The government has vowed to bring the conversation around odd aircraft to light after several videos captured by Navy pilots leaked online.
The report was prepared by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Pentagon’s UAP Task Force, and listed a total of 144 incidents that took place between the years 2004 to 2021. UAPs could fall into one of five categories, according to the report. The categories are airborne clutter , natural atmospheric phenomenon, U.S. industry developmental programs, foreign adversary systems , and finally an “other” category for unexplained phenomenon.
Although most of the report was inconclusive, it seemingly encouraged more pilots and military personnel to come forward with their own reports of UAP sightings. “Since the release of that preliminary report, the UAP Task Force database has now grown to contain approximately 400 reports,” Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray said during the hearing. “The stigma has been reduced.
On the other hand, Bray showed the subcommittee another video of a spherical shaped object that quickly whizzes by the cockpit of an aircraft . “I do not have an explanation for what this specific object is,” he said.Bray blamed “limited amount of high quality data and reporting,” for hampering their ability to identify these objects.
“Our main objective was to transition UAP efforts from an anecdotal or narrative based approach to a rigorous science and technology engineering focused study,” Bray said at the hearing. “The message is now clear, if you see something you need to report it.”
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