When the new UFO files started releasing, I realized something unexpected: I no longer felt emotionally pulled into the subject the way I once did. When I first started the journey of finding myself, the topic of aliens, extraterrestrials, ghosts, and anything outside of our normal reality kept reappearing in my life.

Fast forward to me getting laid off from my corporate job, and I made the decision to dive into the subject fully.

The Excitement of UFO Disclosure

I started following the news closely and sharing my opinions online. One of the biggest moments at the time was Steven Greer’s press conference in Washington, D.C., back in 2023. Around that same period, whistleblowers like David Grusch and others testified before Congress about UFOs and extraterrestrial encounters. Whether someone believed it or not, it felt like the conversation was finally becoming impossible to ignore.

I started spending more time in online communities, especially the UFO subreddit, reading theories, discussions, and links users would share. For the first time, I felt like I had found a community of humans who were just as curious as I was. Learning about all of it was exciting.

When Curiosity Turns Into Burnout

But eventually, something familiar started creeping back in: burnout.

The deeper I went into the research, the more frustrated I became. It felt like there were endless stories, endless theories, endless “evidence,” yet nothing concrete ever seemed to happen in the real world. Everything felt permanently stuck between possibility and uncertainty.

At some point, I realized I was less interested in discovery and more trapped in the cycle of constantly searching for answers that never fully arrived. I’ve written before about how invisible environments and constant mental input can slowly shape our internal world in ways we don’t immediately recognize.

That realization pushed me slightly away from the UFO side of things and more toward spirituality. I started revisiting Dolores Cannon and Darryl Anka, also known as Bashar. Dolores Cannon especially answered a lot of questions for me and validated experiences I had already felt internally as a spiritual being having a human experience.

I never stopped believing something was out there. I just stopped wanting to chase it every day.

I also became aware of how easy it is to become mentally unbalanced while constantly living inside these kinds of rabbit holes. I think that’s where some humans lose themselves. When every conversation, article, and theory starts feeding the same obsession, reality itself can slowly begin to feel distorted.

So I stepped back.

Reading the New UFO Files

Now here we are in 2026, with newly released UAP files and government documents surrounding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. When I first heard about the release, I was genuinely excited. I expected myself to spend hours digging through every page looking for hidden details or shocking revelations.

Instead, something unexpected happened.

As I clicked through the Pentagon UFO files and newly released UAP documents, I slowly became uninterested.

A lot of the files felt repetitive, heavily redacted, or historically distant. Some of them dated all the way back to the 1940s, and after a while, the experience started feeling less like uncovering the truth and more like endlessly sorting through fragments that never fully connected.

At one point, I even started feeding documents into ChatGPT just to summarize them because my brain was getting exhausted trying to process everything myself. After a couple of hours, I stopped completely.

Then I did what most humans do now: I searched online to see what everyone else thought.

Some people were excited. Others felt underwhelmed. I found myself landing somewhere in the middle.

Making Peace With the Unknown

The truth is, I already believe extraterrestrial life exists. At this point in my life, I’m not really looking for another blurry document or another unexplained story to convince me. Unless something undeniable happens on a global scale, I don’t feel emotionally pulled into the subject the way I once did.

And honestly, I think there are things happening in our current reality that deserve our full attention right now.

That doesn’t mean I think this topic is meaningless. Far from it.

I still believe humanity is moving toward some kind of major shift in awareness, and I do think these releases are part of something larger unfolding over time. But I’ve also become more skeptical about how much truth governments will ever fully reveal, especially when subjects become tied to national security, power, or public stability.

So how do I feel about this first wave of new UFO files being released to the public?

Honestly, I feel okay about it.

Not disappointed. Not amazed. Just aware that this release wasn’t really for someone like me.

This feels more like an entry point for humans who still completely dismiss the possibility of extraterrestrial life altogether. For others like myself who have spent years reading, researching, and questioning, the emotional impact feels much smaller than expected.

Maybe that’s the strangest part of all.

I spent years thinking disclosure would change everything, only to realize that somewhere along the way, I had already made peace with the unknown.

Until next time, happy reading.

If you are interested in reading the files for yourself, the website is here-war.gov