there's 2 way that release can go.
DEWs are definitely out there. SHIVAstar etc and that was the 90s
Pentagon being C_A is suspect. They may have released this information with convenient boogeymen to take the heat off antifa.
BUT we've had the space force for some time now so it could be an honest public disclosure: shedding light on some darkness.
the MIC being what it is though this sounds like a fear tactic