Incredible never-before-seen footage caught the moment a US warplane opened fire on a UFO and obliterated it during a confrontation over the Midwest United States12:07, 23 May 2026Updated 12:25, 23 May 2026US Department of Defense Declassified UFO footage shows fighter jet take downAn eerie newly declassified video from the US government has revealed the moment a military jet shot down a UFO from the sky.‌The footage, which was previously not shown to the public, caught the moment an F-16 US destroyed the unidentified object and sent debris from the craft flying across the sky. A black and white video showed the US military monitoring the UFO in the sky above Lake Huron, Michigan, on February 12, 2023.‌The chilling video showed the flying object, which appeared to be shaped like an octagon shape with a string attached to it, before it was shot at two times and obliterated.‌READ MORE: New UFO files reveal bombshell reports of 'unexplained green orbs' and 'flying discs'The US Department of Defense released this stunning footage in a new batch of files after Donald Trump said he would released more classified documents on UFOs to the public.‌Canadian authorities, in 2024, reported that wreckage was recovered in Lake Huron after an unidentified item was destroyed.At the time, an official, speaking to CTV News, said: "Debris has been recovered from the shores of Lake Huron but after careful analysis, it was determined not to be of national security concern."‌A description paired with the video said: "The footage appears to depict a kinetic interaction between two distinct areas of contrast, with the initial subject of the footage fragmenting in a radial displacement pattern that suggests a high-energy event."Experts have claimed this new drop, of around 160 files, contains footage of "unidentified anomalous phenomena" but added it did not give proof of alien life.A statement released with the files said: "The materials archived here are unresolved cases, meaning the government is unable to make a definitive determination on the nature of the observed phenomena."‌Another piece of footage released in the new batch appeared to show a mysterious object flying near an aircraft over the south-eastern United States, captured by a US Coast Guard infrared sensor in April 2024.Another clip, titled 'Syrian UAP instant acceleration', was recorded by an infrared sensor aboard a US military platform in 2021 before later being uploaded to a classified network in 2024, according to the Pentagon.Article continues belowThe US military admitted after that most of these incidents remain "unresolved" and they cannot explain many of the videos or images in the files.The Pentagon's initial batch of files this year, which dated as far back as the late 1940s, raked in more than a billion views worldwide, according to the Pentagon's top spokesman.At the time, Donald Trump took to Truth Social and wrote: "In an effort for Complete and Maximum Transparency, it was my Honor to direct my Administration to identify and provide Government files related to Alien and Extraterrestrial Life, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, and Unidentified Flying Objects."