NOTE FROM EDITORS: Overall, there’s a lot less mainstream media coverage of the Pentagon’s release of its 6th tranche of formerly classified UFO files. In our search for coverage of the War Department’s latest release, we came across a ton of past reporting, which is not represented in our list.
Also, for the first time, in our search we stumbled on a ton of random UFO coverage, like the Boston Globe’s Sept. 4th piece, “Niece of N.H. couple famous for alien abduction story to speak at Exeter UFO Festival.” Seven of those storiescaught our eye for one reason or another and are listed below as “RANDOM BONUS I - VIII.”
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Trump’s UFO Dump Leaves Earthlings Wanting More — For now, we are where we’ve been all along: just guessing and groping for answers in the dark of the cosmos. — The Free Press
Pentagon drops new UFO files that critics call a distraction — The Daily Beast
RANDOM BONUS I: That’s no UFO! Don’t miss Venus at its best tonight — Space (Sept. 18, 2026)
LOST FILES: Mystery of missing Skinwalker Ranch documents and $22million probe into UFO sightings — The Sun (U.S.)
Pentagon releases sixth batch of UFO files — NewsNation
BONUS: Pentagon issues waiver to allow personnel to come forward on UAPs (Sept. 14, 2026)
Pentagon’s new UFO file drop includes audio from 1952 Project Blue Book briefing — The Hill
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Cincinnati UFO hunters keep looking for answers — Axios Cincinnati
* first I’ve heard that Axios is in Cincinnati, so moved em up higher in list, even though they would have been 25th in search on Duck Duck Go. - Prof. Laslo
Watch: Sixth batch of UFO files includes orbs from 1952: The footage was filmed by a US Navy officer who reported the group of bright airborne objects to the Air Force’s UFO investigation programme. — BBC
Pentagon releases sixth batch of declassified UFO files including video of swarm of objects over Utah in 1952 — Live NOW from Fox (via yahoo!)
* BONUS: Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers (1956)
10. New UFO files reveal chilling details of 1952 ‘flying saucer’ incident: Newly released UFO files detail more mysterious orb sightings — The News International
War Dept. Unveils Sixth UFO Files on WAR.GOV/UFO — Mirage News
RANDOM BONUS II: There’s ‘Hope’ for this divisive alien invasion film that mixes art and schlock — NPR (Sept. 18, 2026)
New UFO file drop includes audio from 1952 Project Blue Book briefing — KSNW Wichita
RANDOM BONUS III: Classified stealth tech lands in Hong Kong after bizarre Pentagon blunder: report — Raw Story (Sept. 18, 2026)
Pentagon Releases Sixth Batch of Declassified UFO Files — Arab Times, Kuwait
Pentagon releases new UFO files showing ‘flying saucers’ that baffled military for decades — Daily Mail
Secret aerospace research program, unexplained injuries, antigravity & more: What’s in the Pentagon’s sixth batch of UAP files — The Economic Times
White House slammed over ‘distraction’ UFO file release — Irish Times
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Pentagon creates ‘legally protected’ route for military-connected insiders to disclose UFO information — IBTimes UK
Pentagon releases more UFO files — KSDK-TV St. Louis
‘Floating orbs’ zooming at 480 mph among UFOs spotted by US military, latest file drop reveals — New York Post
RANDOM BONUS IV: New Pentagon waiver expands UFO disclosure efforts — Newsweek (Sept. 14, 2026)
Could aliens ever visit Earth? An aerospace scientist unpacks the challenges of interstellar spaceflight — yahoo! tech
Chinese tourist pleads guilty in NASA Kennedy Space Center drone case — Florida Today
Pentagon releases 6th batch of UFO files: Files contain video footage of objects appearing to swarm over Utah in 1952 — AA (Anadolu Ajansı )
RANDOM BONUS V: James Cameron Showed A Producer The Potential For Aliens With One Little Symbol — Looper (Sept. 18, 2026)
Pentagon Releases Sixth Batch of Declassified UFO Files Including Video of Swarm of Objects over Utah in 1952 — Ground News
RAW: PENTAGON RELEASES SIXTH BATCH OF UFO FILES — Local 3 News, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Pentagon releases sixth batch of UFO files: The Pentagon released its sixth batch of UFO files, featuring videos of unexplained sky sightings recorded over decades. — Fox 10, Phoenix
RANDOM BONUS VI: 75 Years Ago Today: One of the Greatest Sci-Fi Movies of All Time Was Released — Forbes (Sept. 18, 2026)
Pentagon releases sixth batch of UFO files — WKYC Studios, Cleveland
Sixth batch of declassified UFO files released by Trump administration: The latest tranche of documents date from the Cold War to the present day, including sightings from the military and police officers — The Times
Pentagon releases sixth batch of declassified UFO files — News.Az (“Azerbaijani informational-analytical news portal “)
Pentagon releases sixth batch of UFO files — Modern Ghana
Pentagon releases sixth batch of declassified UFO files including 1952…* — Fox 26 Houston, Facebook
* Facebook was forcing me to log in to read full headline, and I wasn’t in the mood to give Zuck more clicks than he deserves… - new media Prof Laslo
RANDOM BONUS VII: Proposed U.S. Space Force Uniforms Earn Sci-Fi Fascist Comparisons — Forbes (Sept. 18, 2026)
Video: Pentagon Releases Sixth Batch of UFO Files — Coast to Coast AM with George Noory
USA releases a sixth batch of documents on UFOs and other unidentified aerial phenomena: The United States releases a sixth package of declassified files on UFOs and unidentified aerial phenomena as part of the plan promoted by Trump. — DEMÓCRATA (Parliamentary media outlet*)
* Anyone heard of them? Or know what a “DEMÓCRATA - Parliamentary media outlet” is? - Prof. Laslo
Pentagon releases sixth batch of UFO files — CNN Facebook*
* have had CNN on most all day and, unlike the last few UFO file drops, haven’t heard a segment on the release. You catch one? Link me and will add it. – media Prof. Laslo**
** CNN does have this headline “The people partying before breakfast,” which includes a UFO video teaser after a video of white people awkwardly dancing and pouring coffee….
RANDOM BONUS VIII: Niece of N.H. couple famous for alien abduction story to speak at Exeter UFO Festival: Betty and Barney Hill reconstructed a harrowing memory of having allegedly been physically examined by gray-skinned bald humanoid beings — Boston Globe, New Hampshire (Sept. 4, 2026)
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ICYMI — official Pentagon release
Department of War Publishes Sixth Release of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Files on WAR.GOV/UFO (Sept. 18, 2026)
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