The Pentagon will create a new office 'to facilitate the identification of previously unknown or unidentified airborne objects,' after one Defense official told lawmakers that UFO sightings are 'frequent.'
Alleged UFO sightings are"frequent," a Defense Department official told lawmakers during a hearing on Capitol Hill.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a highly anticipated assessment last June of 144 reports of UFOs originating from government sources between 2004 and 2021. It found that 80 were observed with multiple different sensors, and most reports described the UFOs as objects that interrupted preplanned military training or other military operations.
The number of alleged sightings that have been reported is now roughly around 400, the officials told the committee.
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