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For a long time discussions around unidentified flying objects have been treated as tin foil hat conspiracy theories. But recently there seems to have been a shift so that the subject is being treated more seriously. The US military now refers to "unidentified aerial phenomena". UAP means the same thing as UFO but it's perhaps a way of distancing the topic from the previous dismissive treatment.
There seems to be data from reputable sources in different countries that shows objects moving at speeds and trajectories that our current technology is not capable of, and sometimes behaving as if they are under intelligent control. Barrack Obama joked about it but went on to say "there's footage and records of objects in the skies that we don't know exactly what they are".
It seems unlikely all the sightings can be explained by weather phenomenon, device malfunction or optical illusion. The implications of the other explanations are profound.
U.S. intelligence agencies are expected to deliver a report on “unidentified aerial phenomena” to Congress next month, sparking renewed interest and speculation into how the government has handled sightings of mysterious flying objects — and if there's any worldly explanation for them.
The unclassified report, compiled by the director of national intelligence and the secretary of defense, aims to make public what the Pentagon knows about unidentified flying objects and data analyzed from such encounters.
While UFOs have been part of American mythology for decades, this report is different. Legitimate debates over UFO sightings have gained traction in recent years after several leaked photos and videos from the U.S. Navy appeared to show mysterious flying objects in American airspace.
Last year, the Pentagon declassified three such videos captured by Navy pilots, intensifying speculation over the incidents, which have been confirmed by pilots who have observed them and even presidents who have been briefed on them.
UFOs are about to make their way to the U.S. Senate. Here's what to know.
Decades after flying saucers first captured Americans' imaginations, Navy videos that defy explanation have sparked legitimate inquiries — some of them from senators.
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There seems to be data from reputable sources in different countries that shows objects moving at speeds and trajectories that our current technology is not capable of, and sometimes behaving as if they are under intelligent control. Barrack Obama joked about it but went on to say "there's footage and records of objects in the skies that we don't know exactly what they are".
It seems unlikely all the sightings can be explained by weather phenomenon, device malfunction or optical illusion. The implications of the other explanations are profound.