The Pentagon reportedly began its Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program in an early form in 2007. It also brought new legitimacy and definition to an area of research that for decades was defined by speculation - and stereotypes of UFO enthusiasts running around in tinfoil hats. In 2017, news of the existence of a secretive Pentagon program that was established to examine sightings of unexplained aircraft and phenomena ignited public interest. Interest in the idea that alien beings might be visiting Earth from off-planet has skyrocketed in recent years, particularly after the Pentagon verified that several videos showing what look to be objects moving at incredible speeds and with remarkable agility had indeed come from official U.S. One of the report's only substantial conclusions is that the craft encountered by the military - objects that showed unusual flight capabilities - were not created by classified programs run by the U.S. Intelligence officials: The airborne vehicles weren't made by the U.S. official confirmed to NPR that details in the newspaper's story are accurate. The report's release is still pending after The New York Times first reported news of its findings Thursday night, a senior U.S. Navy planes and other records say the evidence doesn't point to alien technology - but they also say they can't explain the unusual phenomena. officials and analysts who examined video footage from U.S. So far, it looks like the answers in the report will leave UFO spotters and conspiracy theorists unsatisfied. government's new report on unexplained aerial phenomena - its preferred term for what many of us call unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. "There's a whole fleet of them," a naval aviator tells another, though only one indistinct object is shown.Īre we alone? Have alien spacecraft been buzzing across Earth's skies? Those are the questions being asked in the U.S. He said: "I want us to take it seriously and have a process to take it seriously.In an image from video footage from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it soars among the clouds, traveling against the wind. Senator Marco Rubio, who pushed for the establishment for the UAP Task Force, said this week he wants to make sure UFOs are not a threat to the US and urged the public not "laugh them off". The five month deadline elapses on in June, with some UFO lobbyists claiming it could be the “most profound moment in human history“. No outside the secretive wings of the US government currently knows for sure.Īnd as a tacked on addendum to a 5,500 page Covid relief bill passed in December, the the Director of National Intelligence’s office was ordered to compile a report on UFOs within 180 days.įormer intelligence director John Ratcliffe has hinted the report will be a big deal – and we now just over a month away from its release. However, it was replaced by the UAP Task Force in June 2020 after a vote by the US Senate Intelligence Committee.ĭefence chiefs have since confirmed a number of leaked UFO videos and photos which were submitted to the Task Force for investigation. The US also confirmed the existence of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) – a Pentagon programme set up to study UFOs before being disbanded in 2017. Perhaps the most striking was a video known as the “Tic Tac” – which showed an unidentified object being pursued by fighter planes. The debate is still open as to what the phenomena caught on film were – but it made clear to everyone, something is in the skies. Pentagon officials last year took the unprecedented step to release of trio of remarkable videos which showed US encounters with UFOs.
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