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Retired Navy fighter pilot who saw UFO urges against racing to conclusions after Pentagon release
The Department of Defense started releasing previously classified documents related to UFOs on Friday. Lt. Cmdr. Alex Dietrich, a retired Navy fighter pilot who has spoken about her own experience encountering a UFO during a training exercise, joins to discuss.

What happened
According to CBS News’s source item, Retired Navy fighter pilot who saw UFO urges against racing to conclusions after Pentagon release, The Department of Defense started releasing previously classified documents related to UFOs on Friday. Lt. Cmdr. Alex Dietrich, a retired Navy fighter pilot who has spoken about her own experience encountering a UFO during a training exercise, joins to discuss.
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- Retired Navy fighter pilot who saw UFO urges against racing to conclusions after Pentagon releaseCBS News - 2026-05-08T23:18:11+00:00
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