Fascination with UFOs has increased after a recently released Pentagon video showed a strange “eight-pointed star” moving across the sky.The infrared footage was published on Friday in government files related to UFOs ordered by US President Donald Trump. According to the documents, the clip was recorded in 2013 by US Central Command personnel using “an infrared sensor on a US military platform”.The video lasts for about two minutes and shows a glowing object shaped like a star flowing and streaking through the air. Authorities have not identified what the object was.The description accompanying the footage states, “This video shows a contrasting sphere resembling an eight-pointed star with sides of alternating lengths.”The Pentagon also included a disclaimer stating that the description was only to provide context and should not be construed as any unexplained evidence.The note says, “Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting analytical judgment, investigative conclusions, or factual determinations.”The footage is part of a batch of 162 files released through the Pentagon’s newly launched website dedicated to UFOs and unexplained aerial phenomena. The disclosures include videos, images and witness accounts of unidentified aerial phenomena, often referred to as UAPs.Among the material released were photographs from the Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 Moon missions in 1969 and 1972. The images showed unexplained objects above the moon’s surface, but this is not clear evidence for extraterrestrial life.An administration official told The New York Post that “even more detailed information” would be released in a future disclosure round.The release of the files follows Trump’s February order directing agencies to increase transparency around “alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).”“Whereas previous administrations sought to discredit or dissuade the American people, President Trump is focused on providing maximum transparency to the public, who can ultimately make up their own minds about the information contained in these files,” the Pentagon said in a statement.Trump also commented on the release Friday, saying the public should be allowed to draw their own conclusions from the newly published records.Trump said, “In an effort to provide complete and maximum transparency, it was my honor to direct my administration to identify and make available government files relating to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena, and unidentified flying objects.”POTUS said: “While previous administrations have failed to be transparent on this topic, with these new documents and videos, people can decide for themselves, ‘What’s going on?’ Enjoy and enjoy!”
