Reactions to 2026 Oak Ridge File Resurfacing.
documentedsource_actorAtomic Energy Commission / ERDA (DOE progenitors)
May 2026 DoW release foregrounded Oak Ridge FBI files; mixed reception, AARO non-confirmation, skeptic pushback.
The May 8 2026 Department of War release (first of 162 files, more May 22/June 12) included a 1947-68 FBI flying-discs file with Oak Ridge photos and a Hoover memo on sustained Oak Ridge surveillance (1950-53). AARO reiterated no historical review found extraterrestrial origin; the Pentagon framed files as unresolved. Scientists/skeptics noted much was prior-public, ambiguous, or artifact-explainable.