The Pentagon is tracking some 650 instances of UFO sightings, but the lead researcher says the U.S. has uncovered no evidence of extraterrestrial activity.
Kirkpatrick was quick to clarify to lawmakers that his office has not discovered any evidence of alien activity, and such is not a focus of his office.
"Only a very small percentage of [unidentified aerial phenomena] reports display signatures that could reasonably be described as anomalous," he continued."The majority of unidentified objects reported to AARO demonstrated mundane characteristics of balloons, clutter, natural phenomena or other readily explainable sources."Instead of aliens, Kirkpatrick more often considers whether an unidentified aerial phenomena might belong to an adversary like Russia or China.
"Of the cases that are showing some sort of advanced technical signature … I am concerned about what that nexus is," Kirkpatrick said after he was asked about Russia and China's capabilities to attack and surveil U.S. interests."I have indicators that some are related to foreign capabilities. We have to investigate that with our [intelligence community] partners," he added.
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