The UFO Files Sun, 24 May 2026 11:05:11 -0400 https://nbn.fm/ en © 2026 © 2026 Neural Broadcast Network yes 8f3d3f8d-ba97-5e90-aa13-0ed1cf481205 ufofiles@nbn.fm NBN.fm episodic false Declassified UFO and UAP records, explained document by document.

The UFO Files is a fact-first investigative podcast built on the 2026 Department of War UFO/UAP release and the official records behind it — Pentagon mission reports, FBI files, National Archives incident summaries, NASA mission transcripts, and State Department cables. 

Each episode takes one file, or one cluster of files, and asks the only questions that matter: What does this record actually show? What does it leave unresolved? And what would it take to call it conclusive?

Two hosts walk you through the evidence — one narrates the document, the other presses on what it proves and what it doesn't — keeping documented fact, official interpretation, open questions, and speculation clearly separate. 

You get the files, the gaps, and the unanswered questions. You decide what the record is strong enough to support.

Sources for every episode at nbn.fm/ufo-files. 

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]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) UFO files, UFO release, declassified UFO, Pentagon UFO, Department of War UFO, UAP, UAP disclosure, FBI UFO files, NASA UFO, National Archives UFO, UFO documents, what is a UFO, alien evidence NBN.fm ufofiles@nbn.fm https://storage.buzzsprout.com/jq2cgrbj79lnp0ouz4f51hn47mr9?.jpg The UFO Files https://nbn.fm/ UFO Accounts: Reconciling Conflicting Pilot Reports UFO Accounts: Reconciling Conflicting Pilot Reports At exactly 16:00 P.M. on August 4, 1947, a Pan American Airways Constellation cruising at 8,000 feet near the Bedford Radio Beacon encountered an unexpected aerial event. A navigator in the co-pilot seat sighted a deep gold, elliptical object flying five miles away, while the aircraft commander, banking to investigate, simultaneously reported a bright orange, cylindrical object on the opposite side of the plane.

This episode analyzes the official interview summaries of Captain Alpheus O. Powell and navigator Walter I. White, both of whom were evaluated for credibility by the Air Defense Command at Mitchel Field, New York. These 1947 records reveal the challenges military intelligence faced when professional airmen provided divergent descriptions of unidentified objects during the same sixty-second window, compounded by internal clerical errors in the routing of regional reports from Birmingham to Orlando.

Episode 11 examines the Summary of Information for Alpheus O. Powell, the interview report for Walter I. White, and the internal routing slips from the Fourteenth Air Force dated July 1947. We evaluate how the Air Defense Command handled these testimonies and the specific meteorological data recorded by the flight crew. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the Evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep11

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> At exactly 16:00 P.M. on August 4, 1947, a Pan American Airways Constellation cruising at 8,000 feet near the Bedford Radio Beacon encountered an unexpected aerial event. A navigator in the co-pilot seat sighted a deep gold, elliptical object flying five miles away, while the aircraft commander, banking to investigate, simultaneously reported a bright orange, cylindrical object on the opposite side of the plane.

This episode analyzes the official interview summaries of Captain Alpheus O. Powell and navigator Walter I. White, both of whom were evaluated for credibility by the Air Defense Command at Mitchel Field, New York. These 1947 records reveal the challenges military intelligence faced when professional airmen provided divergent descriptions of unidentified objects during the same sixty-second window, compounded by internal clerical errors in the routing of regional reports from Birmingham to Orlando.

Episode 11 examines the Summary of Information for Alpheus O. Powell, the interview report for Walter I. White, and the internal routing slips from the Fourteenth Air Force dated July 1947. We evaluate how the Air Defense Command handled these testimonies and the specific meteorological data recorded by the flight crew. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the Evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep11

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> Buzzsprout-19223117 Sun, 24 May 2026 08:00:00 -0700 2430 10 full false UAP Evidence: The Socorro Landing Site of 1964 UAP Evidence: The Socorro Landing Site of 1964 On April 24, 1964, in a barren arroyo southwest of Socorro, New Mexico, Officer Lonnie Zamora discovered a series of physical markings pressed into the desert floor. These included four distinct, rectangular depressions, each measuring sixteen by six inches, paired with four scorched patches of grass and three shallow, four-inch diameter circular indentations resembling the impression of a jar lid.

These physical traces open onto a rigorous examination of the official federal investigation into the event. The episode explores records held by the FBI Central Records Center, specifically the memorandum dated May 8, 1964, regarding the Socorro incident. It documents the testimony of local law enforcement and the on-site observations of FBI Special Agent D. Arthur Byrnes, Jr., who was already stationed in Socorro during the late afternoon of the incident.

Episode 10 follows the timeline established in FBI File 62-HQ-83894, examining the administrative report from Agent Byrnes, the contemporaneous witness statement provided by Officer Lonnie Zamora, and the physical survey of the landing site. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the Evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep10

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> On April 24, 1964, in a barren arroyo southwest of Socorro, New Mexico, Officer Lonnie Zamora discovered a series of physical markings pressed into the desert floor. These included four distinct, rectangular depressions, each measuring sixteen by six inches, paired with four scorched patches of grass and three shallow, four-inch diameter circular indentations resembling the impression of a jar lid.

These physical traces open onto a rigorous examination of the official federal investigation into the event. The episode explores records held by the FBI Central Records Center, specifically the memorandum dated May 8, 1964, regarding the Socorro incident. It documents the testimony of local law enforcement and the on-site observations of FBI Special Agent D. Arthur Byrnes, Jr., who was already stationed in Socorro during the late afternoon of the incident.

Episode 10 follows the timeline established in FBI File 62-HQ-83894, examining the administrative report from Agent Byrnes, the contemporaneous witness statement provided by Officer Lonnie Zamora, and the physical survey of the landing site. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the Evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep10

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> Buzzsprout-19223028 Sat, 23 May 2026 07:00:00 -0700 2437 9 full false NASA UFO Files: What Apollo and Gemini Crews Reported NASA UFO Files: What Apollo and Gemini Crews Reported On July 31, 1969, inside a secure briefing room at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins reviewed the Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing. The conversation turned to a sighting of an object of sizeable dimension, described by Armstrong as an open suitcase, observed through a monocular while the crew traveled toward the Moon.

This investigation examines how these official records address unexplained phenomena in deep space, from tumbling cylinders to mysterious light flashes. The episode covers accounts from the Apollo 11 mission regarding optical illusions, the physics of cosmic radiation affecting the human eye, and the identification of potential space debris like Mylar or high-gain antenna components shed by the spacecraft.

Episode 4 follows the primary source documentation of the Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing, specifically Section 21 regarding visual sightings, the Lower Equipment Bay optical instrument tests, and the physiological detection of subatomic particles. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the Evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep4

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> On July 31, 1969, inside a secure briefing room at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins reviewed the Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing. The conversation turned to a sighting of an object of sizeable dimension, described by Armstrong as an open suitcase, observed through a monocular while the crew traveled toward the Moon.

This investigation examines how these official records address unexplained phenomena in deep space, from tumbling cylinders to mysterious light flashes. The episode covers accounts from the Apollo 11 mission regarding optical illusions, the physics of cosmic radiation affecting the human eye, and the identification of potential space debris like Mylar or high-gain antenna components shed by the spacecraft.

Episode 4 follows the primary source documentation of the Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing, specifically Section 21 regarding visual sightings, the Lower Equipment Bay optical instrument tests, and the physiological detection of subatomic particles. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the Evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep4

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> Buzzsprout-19218026 Thu, 21 May 2026 17:00:00 -0700 1901 8 full false UFO Files: The Military's Earliest UFO Sighting Reports (1947) UFO Files: The Military's Earliest UFO Sighting Reports (1947) On February 18, 1948, Leland Sammons stood six feet from a four-foot funnel-shaped object hovering above his home near Stockton, Kansas. The device wobbled, belched fire, and protruded a pipe toward his midsection before departing in a shower of sparks, leaving behind a wet yard that remained unburned despite the intense heat radiating from the object.

This account, labeled Exhibit B in an investigation of a sky explosion, serves as a point of entry into the military'S broader, standardized system of incident reporting developed in the late 1940S. This series examines the official files from Muroc Army Air Field in California, covering observations made in July 1947 by military personnel, including First Lieutenant Joseph C. McHenry, Major Richard R. Shoop, Major J. C. Wise, and Captain John Paul Strapp.

Episode 8 follows the standardized military check-lists for Unidentified Flying Objects, documenting the Muroc sightings, the specific Tactics of Disc-like objects, and the witness testimony of high-ranking officers and test pilots. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the Evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep8

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> On February 18, 1948, Leland Sammons stood six feet from a four-foot funnel-shaped object hovering above his home near Stockton, Kansas. The device wobbled, belched fire, and protruded a pipe toward his midsection before departing in a shower of sparks, leaving behind a wet yard that remained unburned despite the intense heat radiating from the object.

This account, labeled Exhibit B in an investigation of a sky explosion, serves as a point of entry into the military'S broader, standardized system of incident reporting developed in the late 1940S. This series examines the official files from Muroc Army Air Field in California, covering observations made in July 1947 by military personnel, including First Lieutenant Joseph C. McHenry, Major Richard R. Shoop, Major J. C. Wise, and Captain John Paul Strapp.

Episode 8 follows the standardized military check-lists for Unidentified Flying Objects, documenting the Muroc sightings, the specific Tactics of Disc-like objects, and the witness testimony of high-ranking officers and test pilots. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the Evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep8

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> Buzzsprout-19217588 Thu, 21 May 2026 17:00:00 -0700 2673 4 full false UFO Files: The 1949 Memo That Made UFO Reporting Official UFO Files: The 1949 Memo That Made UFO Reporting Official If the object came sufficiently near other aircraft or known objects, check surfaces with Geiger counters for possible radioactivity. This instruction, written for field officers, was not the work of a laboratory team but was issued by the Headquarters of the United States Air Force Directorate of Intelligence on February 16, 1949.

This directive, officially titled Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum Number 4 and filed under FBI number 62-HQ-83894, Serial 164, transformed the study of unidentified flying objects from casual curiosity into a standardized military intelligence operation. By formalizing procedures for soil sampling, radiation detection, and vector analysis, the Air Force moved to consolidate reporting channels under the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

Episode 9 examines the rigorous administrative overhaul of 1949, including the implementation of AF Form 112, the rescission of earlier Army-centric collection memos, and the explicit inclusion of advanced aerodynamic concepts like the Katz Mayer effect to categorize unconventional flight. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the Evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep9

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> If the object came sufficiently near other aircraft or known objects, check surfaces with Geiger counters for possible radioactivity. This instruction, written for field officers, was not the work of a laboratory team but was issued by the Headquarters of the United States Air Force Directorate of Intelligence on February 16, 1949.

This directive, officially titled Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum Number 4 and filed under FBI number 62-HQ-83894, Serial 164, transformed the study of unidentified flying objects from casual curiosity into a standardized military intelligence operation. By formalizing procedures for soil sampling, radiation detection, and vector analysis, the Air Force moved to consolidate reporting channels under the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.

Episode 9 examines the rigorous administrative overhaul of 1949, including the implementation of AF Form 112, the rescission of earlier Army-centric collection memos, and the explicit inclusion of advanced aerodynamic concepts like the Katz Mayer effect to categorize unconventional flight. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the Evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep9

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> Buzzsprout-19217466 Thu, 21 May 2026 17:00:00 -0700 2335 5 full false UFO Files: The FBI and the Contactee Phenomenon UFO Files: The FBI and the Contactee Phenomenon On the first page of the February 6, 1954, issue of the publication Valor, a handwritten inscription by Redondo Beach truck driver Truman Bethurum declared his alleged encounters with a female commandant and her crew of space explorers as a true story. This handwritten claim, preserved within federal records, signals a pivotal moment when the government’s interest in aerial phenomena collided with the emergence of individuals claiming direct contact with occupants of flying saucers.

This episode examines FBI Office Memorandum 62-HQ-83894, Section 8, serial number 344, dated July 22, 1954. The Document tracks an investigation into the promotional activities of Truman Bethurum and George Hunt Williamson in Cincinnati, Ohio, during the summer of 1954. The file details the concerns of local business owner Thomas Eickhoff, who sought to determine if these public lectures constituted a fraud or a matter of national security, leading to interactions with local FBI field offices and Lieutenant Colonel John O'Mara of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Episode 6 follows the administrative trail of this FBI memorandum, the role of informant Thomas Eickhoff, the jurisdictional limitations faced by the Air Force, and the eventual classification of the file under the Bureau's espionage bucket. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the Evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep6

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> On the first page of the February 6, 1954, issue of the publication Valor, a handwritten inscription by Redondo Beach truck driver Truman Bethurum declared his alleged encounters with a female commandant and her crew of space explorers as a true story. This handwritten claim, preserved within federal records, signals a pivotal moment when the government’s interest in aerial phenomena collided with the emergence of individuals claiming direct contact with occupants of flying saucers.

This episode examines FBI Office Memorandum 62-HQ-83894, Section 8, serial number 344, dated July 22, 1954. The Document tracks an investigation into the promotional activities of Truman Bethurum and George Hunt Williamson in Cincinnati, Ohio, during the summer of 1954. The file details the concerns of local business owner Thomas Eickhoff, who sought to determine if these public lectures constituted a fraud or a matter of national security, leading to interactions with local FBI field offices and Lieutenant Colonel John O'Mara of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Episode 6 follows the administrative trail of this FBI memorandum, the role of informant Thomas Eickhoff, the jurisdictional limitations faced by the Air Force, and the eventual classification of the file under the Bureau's espionage bucket. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the Evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep6

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> Buzzsprout-19217200 Thu, 21 May 2026 17:00:00 -0700 1668 7 full false UFO Files: The New Mexico Green Fireball Investigation UFO Files: The New Mexico Green Fireball Investigation On May 24, 1950, personnel from the private contractor Land-Air, Incorporated, stationed near Vaughn, New Mexico, logged the sighting of eight to ten unexplained aerial objects. This was not a civilian report, but a coordinated observation by a scientific team operating under a United States Air Force contract as part of Project Twinkle, a twenty-four-hour watch established to monitor mysterious phenomena appearing repeatedly near sensitive military installations.

This episode examines FBI memorandum 62-HQ-83894, a declassified document authored by A.H. Belmont that outlines the government's formal investigation into these objects. The records detail how Dr. Lincoln LaPaz, Director of the Institute of Meteoritics at the University of New Mexico, analyzed the reports and proposed two startling possibilities: that these were secret United States guided missiles or, more alarmingly, weapons launched from the Ural region of the Soviet Union capable of reaching New Mexico in fifteen minutes.

Episode 5 follows the bureaucratic trail of this investigation, walking through the FBI's role in monitoring Project Twinkle, the specific categorization of these sightings into green fireballs and discs, and correspondence from J. Edgar Hoover regarding these phenomena. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the Evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep5

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> On May 24, 1950, personnel from the private contractor Land-Air, Incorporated, stationed near Vaughn, New Mexico, logged the sighting of eight to ten unexplained aerial objects. This was not a civilian report, but a coordinated observation by a scientific team operating under a United States Air Force contract as part of Project Twinkle, a twenty-four-hour watch established to monitor mysterious phenomena appearing repeatedly near sensitive military installations.

This episode examines FBI memorandum 62-HQ-83894, a declassified document authored by A.H. Belmont that outlines the government's formal investigation into these objects. The records detail how Dr. Lincoln LaPaz, Director of the Institute of Meteoritics at the University of New Mexico, analyzed the reports and proposed two startling possibilities: that these were secret United States guided missiles or, more alarmingly, weapons launched from the Ural region of the Soviet Union capable of reaching New Mexico in fifteen minutes.

Episode 5 follows the bureaucratic trail of this investigation, walking through the FBI's role in monitoring Project Twinkle, the specific categorization of these sightings into green fireballs and discs, and correspondence from J. Edgar Hoover regarding these phenomena. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the Evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep5

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> Buzzsprout-19217192 Thu, 21 May 2026 17:00:00 -0700 2113 6 full false Pentagon UFO Files: When a UFO Enters Restricted Airspace Pentagon UFO Files: When a UFO Enters Restricted Airspace On October 27, 2020, at 01:12:21 Zulu time, an aircrew member of the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron encountered two infrared-significant contacts that circled one another before vanishing from sensors in one-thirtieth of a second. This encounter, recorded under document identifier DOW-UAP-D58, featured noise jamming and two red blinking strobes, marking a high-stakes moment in an otherwise routine defensive counter-air mission.

This episode examines the standardized, bureaucratic infrastructure the United States military utilizes to manage such encounters, moving beyond folklore into the cold, technical language of the Range Fouler Debrief Form and mission reports. By analyzing records from the Middle East, Japan, and the North Arabian Sea between 2020 and 2024, the series explores how agencies like SPEAR and the Active Anomaly Review Group track incidents involving platforms ranging from helicopters to remotely piloted aircraft.

Episode 3 follows the specific documentation of range-Fouler debriefs DOW-UAP-D38, DOW-UAP-D42, DOW-UAP-D56, and DOW-UAP-D58, alongside mission reports DOW-UAP-D23 and DOW-UAP-D27. It details how crews navigate sensor artifacts like thermal-cold signatures, erratic movements, and electromagnetic interference while operating in contested, high-surveillance environments. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the Evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep3

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> On October 27, 2020, at 01:12:21 Zulu time, an aircrew member of the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron encountered two infrared-significant contacts that circled one another before vanishing from sensors in one-thirtieth of a second. This encounter, recorded under document identifier DOW-UAP-D58, featured noise jamming and two red blinking strobes, marking a high-stakes moment in an otherwise routine defensive counter-air mission.

This episode examines the standardized, bureaucratic infrastructure the United States military utilizes to manage such encounters, moving beyond folklore into the cold, technical language of the Range Fouler Debrief Form and mission reports. By analyzing records from the Middle East, Japan, and the North Arabian Sea between 2020 and 2024, the series explores how agencies like SPEAR and the Active Anomaly Review Group track incidents involving platforms ranging from helicopters to remotely piloted aircraft.

Episode 3 follows the specific documentation of range-Fouler debriefs DOW-UAP-D38, DOW-UAP-D42, DOW-UAP-D56, and DOW-UAP-D58, alongside mission reports DOW-UAP-D23 and DOW-UAP-D27. It details how crews navigate sensor artifacts like thermal-cold signatures, erratic movements, and electromagnetic interference while operating in contested, high-surveillance environments. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the Evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep3

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> Buzzsprout-19217725 Thu, 21 May 2026 12:00:00 -0700 2399 3 full false Pentagon UFO Files: The Modern UAP Mission Reports Pentagon UFO Files: The Modern UAP Mission Reports Over Iraq in May 2022, an American surveillance crew tracked a Russian-built Sukhoi fighter landing near Al Asad airfield and identified it on sight — down to the variant. The same crew, the same sensors, the same night, logged one more object they could only call a possible UAP.

That contrast — professionals who can name everything in the airspace, hitting the one entry where their skill ran out — runs through the twenty-nine modern Department of War mission reports in the 2026 release. Filed under Operation Inherent Resolve, the coalition campaign against ISIS, they span the Arabian Gulf, Iraq, Syria, and Greece, from 2020 to 2024.

Episode 2 opens the Pentagon's modern UAP files: the standardized reporting form that echoes a 1947 checklist seventy-five years later; objects logged with grid coordinates, flight levels, and timestamps while their descriptions stay blank or redacted; full-motion video the military "exploited" but never released; radar jamming logged minutes before three unidentified objects near Shaddadi, Syria; and the single most revealing field in the set — where one crew, with the clearest view anyone had, assessed the object and wrote one word: benign. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep2

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

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]]> Over Iraq in May 2022, an American surveillance crew tracked a Russian-built Sukhoi fighter landing near Al Asad airfield and identified it on sight — down to the variant. The same crew, the same sensors, the same night, logged one more object they could only call a possible UAP.

That contrast — professionals who can name everything in the airspace, hitting the one entry where their skill ran out — runs through the twenty-nine modern Department of War mission reports in the 2026 release. Filed under Operation Inherent Resolve, the coalition campaign against ISIS, they span the Arabian Gulf, Iraq, Syria, and Greece, from 2020 to 2024.

Episode 2 opens the Pentagon's modern UAP files: the standardized reporting form that echoes a 1947 checklist seventy-five years later; objects logged with grid coordinates, flight levels, and timestamps while their descriptions stay blank or redacted; full-motion video the military "exploited" but never released; radar jamming logged minutes before three unidentified objects near Shaddadi, Syria; and the single most revealing field in the set — where one crew, with the clearest view anyone had, assessed the object and wrote one word: benign. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep2

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

https://nbn.fm/

]]> Buzzsprout-19216425 Thu, 21 May 2026 07:00:00 -0700 2101 2 full false UFO Files Released: The 3,800+ Pages Nobody Has Explained UFO Files Released: The 3,800+ Pages Nobody Has Explained In June 1947, a government office logged a sighting on a standardized form that was already printed with fields for altitude, speed, color, shape, and sound. 

The witness was an agent of a science fiction magazine, and the government filed the report anyway. That single checklist is one of 111 files the Department of War released in 2026, more than 3,800 pages spanning from 1947 to the present day.

Episode 1 follows the paper trail that checklist opens: the Air Materiel Command assessment that called the phenomenon real and not visionary or fictitious, General Curtis LeMay's blunt on the record denial that the discs were an American project, J. Edgar Hoover's fight with the Army over a recovered disc, and a modern military mission report where the same unanswered question reappears in the language of sensors. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep1

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> In June 1947, a government office logged a sighting on a standardized form that was already printed with fields for altitude, speed, color, shape, and sound. 

The witness was an agent of a science fiction magazine, and the government filed the report anyway. That single checklist is one of 111 files the Department of War released in 2026, more than 3,800 pages spanning from 1947 to the present day.

Episode 1 follows the paper trail that checklist opens: the Air Materiel Command assessment that called the phenomenon real and not visionary or fictitious, General Curtis LeMay's blunt on the record denial that the discs were an American project, J. Edgar Hoover's fight with the Army over a recovered disc, and a modern military mission report where the same unanswered question reappears in the language of sensors. No hype, no lore, no premature verdict. Just the files, the evidence, the gaps, and the questions the record leaves open.

Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/ufo-files/episode/ep1

About The UFO Files

The UFO Files is an investigative podcast analyzing declassified UFO and UAP records, document by document. Every claim is grounded in primary source records, with sources and transcripts published on the Neural Broadcast Network website for verification.

]]> Buzzsprout-19210180 Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 -0700 1875 1 full false