Pentagon releases seventh tranche of UAP files, including FBI agents' triangular-object report
The Department of War released its seventh batch of UAP records on Friday. They include a 2026 report of a silent triangular object, Cold War-era sightings and a 2010 private investigation at a Utah ranch.
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The story, neutrally told
Right · 2The Department of War (the Pentagon) released its seventh tranche of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) files on Friday 23 October. BreitbartR “The Department of War released its seventh tranche of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) files on Friday” Read at Breitbart ↗ Daily MailR “The Pentagon released a new batch of declassified UFO documents on Friday” Read at Daily Mail ↗ Right · 2The most prominent item is a 2026 account by two federal law enforcement agents, described by Fox News as FBI agents, of a matte-black triangular object seen from a ridgeline in the western United States. Fox NewsR “FBI agents reported witnessing a mysterious black triangular object hovering silently above a mountain ridge before suddenly accelerating” Read at Fox News ↗ BreitbartR “with two observers, described as “federal law enforcement agents,” documenting their accounts.” Read at Breitbart ↗ Right · 2According to the memo, the object rose vertically for about 10 seconds, hovered for about 20 seconds, then sped away in two to three seconds into a canyon. It showed no visible engines, rotors or exhaust, and a handheld thermal device showed a uniform heat signature with no hot spots. BreitbartR ““the entire airframe presented a spatially uniform thermal signature with no localized hot spots, engine heat signature, or exhaust plumes.”” Read at Breitbart ↗ Fox NewsR “The report describes a matte-black triangular object that climbed about 200 to 300 feet above a ridgeline, hovered for roughly 20 seconds” Read at Fox News ↗
Right · 2Breitbart gives an estimated speed of 1,800 miles per hour and a wingspan of 13 to 15 feet, while Fox cites a wingspan of 9 to 15 feet. Both note that no instrument measured the speed, and Fox adds that witnesses estimated it. BreitbartR “disappeared at a fighter jet-like speed of an estimated 1,800 miles per hour” Read at Breitbart ↗ Fox NewsR “The Pentagon report notes that the object's speed was estimated by witnesses rather than measured by instruments.” Read at Fox News ↗ Right · 1Fox reports that the FBI and the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) differ on how long the encounter lasted: about three seconds in the FBI account, against roughly 10, 20 and 2-3 seconds across phases in AARO's. Fox NewsR “The FBI described a sighting lasting approximately three seconds, while AARO detailed about 10 seconds of vertical ascent, 20 seconds of hovering and another two to three seconds of rapid flight” Read at Fox News ↗ Right · 2Neither report identifies the object or its origin. Breitbart says no wreckage, vegetation damage or ground scarring was found in a ground survey the next morning, and Fox says it has asked AARO whether the object has since been identified. Fox NewsR “Neither report identifies the object or establishes its origin.” Read at Fox News ↗ BreitbartR “No wreckage, vegetation damage, or ground scarring was observed the next morning during a ground survey of the canyon.” Read at Breitbart ↗
Right · 1The release also contains older material, which Fox describes. One is a 1957 Air Force report of an unidentified radar contact near a B-52 over Saudi Arabia, which investigators said might have vanished because the bomber turned. Others are 1950s reports from Catalina Island, one of them classified as a "probable meteor". Fox NewsR “Air Force investigators noted that no other aircraft were expected in the area but acknowledged that the radar contact may have disappeared because of the bomber's change in direction.”“The Air Force ultimately classified the sighting as a "probable meteor."” Read at Fox News ↗ Right · 2The tranche also includes a 2010 investigation by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) near Skinwalker Ranch in Utah. Residents described a dog-like creature, shadowy figures, balls of light and a rippling "portal". Daily MailR “The 2010 report details residents’ claims of encounters with ‘skinwalkers,’ including a dog-like figure with a human-looking nose, alongside towering shadows and unexplained lights.” Read at Daily Mail ↗ Fox NewsR “One witness also described a transparent, rippling structure she believed was a portal to another world.” Read at Fox News ↗ Right · 2Laboratory tests on collected hair matched ordinary animals, including domestic dogs and a raccoon, and the report did not establish that the creatures or lights were extraordinary. Fox NewsR “Laboratory testing, however, identified the hair samples as coming from ordinary animals, including domestic dogs and a raccoon.” Read at Fox News ↗ Daily MailR “Investigators installed motion-triggered cameras and continued gathering testimony, but the report does not establish that the figures were supernatural or determine what caused the lights.” Read at Daily Mail ↗
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- Framing
- All three right-leaning outlets treat the release as a catalogue of strange sightings. Fox and Breitbart lead with the triangular object, and the Daily Mail leads with Utah creature and portal accounts.
- Emphasis
- Fox and Breitbart stress the object's silence, vertical ascent, lack of engines and sudden acceleration. The Daily Mail gives detailed witness accounts of creatures and lights.
- Leaves out or plays down
- None of the three includes comment from the Pentagon, AARO or the FBI on what the object was. Breitbart omits the ordinary-animal lab results and the discrepancies between reports. The Daily Mail does not mention the triangular object. No left or centre outlets covered the story.
- Charged language
- “Mysterious Triangular Object with Advanced Flying Capability”“skinwalkers”“portal to another world”
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“Mysterious Triangular Object with Advanced Flying Capability Revealed in Latest Tranche of UAP Files” — Breitbart
“New UFO files detail sightings of six-foot 'skinwalkers' and 'portal to another world'” — Daily Mail
“Neither report identifies the object or establishes its origin.” — Fox News
What every side reports
- The Pentagon released a seventh batch of UAP files on Friday.
- The batch includes a 2026 report of a triangular object seen by federal agents (Fox, Breitbart).
- The batch includes a 2010 BAASS investigation near Skinwalker Ranch, Utah.
- No instrumented speed measurement was obtained for the triangular object (Fox, Breitbart).
Where accounts differ
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What the coverage leads with
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- Fox and Breitbart lead with the triangular object and its flight characteristics; the Daily Mail leads with the Utah 'skinwalker' and 'portal' accounts.
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Skinwalker Ranch in Utah features in the latest batch of declassified UAP files.
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- Breitbart, Daily Mail, Fox News
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The Pentagon released a new batch of declassified UAP files on Friday.
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- Breitbart, Daily Mail, Fox News
US Department of Defense organisation
The Department of War (Pentagon) published the files, and its AARO report gave a more detailed account of the triangular object. The coverage shows no Pentagon statement on what the object was.
“A separate report from the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), which investigates reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena, provides a more detailed account of the encounter.” — Fox News
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Mixed Leads with the FBI agents' sighting and gives detail on discrepancies and mundane explanations, while using suggestive headline wording.
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Mixed Sensational Utah creature and portal accounts, with the lab results and the report's lack of conclusions noted later.
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Mysterious Triangular Object with Advanced Flying Capability Revealed in Latest Tranche of UAP Files
Mixed Relays the memo's technical description of the object, stressing its capabilities, with a short note that no speed was measured.
- 25 Oct 10:00 First Fox NewsR New Pentagon UFO files detail FBI agents' sighting of silent triangular object with no visible engines
- 25 Oct 12:38 +2h 38m Daily MailR New UFO files detail sightings of six-foot 'skinwalkers' and 'portal to another world' near America's famous paranormal hotspot
- 25 Oct 17:57 +7h 56m BreitbartR Mysterious Triangular Object with Advanced Flying Capability Revealed in Latest Tranche of UAP Files
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