A major US government report released Friday on UFOs said defense and intelligence analysts lack sufficient data to determine the nature of mysterious flying objects seen by military pilots, whether they are advanced earthly technologies, atmospheric or of a supernatural nature.
report submitted to Congress and released to the public, containing 144 observations officially referred to by the government as an “unknown aerial phenomenon”, or UAP, that date back to 2004. It was issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in conjunction with the US Navy-led UAP Task Force.
The report includes some UAP cases which were earlier pentagonVideo released from US Naval Aviators showing enigmatic aircraft from the US East and West Coast exhibiting greater speed and maneuverability than known aviation technologies and lacking any visible means of propulsion or flight-control surfaces.
Asked by a senior US official about the possibility of extraterrestrial explanations for the observations, he said: “This is not the purpose of the task force, to evaluate any sort of search for extraterrestrial life. … We were accused of doing it.”
“Out of the 144 reports we are working on, we have no clear indication that there is any non-terrestrial explanation for them – but we will go wherever the data goes,” the official said.
US officials told reporters on condition of anonymity that except for one of them, an instance attributed to “dislocation in the air” remains unexplained, subject to further analysis, during a briefing describing the report’s findings. told reporters.
Officials said that in the remaining 143 cases, the government is yet to decide whether the scenes could be of supernatural origin.
Similarly, the task force does not have enough evidence to conclude whether any of those incidents represent some foreign airborne system developed by the US government or commercial entity or foreign power, according to officials.
“In the data we have, we have no clear indication that any of these unidentified aerial phenomena are part of an alien (intelligence) collection program, and we have no clear data indicating a major technological advancement. A potential adversary,” said the senior official.
The official said, “We continue to put a lot of effort and energy into tracking this type of development, and we watch it very carefully. Nothing in this data set clearly points us in that direction.” ”
In recent years the government has adopted as its preferred term for what are otherwise known as “unidentified flying objects” or UFOs, long associated with the notion of alien spacecraft.
A second senior official said that 21 reports showed the UAP “having some sort of advanced propulsion or advanced technology,” and seemed to lack any means of propulsion or acceleration, and the United States believed that foreign opponents have speed.
The report was ordered by Congress as part of a wider intelligence law signed by the former president. Donald Trump In December. Senator Marco Rubio was instrumental in turning it around.
The report marks a turning point for the US government after decades spent by the military removing, debunking, and discrediting unidentified flying objects and “flying saucer” comments dating back to the 1940s.
“Whenever there is a flight safety or countermeasures concern, we take those things very seriously and we will continue to take those things very seriously,” the first senior official said.
“Our approach has been driven by science and data,” said another senior official.
In recent years several naval aviators have come forward to discuss their observations of the UAP with documentary filmmakers and news organizations including Reuters.
The first officer said, “What the task force has done so far has been to de-stigmatise the issue, ensuring that those who observe unknown things are comfortable reporting it and that It’s clear how they should report it.” “I think the DoD (Department of Defense) has made very significant progress in conveying that in recent months.”
This is not the first official US government report on the subject. for example, us Air Force A previous UFO investigation called Project Blue Book https://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/ufos#geninfo, which ended in 1969, produced a list of 12,618 sightings, of which 701 contained such items which remained officially “unknown”.
in 1994, Air Force announced that it had completed a study to locate records relating to the “Roswell Incident” of 1947 in New Mexico. It said the material recovered near Roswell was consistent with a crashed balloon, a long-standing interpretation of the military, and that no record indicated that there had been a recovery of foreign bodies or extraterrestrial material.
report submitted to Congress and released to the public, containing 144 observations officially referred to by the government as an “unknown aerial phenomenon”, or UAP, that date back to 2004. It was issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in conjunction with the US Navy-led UAP Task Force.
The report includes some UAP cases which were earlier pentagonVideo released from US Naval Aviators showing enigmatic aircraft from the US East and West Coast exhibiting greater speed and maneuverability than known aviation technologies and lacking any visible means of propulsion or flight-control surfaces.
Asked by a senior US official about the possibility of extraterrestrial explanations for the observations, he said: “This is not the purpose of the task force, to evaluate any sort of search for extraterrestrial life. … We were accused of doing it.”
“Out of the 144 reports we are working on, we have no clear indication that there is any non-terrestrial explanation for them – but we will go wherever the data goes,” the official said.
US officials told reporters on condition of anonymity that except for one of them, an instance attributed to “dislocation in the air” remains unexplained, subject to further analysis, during a briefing describing the report’s findings. told reporters.
Officials said that in the remaining 143 cases, the government is yet to decide whether the scenes could be of supernatural origin.
Similarly, the task force does not have enough evidence to conclude whether any of those incidents represent some foreign airborne system developed by the US government or commercial entity or foreign power, according to officials.
“In the data we have, we have no clear indication that any of these unidentified aerial phenomena are part of an alien (intelligence) collection program, and we have no clear data indicating a major technological advancement. A potential adversary,” said the senior official.
The official said, “We continue to put a lot of effort and energy into tracking this type of development, and we watch it very carefully. Nothing in this data set clearly points us in that direction.” ”
In recent years the government has adopted as its preferred term for what are otherwise known as “unidentified flying objects” or UFOs, long associated with the notion of alien spacecraft.
A second senior official said that 21 reports showed the UAP “having some sort of advanced propulsion or advanced technology,” and seemed to lack any means of propulsion or acceleration, and the United States believed that foreign opponents have speed.
The report was ordered by Congress as part of a wider intelligence law signed by the former president. Donald Trump In December. Senator Marco Rubio was instrumental in turning it around.
The report marks a turning point for the US government after decades spent by the military removing, debunking, and discrediting unidentified flying objects and “flying saucer” comments dating back to the 1940s.
“Whenever there is a flight safety or countermeasures concern, we take those things very seriously and we will continue to take those things very seriously,” the first senior official said.
“Our approach has been driven by science and data,” said another senior official.
In recent years several naval aviators have come forward to discuss their observations of the UAP with documentary filmmakers and news organizations including Reuters.
The first officer said, “What the task force has done so far has been to de-stigmatise the issue, ensuring that those who observe unknown things are comfortable reporting it and that It’s clear how they should report it.” “I think the DoD (Department of Defense) has made very significant progress in conveying that in recent months.”
This is not the first official US government report on the subject. for example, us Air Force A previous UFO investigation called Project Blue Book https://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/ufos#geninfo, which ended in 1969, produced a list of 12,618 sightings, of which 701 contained such items which remained officially “unknown”.
in 1994, Air Force announced that it had completed a study to locate records relating to the “Roswell Incident” of 1947 in New Mexico. It said the material recovered near Roswell was consistent with a crashed balloon, a long-standing interpretation of the military, and that no record indicated that there had been a recovery of foreign bodies or extraterrestrial material.
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