Afghanistan, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Defense on Friday released 40 newly declassified files containing documents, videos, audio recordings and images related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), providing additional details on reported unexplained aerial incidents spanning more than seven decades while reiterating that the material does not constitute evidence of extraterrestrial activity.

The Pentagon said on Friday, July 10, that the newly declassified archive includes reports, videos, photographs, audio recordings and investigative documents compiled by the Department of Defense, NASA, the CIA and the FBI as part of the U.S. government's ongoing transparency initiative on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), commonly ...