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Pentagon releases latest UAP files, including report of black triangle over US site

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Covered by 4 outlets, mostly right-leaning (75%).

4 articles in total. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias

The Pentagon released its seventh batch of UAP files on Friday, the latest since President Trump’s executive order on unidentified anomalous phenomena. The release includes a report of a black triangular object seen over a sensitive site in the western United States. According to The Guardian, two senior military observers, who are anonymous, said the object flew at about 1,800 mph, showed none of the characteristics of a conventional aircraft and vanished silently within seconds. The Daily Signal says the witnesses were federal special agents. The New York Post and The Washington Times report the release, and the Post says the object travelled at 1,800 mph without vapor trails.

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What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. The Pentagon released a new batch of UAP files on Friday, the seventh since President Trump’s executive order on the subject.

    Reported byLeft1Right2Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian
    Right
    New York Post, The Washington Times
    Far Right
    The Daily Signal

  2. The files include a report of a black triangular object seen at a sensitive site in the western United States.

    Reported byLeft1Right1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian
    Right
    New York Post
    Far Right
    The Daily Signal

  3. The report says its authors calculated the object’s speed at 1,800 mph and that it left no exhaust trail.

    Reported byLeft1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    The Guardian
    Right
    New York Post

  4. The Daily Signal describes the witnesses as federal special agents familiar with aviation.

    One outletThe Daily Signal· Far Right

What is contested

Where accounts differ

Points the coverage does not agree on, and who says what.

  • Who reported the black triangle sighting in the files

    The Guardian says two anonymous senior military observers made the report; The Daily Signal says federal special agents at a sensitive site did. The New York Post and The Washington Times do not name the witnesses in the supplied text.

How each side tells it

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All four outlets report that the Pentagon released a new batch of UAP files on Friday, including a black triangular object seen over a sensitive Western US site. The Guardian stresses the anonymous observers and 1,800 mph speed, while right-side outlets lead with the sighting and the secret-base framing.

  • the left

    1 outlet

    The Guardian headline leads with the sighting rather than the release, using ‘black triangles’ in scare quotes and ‘mysterious’ as right-side headlines also do.

    Mysterious ‘black triangles’ spotted over sensitive US site, new Pentagon UFO files reveal
    The GuardianLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    No coverage yet

    No center outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

  • the right

    3 outlets

    Right-side headlines lead with the sighting or the release, and most use ‘mysterious’; the Post adds ‘secret’ military bases, and the Far Right Signal stays closest to the release.

    Mysterious black triangles spotted going 1,800 mph over secret US military bases, latest UFO file dump reveals
    New York PostRightAll right-leaning headlines

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Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

1 outlet

Leads with

  • sighting by anonymous senior observers
  • 1,800 mph speed
  • Trump administration file release
  • no exhaust trail
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  • The GuardianLeft

    Mysterious ‘black triangles’ spotted over sensitive US site, new Pentagon UFO files reveal

    Unidentified object vanished suddenly and silently, anonymous senior military observers claim Two senior military observers say they watched a mysterious black triangular object flying at an extraordinarily high speed over a sensitive site in the western US earlier this year, in …

    Read at The Guardian (opens in a new tab)

From the center

0 outlets

No center outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

From the right

3 outlets

Leads with

  • black triangle sighting
  • 1,800 mph speed without vapor trails
  • secret US military bases
  • seventh Pentagon batch

Leaves out

  • that the observers are anonymous

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • The Washington TimesRight

    Pentagon releases latest batch of UFO files

    The Pentagon on Friday released its seventh collection of UFO files since President Trump issued an executive order early this year directing federal agencies to identify and declassify records associated with unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs.

    Read at The Washington Times (opens in a new tab)
  • The Daily SignalFar Right

    Latest UFO Files Include Report of Mysterious Black Triangle

    Federal special agents at a sensitive site in the Western United States recently spotted an unidentified anomalous phenomenon in the shape of a black triangle, according to the Department of War’s Friday release of UAP files. At 7:23 p.m. …

    Read at The Daily Signal (opens in a new tab)
  • New York PostRight

    Mysterious black triangles spotted going 1,800 mph over secret US military bases, latest UFO file dump reveals

    Mysterious black triangle objects speeding up to 1,800 miles per hour without vapor trails were spotted over secret US military bases.

    Read at New York Post (opens in a new tab)

Articles you open from here build My Mix, a private picture of how your reading spreads across the spectrum, kept on this device. What is My Mix?

The left is Far Left and Left together. The right is Right and Far Right together. Every outlet keeps its own five-point rating.

Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    6 hr 44 min later

    Its first report, Oct 23, 2:45 PM EDT

  • Center

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

  • Right

    First to report

    New York Post, Oct 23, 8:02 AM EDT

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  1. New York PostRightOct 23, 8:02 AM EDT
  2. The Daily SignalFar RightOct 23, 10:58 AM EDT
  3. The Washington TimesRightOct 23, 12:13 PM EDT
  4. The GuardianLeftOct 23, 2:45 PM EDT

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