Mysterious videos of darting black objects, renderings of flying ships, and eyewitness reports of unexplained lights are among the previously unseen files released by the Department of Defense, and President Donald Trump said some are “related to Alien and Extraterrestrial Life.”The files published online Friday of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), previously known as UFOs, are to be released on a rolling basis “in the interest of total transparency,” the Pentagon said.The release allows the general public to “make up their own minds about the information contained in these files,” the Pentagon said.The files include government documents dating back to the 1940s, images taken from moon landings, astronaut transcripts, copies of eyewitness reports and news clips, as well as video and renderings of unexplained moving objects. Most of the files are dated before this year, though one video showing unidentified aircraft flying in an undisclosed location was listed as taken in January.In a statement, Trump called it an “honor” to direct the release of the files, which he said are “related to Alien and Extraterrestrial Life, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, and Unidentified Flying Objects.”Check out some of the images from the files here:This UAP was seen near Japan in 2024 and described as resembling a football.U.S. Department of DefenseA lab-rendered graphic depicts a “bronze metallic object” that several corroborating eyewitnesses reported seeing “materializing out of a bright sky" and then “disappearing instantaneously” in September of 2023. The object was described as 130 to 195 feet in length.U.S. Department of DefenseThis UAP is seen in a video taken somewhere in the southern U.S. in 2020. The video was taken from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform.U.S. Department of DefenseThis UAP was reported in the sky somewhere in North America in 2026. The video was taken from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform.U.S. Department of DefenseThree “lights,” highlighted in the yellow box, were reported above the lunar terrain during the 1972 Apollo 17 mission. While it's unclear what the lights were, astronauts have dismissed similar instances as satellites and space debris.U.S. Department of DefenseClose