On May 8, 2026, the Department of Defense released previously classified files related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, otherwise known as UAP. That same day, the agency suggested on X that there will be future releases of such documents beyond the initial batch.
Some people associate UAP with extraterrestrial life and technology, but the U.S. government describes them as "sources of anomalous detections in one or more domain (i.e., airborne, seaborne, spaceborne, and/or transmedium) that are not yet attributable to known actors and that demonstrate behaviors that are not readily understood by sensors or observers."
Following the release of the files, readers searched our site for rumors about aliens, encountering numerous articles along the way.
We've collated 11 out-of-this-world claims Snopes has probed about aliens and UFOs.
