Pentagon releases UFO files on new website

五角大楼在全新网站上发布不明飞行物（UFO）档案

The Trump administration on Friday launched a new website that will house a collection of “new, never-before-seen” files about UFOs, according to the Pentagon. (And yes, we’re apparently okay with calling them UFOs again, as the URL to the new website is war.gov/ufo.) 据五角大楼消息，特朗普政府于周五上线了一个新网站，该网站将收录一系列关于不明飞行物（UFO）的“全新、从未公开”的档案。（没错，我们似乎又可以重新使用“UFO”这个称呼了，因为该网站的网址是 war.gov/ufo。）

In a public announcement by the Defense Department — which, under Trump, rebranded as the Department of War — the initial set of files housed on the site will include those containing unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) videos, photos, and original source documents from across the entire U.S. government. The materials have been reviewed for security purposes, but many have “not yet been analyzed for resolution of any anomalies,” the Department’s statement read. The collection will also grow over time as additional files are released on a “rolling basis,” it noted. 在国防部（在特朗普领导下已更名为“战争部”）发布的一份公告中提到，该网站首批收录的文件将包括来自美国政府各部门的不明异常现象（UAP）视频、照片及原始来源文档。声明指出，这些材料已通过安全审查，但许多文件“尚未经过分析以解决任何异常情况”。该部门还表示，随着更多文件以“滚动方式”发布，档案库的内容将不断扩充。

The release of the documents follows the December 2017 news story, broken by The New York Times, Politico, and others, about a $22 million classified Pentagon program called the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), which had been investigating military encounters with unknown objects. Since then, interest in UAPs, now the modern term for UFOs, has grown among the public, fueling increased concerns about what’s in our skies, as was the case with the 2024 U.S. drone sightings. Figuring out what’s truly unexplained has been complicated by the fact that our skies look much different from in years past, thanks to things like SpaceX launches and satellites. That’s why a collection of military intelligence-backed files is interesting. 此次文件发布源于2017年12月《纽约时报》、《政客》杂志等媒体披露的一则新闻：五角大楼曾开展一项耗资2200万美元的机密计划，名为“先进航空威胁识别计划”（AATIP），旨在调查军方与不明物体的接触事件。自那时起，公众对UAP（目前UFO的现代术语）的兴趣日益浓厚，并引发了对天空不明物体的更多担忧，正如2024年美国无人机目击事件所反映的那样。由于SpaceX发射和卫星等因素，如今的天空与往年大不相同，这使得辨别什么是真正的“无法解释”变得更加复杂。正因如此，这份由军方情报支持的档案集才显得尤为引人关注。

The news of the government’s funding of the Pentagon program has also influenced pop culture in recent years, as reflected in films like 2023’s “Jules” about a man’s kinship with an alien who crashed in his backyard; “Bugonia,” which deals with conspiracy theories around aliens among us; and in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film “Disclosure Day,” which references government cover-ups around the topic. 近年来，政府资助五角大楼该计划的消息也影响了流行文化，例如2023年的电影《朱尔斯》（Jules），讲述了一名男子与坠落在他后院的外星人之间的情谊；探讨外星人潜伏在我们中间的阴谋论电影《布戈尼亚》（Bugonia）；以及史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格即将上映的电影《披露日》（Disclosure Day），该片涉及了政府对此类话题的掩盖行为。

Years ago, such a release of UFO files would have been major news, but today many Americans are more concerned about daily pressures, like the Iran war and its impact on gas prices, the ever-growing cost of living, job losses blamed on AI, healthcare, climate change, and other more pertinent issues. 多年前，此类UFO档案的发布本会成为重磅新闻，但如今许多美国人更关心日常压力，例如伊朗战争及其对油价的影响、不断上涨的生活成本、归咎于人工智能的失业问题、医疗保健、气候变化以及其他更切身相关的问题。

According to the Pentagon, the release of the UFO files is the result of an interagency effort, the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE). This initiative includes the White House, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Department of Energy (DOE), the DOD’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and components of other U.S. intelligence agencies. 据五角大楼称，此次UFO档案的发布是跨部门合作的成果，该项目被称为“总统UAP接触解密与报告系统”（PURSUE）。该倡议涉及白宫、国家情报总监办公室（ODNI）、能源部（DOE）、国防部全域异常解决办公室（AARO）、美国国家航空航天局（NASA）、联邦调查局（FBI）以及其他美国情报机构的组成部分。

Ahead of this, independent news site 404 Media spotted in March that the Executive Office of the President had registered the domain aliens.gov; however, that site is not active at this time. 在此之前，独立新闻网站404 Media曾在3月份发现，总统行政办公室已注册了域名 aliens.gov；不过，该网站目前尚未激活。