A newly released UFO images from the Trump Administration's archive has sparked intense online debate, with critics questioning its authenticity and supporters viewing it as a turning point in government transparency.

The Trump administration released 162 declassified UFO-related files on Friday, including an FBI memo describing humanoid beings "three and a half to 4 feet tall" wearing space suits, infrared footage of a mysterious "eight-pointed star" object recorded by US military personnel,

Downtown McMinnville is preparing for an extraterrestrial takeover as thousands of alien enthusiasts come together to celebrate one of the country’s largest UFO festivals. The 26th Annual McMenamins UFO Festival begins May 14 and runs through May 17.

U.S. Air Force launches Project Sign, an investigation into UFOs; renamed Project Blue Book in 1953. More than 12,600 reported sightings were investigated between 1948 and 1969. Release of the spy film “The Flying Saucer.” Radar operators, pilots and others pick up or see up to a dozen unexplained objects in the sky above Washington, D.C. in July.

The US government released new files on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). Florida has the second most UFO sightings.

The Pentagon has released its first batch of classified UFO documents, including a mysterious NASA photo from the Moon's surface taken during the 1972 Apollo 17 mission

Declassified US records reveal hundreds of unexplained aerial sightings from military and civilians.