The former head of the Pentagon's UFO investigation office is pouring cold water on a mysterious black triangular object reportedly spotted by FBI personnel, telling Fox News Digital that the newly released account lacks the evidence needed to determine what the witnesses actually saw.Sean Kirkpatrick, the former director of the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), said strange sightings detailed in recently declassified government records should be viewed through an evidence-based lens rather than as proof of something extraterrestrial.The records include a 2026 sighting involving FBI personnel who reported seeing a dark, nonreflective triangular object with no visible engines, exhaust or conventional propulsion system rise above a mountain ridge before rapidly disappearing into a canyon.NEW TRUMP UFO FILE DUMP INCLUDES MILITARY FOOTAGE OF MYSTERIOUS STAR-SHAPED OBJECTA separate AARO report described a matte-black triangular object that climbed about 200 to 300 feet above the ridgeline, hovered for roughly 20 seconds and then appeared to accelerate almost instantly.An image released with a 2026 FBI report depicts a black triangular object above mountainous terrain.Federal agents reported seeing a silent, triangular object hover above a ridgeline before accelerating into a canyon.
Authorities have not confirmed whether the image is an actual photograph or a reconstruction.(Department of War)Kirkpatrick, who spent nearly 30 years in the Department of Defense and intelligence community, said the witnesses' FBI backgrounds alone are not enough to validate what they reported seeing.NASA CHIEF PULLS BACK CURTAIN ON TRUMP UFO FILES AFTER BIZARRE FINDS SURFACE IN BURIED FED RECORDS"There's a lot of people that like to point to folks as being credible witnesses and therefore their testimony must be taken at face value," Kirkpatrick told Fox News Digital.
"And that is a classic case of authority bias."Kirkpatrick said the lack of photographs or other sup...