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News Wrap: Pentagon releases 'never-before-seen' UFO files on its website

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In our news wrap Friday, the Pentagon began releasing new files on UFOs, health authorities in the Canary Islands are preparing for the arrival of the cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak, a jury convicted four men of conspiracy in the assassination of Haiti's president in 2021, ABC accused the FCC of violating its First Amendment rights, and Sir David Attenborough celebrated his 100th birthday. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

In the day's other headlines, the Pentagon began releasing what it calls new, never-before-seen files on unidentified anomalous phenomena, more commonly known as UFOs.

0:10.0

The files were released on the Pentagon's website. They include black and white imagery of flying objects, government reports, and transcripts from flight crews and NASA astronauts.

0:20.0

In one, Buzz Aldrin describes

0:22.2

seeing a fairly bright light source during the Apollo 11 mission. Officials say the public should

0:27.5

draw their own conclusions on what the files mean in terms of alien life, though critics

0:32.4

worry the videos could be misinterpreted. Spanish health authorities and the Canary Islands are preparing for the arrival of the cruise

0:39.8

ship at the center of the hanta virus outbreak.

0:42.3

Officials say more than 140 passengers and crew will be evacuated and loaded onto buses,

0:48.3

but only when their repatriation flights are ready.

0:51.3

U.S. and U.K. officials have said they plan to send planes to evacuate

0:55.3

their citizens. The ship is due to arrive in Tenerife off the coast of West Africa on Sunday.

1:01.3

Spain's head of emergency services says passengers will be taken to a cordoned off area

1:05.9

and that there will be, quote, no chance of contact with residents.

1:16.6

The most common scenario we are currently working on is that the 147 passengers will arrive without symptoms, and the planes will be standard.

1:20.6

However, we have also requested a medicalized aircraft to ensure we are fully prepared should it be needed.

1:25.6

But dozens of planes are to ensure we are fully prepared should it be needed.

1:34.0

But dozens of port workers are protesting the ship's arrival.

1:38.8

Some are worried about the spread of the virus, while others say the evacuation will disrupt their work at the port.

1:40.4

Officials say none of those remaining on board are symptomatic.

1:44.6

President Trump says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a three-day ceasefire at his request

1:50.1

to allow for Russia's annual Victory Day celebrations this weekend.

1:54.4

In a post on social media, Mr. Trump said the truce would, quote, include a suspension

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