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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 One was a rotating disc that sent out beams of light. Another was a shining red orb of a hue the observer had never seen before. Then there was the one compared to a potato, and also a bean, but with a coat of shimmering, fish-like scales.<\/p>\n

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Those were some of the UFOs described in documents released Friday by the Pentagon, the third release since President Donald Trump directed his administration to give the public full disclosure around what it knows about alien life and mysterious objects in the sky.<\/p>\n

The 72 files released on Friday don\u2019t include the kind of blockbuster revelation that Trump has teased. There\u2019s no conclusive evidence of alien life or government cover-ups. But the files reveal new details about some recent sightings, along with the government\u2019s efforts to explain what many find inexplicable.<\/p>\n

Take, for instance, the potato.<\/p>\n

It happened in 2022, on a brisk February morning in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Five U.S. Army members at Fort Carson walked out of an office building and saw something strange hovering over Cheyenne Mountain, a few miles to the west.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe object was \u2018potato\u2019 shaped with distinct edges and appeared to look painted in a creamy\/whitish opalescent color,\u201d according to an account in an FBI document. It was made up of \u201carticulating fish scales or panels that were non-symmetrical, non-overlapping and irregular shaped.\u201d<\/p>\n

It stayed motionless, shimmering, for about two minutes, the men recounted to the FBI. Then it vanished in the blink of an eye. None of the men had phones on them. There\u2019s no video, no photos.<\/p>\n

Report says \u2018potato\u2019 could have been a trick of light<\/p>\n

Authorities tasked with investigating the episode said they couldn\u2019t explain it easily. Their report found \u2014 with \u201clow confidence\u201d \u2014 that it may have been \u201cbackscattering of sunlight.\u201d Low light from the rising sun could have reflected off the mountain\u2019s snow and illuminated low clouds above, it said.<\/p>\n

The men insisted it was a clear, cloudless day. No aircraft or balloons were believed to be in the area. The four-page report, heavily redacted and attributed only to an \u201cintelligence community partner,\u201d said it didn\u2019t appear to be technology from a foreign adversary. An FBI rendering looks just like one might imagine \u2014 like a scaly, pale potato above a low mountain.<\/p>\n

The case remains unsolved.<\/p>\n

A similarly inclusive report examined a series of sightings in October 2023, this time by six federal law enforcement agents. Multiple times, the agents said, they saw a bright orange orb appear above a ridgeline and spawn two to four smaller red orbs.<\/p>\n

The orbs disappeared quickly most of the time, but in one instance, the agents said an orb hovered motionless in the sky for several hours. There\u2019s no video or photo evidence of the sightings, the report said.<\/p>\n

An analysis dated this month goes through a series of possible explanations. Military aircraft were conducting exercises in the area, and some deployed flares. There could have been other testing of developmental U.S. technology nearby, the report said. It listed those as \u201cplausible\u201d but not conclusive explanations.<\/p>\n

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Yet it didn\u2019t rule out the possibility that it was some \u201cunrecognized technology.\u201d With relatively little evidence to work from, it called for more investigation into the case.<\/p>\n

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The analysis was conducted by the Pentagon\u2019s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, which Congress created in 2022 to investigate reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena, also known as UAP. Previous reports from the agency say it has not found any evidence of extraterrestrial life.<\/p>\n

Among the most recent files is an FBI report from February detailing a sighting in an undisclosed part of the Northeast United States. A person whose name is blacked out reported coming home and seeing an intense light hovering below the trees in their backyard. It was described as a sphere of a \u201cbrilliant and beautiful\u201d red, which the person had never seen.<\/p>\n

\u201cInside the red sphere, at the center, there appeared to be what (redacted) described as a \u2018white plasma sun\u2019 about the size of a basketball,\u201d according to the FBI file.<\/p>\n

A second sphere appeared, and both silently flew out of sight, the file says. Cellphone footage shows two glowing red orbs floating across the sky. The White House shared the video on social media on Friday with no message beyond the file\u2019s name: \u201c\u2018NORTHEASTERN ORB SIGHTING,\u2019 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zimbabwe sighting included \u2018beams\u2019 from a disc<\/p>\n

So far, the Trump administration\u2019s transparency campaign has led to the release of about 300 files dating to the 1940s, some brand-new to the public and some adding detail on previously known cases.<\/p>\n

The newest batch includes a 2008 CIA report from Zimbabwe labeled as \u201cnever before released.\u201d On a July day above the country\u2019s main airport, observers reportedly saw something straight out of a Hollywood movie: It was \u201cdisc-like in shape with a hollow center, and had a series of rotating lights on the underside of the airframe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt one point during observation, \u2018beams\u2019 were observed emanating from the object,\u201d the CIA report said.<\/p>\n

The lights changed colors, and the aircraft ascended high out of view, the report says. There was debate about where it came from, according to the report, with some suggesting a foreign government and some positing \u201cextraterrestrial origins.\u201d<\/p>\n

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