fraction of what officials have documented over the years.
‘There are hundreds of thousands of high-quality UAP videos… it becomes obvious that we’re getting an underhanded pitch with what is being decided to be put out to the public,’ he said.
However, the US government has long maintained that it has found no verifiable evidence that extraterrestrial life or alien technology has visited Earth.
Despite decades of public fascination with UFOs, Pentagon investigations and declassified government reviews have repeatedly concluded that while some sightings remain unexplained, none has been confirmed to involve extraterrestrial technology.
Investigative journalist Jeremy Corbell said his inside sources have told him that the government has recovered UFOs and alien bodies
Corbell’s words closely mirror statements made by former Air Force intelligence officer David Grusch, who testified before Congress in 2023 that the US had secretly recovered craft of non-human origin and retrieved what he described as ‘biologics’ from some crash sites.
Those allegations have fueled renewed public interest in whether the government is concealing evidence of advanced technology, although officials have repeatedly denied that any verified proof of extraterrestrial spacecraft has been discovered.
Corbell also pointed to Dr James Lacatski, a former analyst for the Defense Intelligence Agency, who has long claimed that at least one craft of unknown origin is being studied in absolute secrecy.
‘Lacatski discussed breaching the hull of a non-human intelligence craft in our possession that we were reverse-engineering,’ said Corbell.
But Corbell argued the newly released incidents represent only a tiny fraction of what officials have documented over the years. Pictured is a mysterious six-pointed craft released on Friday
Corbell acknowledges he has not personally worked inside the alleged programs, but said years of speaking with military and intelligence contacts have convinced him that the government’s most extraordinary evidence remains classified.
While Corbell has released UFO videos that later appeared in the Trump administration’s four document dumps, he has also promoted other footage that was subsequently challenged or explained by scientists, military officials and independent investigators.
Even so, he remains optimistic that the current disclosure effort is only the beginning.
‘The more official UAP data released into the public realm, the better,’ he continued.
‘My hope is that as this footage and documentation get released on a regular schedule, the quality and detail will keep climbing.
‘We know there have been official reverse-engineering programs for UAP craft acquired through crash retrievals and other means.
‘Heads of these programs have testified, under oath, that we possess UAP and have been working on them. If we stay on this trajectory, the details of these technical programs will reach the American public.’
