The US parliament is today holding a public hearing on UFOs for the first time in more than half a century. The hearing was prompted by a government report published in June, in which various “unidentified aerial phenomena” – also known as UAPs – were reported. It concerns 144 UAPs that were sighted between 2004 and 2021, including by pilots of the US Navy.
The report makes no mention of possible “alien spacecraft,” but emphasizes potential implications of UAPs for U.S. national and aviation security, and states that there are several possible explanations, such as airborne debris or natural atmospheric phenomena, but also foreign hostile systems or “other” reasons In 18 incidents, observers reported UAPs with unusual movement patterns that appeared to demonstrate “advanced technology” – possibly deployed by China, Russia or another nation or “non-governmental entity”.
However, the report did include some UAPs previously revealed in Pentagon-released video footage of puzzling objects in the sky that exhibited speed and maneuverability beyond known aviation technology and lacked visible propulsion devices or flight control surfaces.
The hearing will be held by the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence and Arms Control. Among the speakers are senior officials from the Ministry of Defense and representatives of the navy. “Americans need to learn more about these unexplained events,” said panel chair André Carson.
No suspicion of extraterrestrial origin
Two senior Pentagon officials said today that the Department of Defense is committed to explaining the origins of the UAPs. Scott Bray, Bray, deputy director of Navy intelligence, confirmed there have been some sightings that are as yet unexplained. In some cases there is insufficient data available on the observation, but there are also a handful of cases where more data is available, but where an analysis has not yet been able to determine exactly what it is all about. It then unexpectedly concerns “flight characteristics” or camouflage strategies, he said. However, there is currently no evidence that the UAPs are of extraterrestrial origin, Bray said.
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We are open to any hypotheses and conclusions we might come across. We want to know what’s out there as much as you do.
get rid of stigma
“We know our military has been dealing with unidentified aerial phenomena, and because UAPs pose potential flight safety and general security risks, we are making a focused effort to determine their origin,” said Ronald Moultrie, who serves as vice secretary for US Defense Intelligence and Security oversees the Pentagon’s new UAP investigation team.
Moultrie and Bray also said the Pentagon is committed to tackling the stigma associated with sightings of unexplained flying objects by encouraging pilots to report when they observe such phenomena.
Both Pentagon employees stated that they want to get to the bottom of the matter. “We are open to any hypotheses and conclusions we might come across,” said Moultrie, who acknowledged that he has been a lifelong science fiction enthusiast. “We want to know what’s out there as much as you do.”
Turning point
The report and hearing represent a turning point for the US government. For decades, it has repelled, debunked and discredited sightings of unidentified flying objects and “flying saucers” dating back to the 1940s.
It marks the first time in more than 50 years that a public hearing has been held on the subject in Congress. The last was in 1969, when the Air Force ended its Project Blue Book UFO program, which was unable to provide explanations for the phenomena.
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