Astronomers have confirmed that ASASSN-24fw dimmed by an extraordinary 97% over a period of more than nine months, starting in late 2024 making it one of the longest and deepest stellar eclipses ever recorded. The star, located in the Monoceros constellation, was monitored through sky surveys that track brightness changes in stars over time. The data clearly shows a prolonged and structured drop in light, far beyond what a normal planet could cause. Scientists say the most likely explanation is a massive ringed object passing in front of the star either a brown dwarf or a super Jupiter–type planet. Unlike typical transits that last hours or days, this event stretched across months, pointing to something enormous in size. The ring system itself is estimated to span about 16 million miles (25 million km), making it one of the largest ever inferred. As different parts of the rings moved across the star, they created layered dimming patterns, which allowed astronomers to study the...
President Donald Trump announced that he is directing federal agencies to identify and begin releasing government files related to unidentified flying objects (UFOs), unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and alien or extraterrestrial life a move he says responds to “tremendous public interest” in the subject.
In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said he will task the Secretary of Defense, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, and other relevant departments and agencies with identifying and releasing files that touch on these topics, as well as “any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important matters.
Trump’s announcement follows a recent public exchange in which former President Barack Obama said in a podcast interview that aliens are “real” a comment he later clarified to mean that life likely exists elsewhere given the vastness of the universe, but that he had seen no evidence of extraterrestrial contact during his administration. Trump criticized Obama’s original remarks, calling them a disclosure of “classified information” although he also said he did not know whether aliens exist.
The subject of UFOs and UAPs has gained new traction in recent years. Since 2024, the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies have publicly acknowledged tracking and examining reports of unexplained aerial phenomena, with hundreds of sightings documented and a handful designated for further analysis due to unusual characteristics. However, official reports have found no evidence confirming extraterrestrial technology or visitation.
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Experts and enthusiasts alike have long pushed for greater transparency on UAP files. The unveiling of previously classified material would be another chapter in ongoing efforts to shed light on government knowledge of aerial phenomena, following congressional hearings and Pentagon statements acknowledging unidentified sightings.
Despite the announcement, the government has not yet provided a timeline, scope, or specific list of files to be released, and there is no guarantee that all material will be declassified or without redactions for national security reasons. Pentagon officials and intelligence agencies have yet to comment on how or when the process will unfold.
The push for UFO and UAP files comes amid broader conversations about government transparency and classification policy, a theme the Trump administration has emphasized in other areas, including cold war–era assassination records.
For now, Trump’s directive has reignited public curiosity and speculation about what government agencies might have documented over decades of investigations from pilot sightings to military sensor data and whether any of it reflects unidentified physical phenomena.


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