WATCH LIVE: A House panel is holding a public hearing on 'unidentified aerial phenomena,' popularly known as UFOs, a high-profile moment for a controversial topic that has long been relegated to the fringes of public policy.
WASHINGTON -- A House panel is holding a public hearing on Tuesday on"unidentified aerial phenomena," popularly known as UFOs, a high-profile moment for a controversial topic that has long been relegated to the fringes of public policy., has been convened by the House Intelligence Committee's Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation subcommittee, a panel chaired by Democratic Rep. André Carson of Indiana.
on mysterious flying objects that have been seen moving through restricted military airspace over the last several decades. The report examined 144 reports of what the government terms"unidentified aerial phenomenon" -- only one of which investigators were able to explain by the end of the study. Investigators found no evidence that the sightings represented either extraterrestrial life or a major technological advancement by a foreign adversary like Russia or China, but acknowledge that is a possible explanation.
For lawmakers and intelligence and military personnel working on unexplained aerial phenomena, the bigger concern with the episodes is not that alien life is visiting Earth, but rather that a foreign adversary like Russia or China might be fielding some kind of next-generation technology in American airspace that the United States doesn't know about.
In November 2021, the Department of Defense announced the creation of the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group.
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