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Roughly speaking, the number of reports increases from 1990 to the mid 2000s then stays constant for a bit. There's a big spike in reports around 2011 to 2015 and another spike from 2019 to 2020. One caveat is that we have to consider both what factors will lead to more UFOs in the sky but also what factors will lead to more people submitting ...
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- Also know as UAP's (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena).
- A dramatic upsurge in sightings
- Images from NASA's Cassini Probe
By Anthony Wood
Updated: Jun 20, 2023 12:50 am
Posted: Jan 20, 2023 12:19 am
The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has released its long-awaited report detailing official sightings of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs). Many of the phenomena continue to defy explanation, and have been described as exhibiting “unusual flight characteristics or performance capabilities”.
According to the report, UAP reporting is "increasing," which is "enabling a greater awareness of the airspace and an increased opportunity to resolve UAP events." As of August 2022 there have been 510 UAP reports, though additional information is limited to the classified version of the report. It touts the establishment of the Department of Defense All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), which the U.S. government hopes will aid in resolving UAP sightings.
The Pentagon’s public attitude toward sightings of UFOs – now rebranded as UAPs – has shifted dramatically in recent years. Notably, in April 2020, the government made a surprise move to declassify three videos captured by instruments aboard U.S. Navy aircraft, which, having previously been leaked to the public in 2017, depicted encounters with fast-moving unknown objects.
As reported by Space.com, the 2022 report referenced the fact that many of the 144 UAPs detailed in the 2021 preliminary assessment remain unexplained, and characterized a further 366 phenomena that have been reported since by various government agencies and branches of the US military.
Of the 366 newly reported UAP incidents, 163 were characterised as being sightings of balloons or “balloon-like entities”. A further 26 were found to be “unmanned aircraft systems” (drones), and another 6 were attributed to pilots misidentifying airborne clutter, such as plastic bags.
Naturally, the report made no mention of alien visitors or spaceships from other worlds when referencing the unexplained sightings. Instead, the driving force behind the continued need to examine the phenomena was framed in the light of aerospace safety, and the understandable concern that the sightings could be linked to the intelligence gathering capabilities of foreign countries.
However, the report was careful to note that there have been no mid-air collisions with UAPs to this day, and that no pilot who had encountered such a phenomena had reported any health issues as a result of such a rendezvous.
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