This Tuesday, May 17, the House Subcommittee on Counterintelligence, Counterterrorism, and Nonproliferation held the first-ever public hearing on Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in 50 years. , when the world was in the midst of the Cold War. Two senior US officials, Ronald Moultrie and Scott Bray, explained that sightings of such objects were on the rise.
UFOs are classified into five categories
Last year, the Pentagon’s UAP Task Force (a task force specializing in UFO sightings) released an extensive report. This counted a total of 144 incidents that occurred between the years 2004 and 2021. Each observation could be classified into one of these five categories: “ clutter aerial (balloons, birds, and other such flying objects), natural atmospheric phenomenon, US industry development programs, foreign adversary systems (China and Russia being cited as potential sources), and finally, a category ” other for unexplained phenomena, explains Gizmodo.
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Of the 144 incidents, only one was formally identified and categorized as aerial clutter, as it was a large deflating balloon. The remaining 143 sightings remained unexplained. If this report did not really help to elucidate the mystery, it had the merit of pushing members of the army to testify more. ” Since the publication of this preliminary report, the database of the UAP working group has been enriched with approximately 400 observations. said Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray.
The working group only accepts testimonies from members of the military; those of civilians are not collected.
Objective: collect as much data as possible on UFOs
UFOs usually involve a flying object whose maneuvers seem to defy the laws of physics, with no apparent visible means of propulsion, for example. Since the publication of the Pentagon report, the American government has changed its tune regarding these phenomena, after decades spent deflecting, demystifying and discrediting their observations, in particular through the word ” flying saucers “.
” Our goal is to eliminate stigma by engaging our operators and mission staff in a standardized data collection process said Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Ronald Moultrie during the hearing. “ We believe that making the UAP (Editor’s note: Unidentified aerial phenomenon) report a mission imperative will be key to the success of this effort. “, he continued.
” UFOs are unexplained, true, but they are real. They must be investigated and the many threats they pose must be mitigated. said Andre Carson, chairman of the House of Representatives Counterintelligence, Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation Subcommittee.
From now on, the government is determined to understand the origin of these phenomena, especially since they can pose a danger to the security of the country. For the time being, they are not closed to any hypothesis, and above all want to multiply their efforts in order to obtain as much information as possible about them.
A potential threat to national security
During the hearing, the video of a UFO, filmed by a pilot, was unveiled. A shiny, spherical object can be seen passing in front of the cockpit window of the military aircraft. This observation remains unexplained.
Here, the phenomenon is visible around 46:40:
For the time being, however, the Pentagon is cautious and ensures that its work is above all to ” detect, analyze and catalog UFOs that could potentially pose a threat to the national security of the United States », This implies, for example, potential spy vehicles from Russia or China.
They thus hope that thanks to this hearing, the testimonies will be even more numerous in order to achieve a better understanding of these phenomena. ” Our primary goal was to move our efforts from an anecdotal or storytelling approach to rigorous study focused on science and technology engineering. The message is now clear, if you see something, you must report it concludes Scott Bray.