Source: US Department of War
A newly released video from the Pentagon appears to show a US fighter jet shooting down an unidentified aerial object over Lake Huron in Michigan in February 2023, as part of the latest batch of previously classified UFO-related files released by the US government.The infrared footage, included in the second batch of declassified records released Friday, shows an F-16 fighter jet locking onto an unidentified object before what the Pentagon described as a “kinetic reaction” led to it fragmenting in midair.According to the description from the Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), the footage “appears to depict a kinetic interaction between two distinct regions of anisotropy,” after which the object splits “in a radial displacement pattern indicative of a high-energy event.”The video was among 222 files released by the Pentagon on Friday after the initial release of 161 files on May 8 under an order issued by US President Donald Trump. The materials include documents, photographs, audio recordings, and 51 videos associated with what the US government officially calls “unidentified anomalous phenomena” (UAP).AARO said the video was uploaded to a classified network in February 2023 with the title: “USAF ANG F-16C…
UAP shoots over Lake Huron.”However, the Pentagon also warned that many of the materials disclosed “lack a reliable chain of custody,” meaning officials cannot fully verify how files were handled before they were archived.Most of the newly released videos contain grainy infrared footage captured by US military systems between 2018 and 2023.The disclosure also included reports of “green orbs”, “disks” and “fireballs” observed near military installations dating back to the late 1940s, along with the account of a senior US intelligence officer who reported seeing “countless orange orbs swarming in all directions” during a helicopter mission in 2025.US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the files had long raised public speculation. “It’s time for the American people to see it for themselves,” he said.
