A former intelligence officer-turned-whistleblower and two pilots testified before Congress about the strange, seemingly inexplicable objects.
While tantalizing videos of seemingly inexplicable objects attract the most attention, the military has said that most UAP reports turn out to have innocuous explanations. In 2021, Congress ordered the Pentagon to establish an office in coordination with the intelligence community to investigate the incidents, which it did last year.
"While a large number of cases in our holdings remain technically unresolved, this is primarily due to a lack of data associated with these cases," he said."Without sufficient data, we are unable to reach defendable conclusions that meet the high scientific standards we set for resolution, and I will not close a case that we cannot defend the conclusions of.
The term"unidentified aerial phenomena" has been in use among UFO researchers for years. A review of news archives shows the term was first used in the press in 1987, when outlets covered an"International Symposium on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena," a gathering of self-described UFOlogists marking the 40-year anniversary of the Roswell incident.
Last year, NASA convened a 16-member panel of prominent experts to examine the government's data-collection efforts. It held itsin May and is set to issue a report on its findings soon. At the meeting, the group said there was"absolutely no convincing evidence" of extraterrestrial activity in any sightings to date, but did not dismiss the possibility out of hand.
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