UAP EP 220 Real Time Review of the Newest UFO File Release - What Was Found?

August 7, 2026

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The Fifth Tranche: A Real-Time Review of the Latest UAP File Release

The host of UAP Unidentified Alien Podcast, Steven Diener, opens this episode with an admission he says he has never made publicly before: he is in possession of multiple videos showing unidentified objects that have not been released by the U.S. government—and that he has been sitting on them for five months, waiting to see whether the government's own file drops would include the same footage. They have not. Across five tranches of official releases, none of the videos in his possession have appeared. "That's how I know for a fact they haven't been shown," he says, "because I haven't put them out there, and the U.S. government hasn't put them out there yet."

The Videos the Government Did Release

The fifth tranche, posted to war.gov/ufo, includes several new video files, most of them secondary captures—footage recorded on a crew member's cell phone of the infrared sensor display aboard a U.S. military platform. The host notes this as an important procedural detail: normally, cell phone recordings cannot be used as official evidence because they lack verifiable metadata, but because these recordings show the primary sensor display itself, they are admissible.

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What you'll learn

1 (02:07) **Live Review of the Fifth U.S. Government UAP File Drop** - Host Steven Diener announces a spontaneous, real-time review of the newly released "Tranch Number Five" of UAP files, marking the first time he's done a live reaction to these releases.
2 (02:57) **Personal Revelation: Host Possesses Unreleased UAP Videos** - The host reveals for the first time that he is in possession of multiple UAP videos from a source that have not been released by the government or by himself.
3 (10:54) **Key Video Release: AC-130 "Secondary Capture" of Cold Orbs** - The host details a compelling 16-second video from a US Special Forces AC-130J gunship, notable for being a "secondary capture" recorded on a cell phone.
4 (16:49) **Video Analysis: Orb Over Gulf of Oman (2021)** - Another secondary capture from an AC-130 gunship shows a circular, dark orb shape, similar in size (four feet in diameter) to the previous video, but recorded over the Gulf of Oman.
5 (18:04) **Video Analysis: Orb Descending into the Pacific Ocean (2019)** - The host highlights a particularly intriguing video showing a larger, dark object on flare footage that descends and disappears into the water over the Pacific Ocean.
6 (22:11) **Video Analysis: Three-Second White Streak (2025)** - An 11-second video shows a fast-moving white streak that transits the entire sensor field of view in about three seconds, captured over water near a battleship or carrier in 2025.
7 (24:00) **Video Analysis: Morphing Orb Over Middle East (2023)** - A 30-second video from a drone or military platform shows a slow-moving orb that appears to change shape from a rectangle into a more oscillating, plasma-like orb.

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Show Notes

The U.S. government just released their 5th UFO file tranche and Stephen Diener sits down to dig through it all with you in real time. What kind of videos were put out? And what kind of hidden gems from long forgotten reports could be found? You might be surprised as Diener was at some of these releases...

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