(NewsNation) – The Pentagon has begun to release images and video of unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs, as part of new batch of files made available at the agency’s official website Friday.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement that the documents "have long fueled justified speculation — and it's time the American people see it for themselves." ...

The material includes thousands of documents and hundreds of images related to Jeffrey Epstein. But the Justice Department held back thousands more files despite a law requiring their disclosure by ...