Ex-Pentagon official claims US has satellite images of UFO craft ‘not made by humans’

An expert familiar with the documents told the New York Post that the federal government has evidence of UFOs, including satellite images of craft that do not appear to be man-made.Christopher Mellon, a former assistant deputy secretary of defense for intelligence during the Clinton and Bush administrations, said the government has extensive UFO documentation, including photos and videos. He said public disclosure of the information would “take the UFO discussion to another level.”

Following President Trump’s order two weeks ago, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will direct the release of “documents” related to aliens, UFOs, and “all other information” related to “highly complex” topics, the president wrote on Truth Social.While the news has federal agencies, including the White House and Pentagon, scrambling, there has been no official word on what will be released or when.The most striking data, Mellon claimed, were clear satellite photos of spacecraft above Earth that were clearly not man-made. “The satellite images we have of the spacecraft are certainly unlike anything we’ve ever built or built,” Mellon said.He said former Director of National Intelligence and current CIA Director John Ratcliffe mentioned images of the same craft engaging in “unexplainable operations” in a 2021 Fox News interview.In 2017, Mellon played a key role in the release of three U.S. military radar images of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) known as “Tic Tac,” “GOFAST,” and “Gimbal.” He said there were more similar items on government hard drives.Mellon said the government now prefers to use the term “UAP” (unidentified flying object) rather than “UFO.”“In 2018, there were numerous videos from the same source that were deemed unclassified — gun cams on F18s, [Forward Looking Infrared Radar] The videos — those videos are no longer available to the public,” he said.“I know there’s this because I’ve seen some of it,” Mellon said, adding, “And there’s no reasonable reason I can think of why these videos were withheld.”Mellon said the released documents should contain some provocative images, but he did not expect the documents to prove the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations or contact with extraterrestrial civilizations.Mellon said the Department of War, the Department of National Intelligence, the National Security Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration all have UFO documents related to the releases ordered by Trump.He said releasing classified and sensitive material was an “unnatural act” for an intelligence agency. “I have a feeling the bureaucracy is going to be slow to respond, and I don’t think they’re going to come out with the best product very quickly, even if they do,” he said. “Congress needs to remain vigilant to ensure that this entire process is thoroughly effective.”Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who co-sponsored the UAP Disclosure Act with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in 2023, said he hopes the bill will be widely released to ensure U.S. military secrets are protected.Rounds said he wanted to “disclose as much information as possible and tell the American people honestly what we’re seeing that we don’t know or are learning about.“I just want to make sure that whatever we roll out, it doesn’t impact our own national security capabilities.”