New UFO files include details of strange triangular craft: “Absolute acoustic silence”

October 23, 2026 / 5:02 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington — Federal agents in the western U.S. this year encountered a large, triangular aircraft that zoomed through the sky from a standstill while making no noise or giving off any exhaust, according to new documents released by the Pentagon.

The agents' recollections were included in the Defense Department's latest release of files related to UFOs, or UAP, unidentified anomalous phenomena. Friday's disclosure was the seventh under an executive order that President Trump signed earlier this year mandating the release of sensitive UAP files. The latest batch included 28 PDF files.

The triangular craft is detailed in two documents: a memo from the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office describing investigators' debrief with the agents, and a signed statement the agents gave to the FBI.

The encounter occurred in June near an unspecified "national security site" in the western U.S.

The agents told investigators that they were alerted to the object by a third agent stationed nearby. They quickly repositioned themselves to get a better look, and spotted the craft above a ridgeline a few miles to the west, against the glow of the sky after sunset.

"We initiated a visual…

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