The Defense Department wants to remove any shame in reporting suspected UFOs, reasoning that public sightings could represent national security threats, such as enemy drones or dangerous debris.Įarlier: UFO Sightings Aren’t for ‘Kooks’ Anymore, Lawmaker SaysĮven so, Pentagon officials have said they haven’t found any evidence yet that aliens are responsible for the reported sightings, which are being analyzed. The House Intelligence Committee in May held the first congressional hearing since the 1960s into unidentified flying objects. The intelligence community also assesses “that the observed increase in the UAP reporting rate is partially due to a better understanding of the possible threats that UAP may represent, either as safety of flight hazards or as potential adversary collection platforms, and partially due to reduced stigma surrounding UAP reporting,” the report said.ĭeputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray explains a video of unidentified aerial phenomena, as he testifies before a House Intelligence Committee subcommittee hearing in May 2022. “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) reporting is increasing, enabling a greater awareness of the airspace and increased opportunity to resolve UAP events,” the 2022 report to Congress said. The reports come after Congress and government agencies have started to dedicate more resources and studies to UFOs, after years of skepticism. In an unclassified report released Thursday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said it’s aware of 510 reports of unidentified aerial phenomena-366 more compared to the office’s first unclassified assessment in 2021. ET: This article has been updated to reflect the new time of the hearing.The US government has been looking into hundreds of reports of unidentified aerial phenomena, popularly known as UFOs, as broad public interest has grown and the stigma attached to reporting incidents has thawed. "It's been sort of ad hoc in the past, in terms of a pilot here and a pilot there seeing something and the reporting procedures haven't been consistent," he added. He said he "didn't want to get ahead" of the meeting but added: "We are absolutely committed to being as transparent as we can with the American people and with members of Congress about our perspectives on this and what we're going to try to do to make sure we have a better process for identifying these phenomena, analyzing that information in a more proactive, coordinated way than it's been done in the past, and that we also are doing what we need to do to mitigate any safety issues as many of these phenomena have been sighted in training ranges and in training environments."Īsked whether he was concerned that UAPs might be a foreign adversary, Kirby replied: "We don't have a view on that," but he stressed that better reporting processes were being put in place to help collect information. John Kirby, Pentagon press secretary, was asked about the meeting during a press briefing on May 10. The hearing will include testimony from two defense officials: Ronald Moultrie, under secretary of defense for intelligence and security, and Scott Bray, deputy director of naval intelligence, according to The New York Times. Government Release UFO Videos Amid Changing Attitudes
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