On May 8th, the Pentagon released “never-before-seen” UFO files to the general public. Within 12 hours, the War Department’s website had nearly 340 million hits on their newly created “UFO” tab. 162 documents were a part of the initial release at 8:00AM EST, but by the afternoon, only 161 remained on the website. In the midst of a rather surprising disclosure of UFO information, the Pentagon seemingly pulled a fast one and retracted a document.

Due to rumors persisting on social media, the Alien Auditor dedicates its first publication to a meticulous review of the first UFO files tranche, seeking to clarify this “missing document”. This publication also includes analysis of an alleged Top-Secret memo, reported to be the “missing document” within hours of the Pentagon’s observed redaction.
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The Alien Auditor assesses that bad faith actors may have capitalized on the opportunity, attributed to the removal of the duplicate Gemini 7 transcript, to float a fake document online. The perfect storm of heightened public interest in the files’ release, the Pentagon’s running calculator of UFO files, and said-calculator’s signaling of a “missing document” fanned the flames of public speculation, creating the perfect environment to pass off a fabricated document as part of the official release.