A senior cybersecurity official at one of America’s most secretive nuclear laboratories left behind files after his death that an insider has claimed reveal the US government has long been studying UFOs.
The documents, described as containing internal memos, scientific reports and images, were allegedly discovered among the belongings of the former head of cybersecurity at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
The lab, located in northern New Mexico, approximately 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, is linked to UFO lore primarily through its proximity to New Mexico’s ‘Nuclear Triangle’ and reported sightings of ‘green fireballs’ near atomic sites in the late 1940s.
After the official’s death, his son Johnny was sorting through personal effects when he reportedly stumbled upon files labeled with references to ‘atmospheric anomalies.’
The identities of the deceased staff member and his son are being withheld to protect their privacy and safety.
The discovery was later passed to investigative journalist Jeremy Corbell, who said the contents shocked even him. ‘This is a real scientific study at the classified level within our military of UFOs,’ he told the Daily Mail.
Corbell, who featured the details in his new documentary Sleeping Dog, set for release on May 12, claimed the material included records of high-level government meetings and scientific studies linked to UFO propulsion systems.
‘Los Alamos was always a place where there were elements of the study of the UFO phenomenon… these documents are 100 percent proof that Los Alamos was taking it very seriously,’ Corbell said.
A senior cybersecurity official at one of America’s most secretive nuclear laboratories died, leaving behind files that an insider claimed reveal classified UFO studies that were never intended to become public
The documents, described as containing internal memos, scientific reports and historic images, were allegedly discovered among the belongings of the former head of cybersecurity at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
The case is now drawing renewed attention to LANL, a laboratory long associated with nuclear weapons development and deep government secrecy.
As a premier nuclear research facility, LANL has been connected to Cold War atmospheric surveillance, classified aerial research and conspiracy theories regarding retrieved technology, including unverified worker claims of alien materials stored in hidden warehouses.
According to Corbell, the discovery began when the cybersecurity chief’s son began reviewing stored materials left behind after his father’s death.
‘This kid, after his dad passed away, starts going through and realizes, “oh, this is some heavy stuff,”‘ Corbell said.
In Corbell’s Sleeping Dog, a film by Michael Lazovsky, he receives a package from Johnny, bursting with files reportedly from LANL.
Johnny told Corbell on the phone that the files included ‘official documents from the lab that talk about meetings they had about atmospheric anomalies.’
‘There’s also some information in there about Russian sightings,’ Johnny can be heard saying to Corbell over the phone.
Corbell told the Daily Mail: ‘I mean, everything from original Polaroids of very studied UFO cases throughout history, to internal memos and documents of when they have meetings and they’re discussing this at a high-level government capacity.’
The lab, located in northern New Mexico, approximately 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, has a historical and ongoing connection to UFOs
A cylinder-shaped UFO from the files sent to Corbell
Corbell shared several pages with the Daily Mail showing what appeared to be mysterious saucer-like craft, crop circles etched across fields and a cylinder-shaped UFO.
There was also a document titled Illustrations and Photos by the Gulf Breeze Witness, which contains dozens of witness sketches and photographic enlargements depicting unidentified flying objects repeatedly seen over the coastal Florida town between 1987 and 1991.
The files pointed to a sustained pattern of sightings rather than isolated incidents.
Many witnesses described disc-shaped craft with rows of bright white lights, red and green flashing lights and visible ‘portholes,’ with some objects estimated to be 10 to 20 feet tall and up to 120 feet wide, hovering silently above homes, shorelines and wooded areas.
Several photographs attributed to key witness Ed Walters show glowing objects with overexposed white centers surrounded by red or blue-green halos.
Later images appear to show ejected material or protrusions from the craft, details that investigators highlighted as unusual visual characteristics.
Across multiple pages, the appendix documents repeated sightings of glowing red, white and yellow objects moving across the sky, sometimes leaving thick luminous trails or streaks, reinforcing claims from residents that the sightings occurred frequently and over several years.
There was also a document from 1987 titled Illustrations and Photos by the Gulf Breeze Witness, which contains dozens of witness sketches and photographic enlargements depicting unidentified flying objects repeatedly seen over the coastal Florida town between 1987 and 1991
Several photographs attributed to key witness Ed Walters show glowing objects with overexposed white centers surrounded by red or blue-green halos
Corbell claimed that some of the names listed in the documents were recognizable to him as scientists he had encountered during previous investigations.
‘I start noticing, I know some of the names. I know some of the scientists personally. They’ve never told me that they did these studies on UFOs,’ he said.
He further suggested that the material pointed to decades of government attention on unexplained aerial phenomena.
Los Alamos National Laboratory, located in New Mexico, played a central role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II and continues to support US national security and nuclear research programs.
The facility has long been associated with high-level classified work, making any claims of additional secret research particularly sensitive.
Corbell said he spent years verifying the authenticity of the materials before discussing them publicly, noting that intelligence agencies often attempt to identify or pressure sources connected to UFO-related investigations.
The files included several pictures of crop circles from undisclosed locations
The files were obtained by the son of a deceased lab cyber chief, who sent them to investigative journalist Jeremy Corbell, above
‘I’ve researched them down… I’ve gone to every single author that I could find that’s still alive, and I said, “Can you talk about this now?”‘ he said.
Despite his claims, Corbell acknowledged that the documents alone may not convince skeptics but insisted they confirm longstanding suspicions about government secrecy surrounding UFO programs.
‘There’s nothing I would say revelatory to me in these documents, but it’s confirmation that I’m on the right track,’ he said.
He also warned that whistleblowers connected to classified programs often fear retaliation, adding that some individuals have reported threats after speaking publicly.
‘There have been some situations that give everybody pause… whistleblowers have been squeezed,’ Corbell said.
The release of the material is expected to coincide with the upcoming documentary, which Corbell said aims to bring hidden information into public view and spark renewed debate over what governments may know about unidentified aerial phenomena.
For now, the claims remain controversial, but the alleged discovery of files linked to a senior Los Alamos official has added another chapter to the growing public fascination with UFO secrecy and national security.
