New UFO Files Include Details of Strange Triangular Craft: "Absolute Acoustic Silence"
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- CBS News
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- Article
- By
- Stefan Becket
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Original source
CBS News. “New UFO Files Include Details of Strange Triangular Craft: "Absolute Acoustic Silence".” October 23, 2026.
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Key points
CBS reviews the seventh PURSUE tranche, centering on AARO and FBI records of a June 2026 sighting by federal agents of a silent triangular craft over a western national security site, and compares it with similar agent reports in earlier releases.
Why it is notable
It is the main national news account of Release 07, it gives the release's size as 28 PDF files, and it quotes the two 2026 government records at length.
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Excerpts from the source
“The latest batch included 28 PDF files.”
CBS News (Stefan Becket); Paragraph 2 [source]. Verified against the source October 24, 2026.
“We estimated the object's wingspan at approximately nine to fifteen feet, its depth at six to nine feet, and its thickness at one to two feet.”
Federal agents' FBI statement, as quoted by CBS News; Paragraph 6 [source]. Verified against the source October 24, 2026.
“Absolute acoustic silence persisted throughout the high-velocity phase. No impact signature, smoke, dust, or physical disturbance was observed. A ground survey of the canyon drainage conducted the following morning located no wreckage, ground scarring, or vegetation damage.”
AARO memorandum, as quoted by CBS News; Paragraph 13 [source]. Verified against the source October 24, 2026.
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Editorial notes
- The quotations from the AARO memorandum and the FBI statement are CBS's. The two PDFs (DOW-UAP-D176 and FBI-UAP-D043) could not be opened for this review, so the quotations were not checked against the documents themselves.
- CBS's count of 28 PDF files matches the portal's database.
- CBS does not cover the release's other records, including the nine AAWSAP contractor records, the Catalina Island reports, and the space-debris correspondence. The related official record lists them.
- The released records report witness accounts. AARO's description says the file reaches no conclusion on the nature or origin of the object.
- The page was updated on October 24, after the archived copy was taken. The excerpts appear in both versions.
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