Declassified Apollo mission UFO files challenge long-running moon landing conspiracy theories

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy reports on released UFO files from the War Department that include videos of unidentified aerial phenomena on ‘America Reports.’ Newly declassified government files detailing "UFO" sightings during NASA’s Apollo missions are challenging long-running conspiracy theories that the moon landings were staged. The conspiracy theories that claim NASA faked the Apollo 11 moon landing July 20, 1969, and subsequent missions to win the space race, often alleging the events were filmed in a studio, have persisted for decades. The newly released files, however, provide additional context and previously unpublished material from the missions, including astronaut transcripts and archival imagery. Conspiracy theories about the moon landings have proved worryingly persistent in the 50 years since Neil Armstrong an