Silent black triangle over a secret U.S. site: the Pentagon's seventh batch of UFO files is out
In 2026, three federal agents saw a matte black, silent triangle near a national security site. The object rose vertically, hovered, then disappeared into a canyon within seconds. The case is among the UAP files the Pentagon released on October 23.
On October 23, the U.S. Department of War released the seventh batch of declassified and historical UAP files under the PURSUE program. The documents are available at war.gov/ufo. According to the department, work on the next batch is already underway. Unlike previous releases, this one contains no video.
The triangle
The most recent case in the batch occurred this year. An AARO memo describes a series of observations spanning two days at a national security site in the western United States. The office interviewed two federal special agents and also used the account of a third official stationed at a different observation point. The case is also documented in the agents' signed statement to the FBI.
The object was first spotted by the third witness with a thermal camera, who alerted the others by radio. The two agents moved to the far side of the hilltop and watched it with the naked eye, through binoculars and with a handheld thermal camera. The sun had already set, but the triangle's outline stood out clearly against the glow of the western sky.
According to AARO's description, the object:
- was matte black and showed no reflections;
- had a wingspan of about 4–4.6 meters and a length of 1.8–2.7 meters, and was 30–60 centimeters at its thickest point (the FBI statement estimates the wingspan at 2.7–4.6 meters);
- showed no visible engine, openings, windows or cockpit.
Its movement consisted of three phases:
- Ascent: for about ten seconds it rose straight up, without wobbling, to 60–90 meters above the ridgeline.
- Hover: there it stopped abruptly and hovered motionless for about twenty seconds.
- Disappearance: it then instantly switched to high-speed horizontal flight, banked, and disappeared into a canyon within two to three seconds.
According to the AARO memo, all of this happened in complete silence. On the thermal camera it appeared warmer than its surroundings, but with a uniform heat signature and no exhaust. Based on the terrain, it may have been 2.3–5.1 kilometers from the observers. A ground search the next morning found no debris, ground marks or vegetation damage.
According to AARO, the case warrants further investigation because its shape and movement closely resemble other cases reported from the same region.
Historical records
The batch also includes old documents, among them sightings from 1949 and 1952 around California's Catalina Island. According to the August 1952 report, Boy Scouts saw a silvery object that rose rapidly and then broke apart. The sketch drawn on the back of the report could not be located even through archival research.
The batch also includes BAASS documents linked to Skinwalker Ranch. We cover these in a separate article.
Reactions
According to White House spokesperson Anna Kelly, the goal is the fullest possible transparency, so that people can judge the records for themselves. Avi Loeb, chair of the UAP Science Advisory Council, which advises the U.S. government on UAP matters, would install better sensors at the sites where the triangle or the mysterious orbs were reported.
Sources
- Department of War Publishes Seventh Release of UAP Files
- DOW-UAP-D176 – Triangular UAP AARO MFR 2026
- FBI-UAP-D043 – FD-302 Unidentified Aerial Object Observation Report
- New UFO files include details of strange triangular craft (CBS News)
- The Triangular UAP in the 7th Tranche of PURSUE (Avi Loeb)
- Declassified documents suggest Catalina Island was hot spot for UFO sightings (KTLA)
- New UFO Files Released Show Bizarre Drawings of Alleged Aliens (Newsweek)