The hearing on what the U.S. government officially calls 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomena' (UAP) comes after years of unexplained sightings, primarily by U.S. military personnel, of flying objects, which often had no 'discernable' propulsion systems and unusual 'movement patterns.'
earlier this year – said the government recorded 144 reports from 2004 to 2021, including 80 that"involved observation with multiple sensors." The report also included information on"common shapes" of the UAPs, although the entire sections on the shapes are redacted. . The House Committee on Science and Astronautics, led by Chairman Rep. Edward Roush, D-Ind., held one hearing on the matter in 1968. Around that time, then-Rep. Gerald Ford, R-Mich.
The government has said that UAP"probably lack a single explanation." Neither classified nor unclassified reports from the government so far rule out space aliens. But other possible explanations are"airborne clutter" like birds and balloons,"natural atmospheric phenomena," like ice crystals, highly classified U.S. government programs, or"foreign adversary systems" from Russia, China or other countries.
Sadler further added that even if UAPs don't belong to a hostile power, there's a risk for military personnel, especially pilots, if they cannot detect UAPs or don't know how to react to them. In 2021 a group of bipartisan Senators introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act calling for a new government office as a"central repository" for UFO information and their threat to the U.S. It would be a collaborative effort between the Defense Department and the Director of National Intelligence.
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