The Pentagon released a batch of much-anticipated files about unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) on Friday, including newly declassified documents that have never been seen by the public before.

President Donald Trump's administration on Friday, May 8, released a trove of documents and photos related to phenomena known as UFOs through a publicly accessible website.

The first release contains 161 files, including old state department cables, FBI documents and transcripts from NASA of crewed flights into space.

On March 31, U.S. Representative Anna Paulina Luna requested full disclosure from the Pentagon regarding "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP)" – better known as UFOs.

More than 60 years after the Gemini 7 mission, newly released UFO files are bringing back one of NASA’s most mysterious space sightings.

The US Department of Defense has published 161 declassified files, with more expected.