Fact check: Did Pentagon confirm UFO sightings and release videos of them?

United States Department of Defense has its headquarter in Pentagon which is based in Virginia. Often, videos about UFO sightings go viral on internet but y are never confirmed by government authorities of USA. In a one of its kind moment, people around internet are reportedly asking 'Did Pentagon confirm UFO sightings?' Never has an official governing body confirmed existence of Unidentified Flying Objects but it looks like claims made by many netizens are actually true. 

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Claim 

Recently, various social media conspiracy ps and YouTube channels started posting videos titled 'Pentagon confirms UFOs' or 'Pentagon releases UFO videos'. This isn't first time videos claiming 'Pentagon releases UFO videos' have gone round internet, in fact, it has been a common occurrence in past decade or so for UFO sighting videos to go viral on social media. But this time around, an official authority like Pentagon was associated with claims. 

Rating - True

A company named To Stars which focusses on aero and science along with entertainment had previously alleged that Pentagon has a few UFO sighting videos which should be made public. Three such videos have w been released by Pentagon officially. But, that cant be deemed as 'Pentagon confirms UFOs' as official statement describes unidentified flying objects and 'Unidentified Aerial Phemena'.

On or hand, official Pentagon statement reads that three videos have been carefully curated to make public as y do t reveal any sensitive systems or capabilities. This convoluted statement by Pentagon has evidently confirmed existence of UFOs indirectly. 

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Origin 

videos which have been made public by Pentagon w were initially released by To Stars company between December 2017 and March 2018. videos are from back in 2004 when retired US Navy pilot David Fravor spotted unidentified aerial phemena. former US Navy pilot also spoke to a leading news daily back in 2017 and revealed that flying object rapidly accelerated to South and disappeared within seconds. 

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Google Trends Analysis 

As stories about Pentagon confirming UFO sightings started to go viral on internet, a number of internet users took to Google and verified story. People searched for queries like 'Pentagon releases statement', 'Pentagon releases UFO videos', 'Pentagon confirms UFOs' and various ors. Check it Google Trends Analysis below - 

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