On May 8, the government released a new batch of UFO/UAP material through the official PURSUE archive at war.gov/ufo.
The full release includes 161 files, but in this video I focus on the 28 videos.
I’m Chris Lehto — a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and former F-16 pilot with 18 years flying the Viper. I’ve spent thousands of hours working with targeting pod and infrared footage, so I wanted to go through these videos carefully and give you my honest take.
Most of what I saw looks mundane: balloons, aircraft, camera artifacts, parallax, and the confusing motion that happens when a drone like an MQ-9/Reaper is orbiting while the sensor operator is moving the camera.
But one file stood out.
It wasn’t a video.
It was the 1965 NASA Gemini 7 audio/transcript, where Frank Borman and Jim Lovell discuss a “bogey” in low Earth orbit after separation from the Titan II booster. As a pilot, that word matters. “Bogey” means unidentified — not confirmed hostile, not confirmed friendly.
That does not prove aliens.
But it is interesting.
Official UFO/UAP release page:
https://www.war.gov/ufo/Department of War release statement:
https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4480582/department-of-war-releases-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-files-in-historic-t/Gemini 7 transcript:
https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/nasa-uap-d3-gemini-7-transcript-1965.pdfAARO official website:
https://www.aaro.mil/AARO official UAP imagery:
https://www.aaro.mil/UAP-Cases/Official-UAP-Imagery/My books are now up for pre-sale:
Our Fractal Universe — coming July 3
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Fractal-Universe-Patterns-Galaxies-ebook/dp/B0GX465Q68Chapters:
0:00 Trump Releases 161 UFO Files — My Analysis
1:22 First Video: Mystery Object or Missile? (Middle East 2022)
4:04 PR49: That "UFO" Is Just an Airliner
6:24 PR35 Greece 2023: The Object That "Changes Direction"
7:50 PR27 UAE 2023: Apparent Acceleration Debunked
11:17 INDOPACOM 2024: Balloon or Something More?
18:59 PR26 UAE 2023: The One I Can’t Explain
21:04 PR46 INDOPACOM 2024: Second Most Interesting Object
22:20 PR38 "Chandelier UFO" — It's Probably Venus
24:26 ? BEST RELEASE: NASA 1965 Astronauts Report a BOGEY in Space
26:22 Final Verdict: What This Release Actually Means
27:38 MKUltra Hearing Update
28:00 My New Book: Our Fractal Universe
My view: the phenomenon is real, but bad analysis hurts the search for the truth. If we want real disclosure, we have to separate the genuinely anomalous from balloons, aircraft, sensor artifacts, and wishful thinking.Chris Lehto is a former F-16 pilot with 18 years of experience in the Air Force. He managed multi-million dollar simulator contracts, was an Electronic Attack SME for the Aggressors (OPFOR), and commanded the US Detachment at TLP for NATO Fighter Pilot Training. Chris fought in Iraq for 5 months in 2006. He spent 3 years in Turkey as an exchange pilot and is fluent in Turkish. Chris is also a certified crash safety investigator, having investigated Air Force accidents for four years. Lehto has a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry-Materials Science from the Air Force Academy and a Master's in Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle University. He was stationed in various locations worldwide, including South Korea, Italy, Alaska, Turkey, and Spain.
Lehto's YouTube channel, "Lehto Files," focuses on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) research, future tech insights, and sharing knowledge. His approach is scientific and aims to illuminate these phenomena and provide informative content. He also shares his expertise on aviation safety and accident analysis. Lehto believes in the power of open dialogue and the importance of a censor-free internet.
Lehto covers a range of topics, including:
• Analysis of aviation accidents, such as the collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
• Identification of drones, drawing on his Air Force security forces experience.
• Insights into Alternate Physics - promoting his Fractal Holographic Universe Theory
• Discussions of UAPs and related topics.
• Insights into space exploration, including his experience at the launch of SpaceX's Starship SN25.
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