The Age of Disclosure filmmaker Dan Farah has weighed in as the Pentagon keeps publishing newly declassified UFO material, with some observers branding parts of it the ‘clearest footage yet’.
US officials have continued releasing records tied to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, or UAPs, the term now widely used in place of UFOs, after Donald Trump instructed agencies earlier this year to open up more files. Trump signed an executive order in January directing the military and other agencies to produce more documents related to UFOs as part of a government-wide disclosure initiative.
One tranche published in July featured 40 files, including 19 videos alongside documents, audio and images from bodies such as the Pentagon, NASA, the CIA and the FBI. Among them was footage of what looked like a ‘star shaped anomaly’ above the Yellow Sea, though the object’s origin was left unexplained.
The Pentagon released its fifth batch of declassified UAP records on August 7, 2026, comprising 41 new files posted to the Pentagon’s PURSUE website—an acronym for the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. The new batch includes 12 videos, images, documents and artistic renderings created by the FBI based on witness testimony, with materials dating back to 1950 and the most recent from 2026. The records come from the Pentagon, FBI, CIA, State Department and Executive Office of the President.
After this fifth batch of records was made public, Farah said one category of incidents in particular stood out to him.
Speaking to CNN, the director and producer of The Age of Disclosure said:
“Yeah, probably the most interesting thing in this release is numerous reports of triangle-shaped UAP seen over sensitive military sites.”
Farah said those accounts came from what he described as ‘credible military personnel’ across several decades, and suggested the size of the objects was especially notable.
He said:
“They’re large. They move in ways that no known aircraft can, and this is a recurring type of UAP that’s seen all over the world”
One of the most prominent cases in the latest release is an FBI account from a former military pilot describing an event above Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan in 2002. The witness reported that stars seemed to disappear as something enormous moved overhead. The object appeared to be an equilateral triangle that travelled without making any sound, moving at approximately 173 miles per hour, and may have measured roughly 500 feet across, although the pilot was unable to make out its full shape clearly.
Another government-released rendering, highlighted by the BBC, shows a huge dark triangle with lights at each corner. It was based on an encounter reported by two former US service members in 2011.
The latest disclosure also includes material from a 2021 incident over the Gulf of Oman, where Special Operations personnel are said to have witnessed approximately 25 UAPs during a live-fire exercise. An intelligence report said the objects appeared as ‘cold orbs’ moving at speeds between 250 and 1,300 mph in varying formations while carrying out aggressive maneuvers and appearing to react to aircraft firing their main cannon. The Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office has not solved that case.
Additional footage from 2025 appears to show a circular object traveling over a populated area in the Middle East, while another video captures a black sphere over the Pacific Ocean. The batch also includes an infrared video from 2026 showing unidentified objects moving through the sky over the western United States.
In another case included in the release, a Pentagon employee and his wife reported witnessing a triangle-shaped UFO fly over their Colorado home in October 2023, reportedly flying “possibly as low as 300 feet” and appearing “completely silent.”
Farah also told CNN that the material released so far amounts to only a small portion of what he believes exists.
He said:
“From my sources, the evidence that’s been released in these tranches, so far, barely scratches the surface of what actually exists.”
The filmmaker also addressed efforts by the Trump administration to waive nondisclosure agreements for people who say they were involved in classified UAP programmes. Through a national security presidential memo, Trump directed federal agencies and the intelligence community to waive prior nondisclosure agreements for former government employees and contractors involved in the study of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. Under the new process, former officials and contractors who believe they possess relevant UAP information can meet with designated officials at the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) or the president’s UAP task force, PURSUE, where applicable nondisclosure agreements could be waived, allowing witnesses to share information without fear of legal repercussions during authorized discussions. Information provided through the process would be reviewed through the administration’s existing declassification procedures.
Farah said he thinks some individuals have already started to come forward, describing the move as ‘a major step forward for disclosure’.