Pentagon UAP files: Apollo moon photos and 1965 astronaut audio released

The Pentagon released 162 UAP files on May 8 under the PURSUE program, responding to a presidential declassification directive. The Pentagon UAP files include NASA Apollo moon photos from Apollo 12 and Apollo 17, plus 1965 astronaut audio. Key highlights include three unexplained lights in an Apollo 17 lunar-surface image. The Pentagon says new US government analysis suggests the feature may be a physical object, and it has opened a formal investigation, obtaining the original Apollo 17 film for deeper review. Audio from 1965 features Gemini VII astronaut Frank Borman reporting a “bogey at 10 o’clock high,” and Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan describing a “flashing” object rotating in a rhythmic pattern several miles from his capsule. The clips had circulated online for years. The files span incidents from 1942 through 2025 and draw from agencies including the FBI, State Department, NASA, and the Department of Defense. Out of 162 documents, 108 include redactions. The Pentagon states it did not redact information about the nature or existence of any UAP encounter; withheld details mainly cover witness identities and unrelated facility or military site information. More releases are expected every few weeks in rolling tranches. Overall, the Pentagon UAP files provide newly posted or reissued evidence tied to historic missions, but they do not offer definitive conclusions about extraterrestrial activity.