In the United States, an intelligence report put the Joe Biden government on alert for an increase in UFO sightings.
According to that report, there were
more than 500 appearances of unidentified flying objects
in the last two years, which represents a rise compared to previous records.
"Danger"
and
"threat"
are two words appearing in official reactions after the latest report on a controversial issue was released.
Since June 2021, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has received 247 reports from the US military of encounters with unidentified objects or aerial phenomena.
In addition, there were another 119 sightings of this type, prior to 2021, that were not reported at the time.
In this way, in total the authorities became aware of
510 UFO sightings
, the document said.
Most come from Navy and Air Force pilots.
A UFO is seen in an image released by the Pentagon.
Most are from recognized items, but some escape categorization.
AFP photo, US Defense, file
What is the rise in UFO sightings about?
The Pentagon opened the
Anomaly Resolution Office
(AARO) last year, which is exclusively dedicated to receiving and analyzing all these reports of "unidentified anomalous phenomena" that endanger security. national.
Half of the items sighted in the latest report, prepared after years of pressure from Congress, have "ordinary" characteristics, according to the Pentagon's classification.
Nearly 200 were attributed to balloons, drones or so-called air clutter or litter, which includes birds, weather phenomena and airborne plastic bags.
Others , however,
lack explanation
, according to the document, an unreserved version of a report delivered to Congress.
The Pentagon is trying to advance data transparency on UFO encounters to end the taboo.
Photo UAPTF
US Defense is concerned that some of these objects detected by military pilots in the past may represent technologies from strategic rivals unknown to US scientists.
Geopolitics, "threat" and "danger" in the air, the concerns of the United States
"UAPs (by UFOs) continue to pose a danger to flight safety and pose a potential
threat of (intelligence) collection by adversaries
," said the report, which investigates possible meddling by rival powers.
"Some of these UAPs (...) appear to have demonstrated unusual flight characteristics or performance capabilities, and require further analysis," he notes.
In 2020, the Pentagon released a video taken by Navy pilots of objects moving at incredible speeds, spinning and mysteriously disappearing, something still unexplained."We take reports of incursions into our designated space, land, sea or space seriously. and we look at each one," Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said in a statement.
Patrick Ryder, spokesman for the Pentagon, explained the details of the latest report on UFOs in the United States.
AP Photo
In addition, he stressed that the "security" of personnel and the "protection of United States operations" are "primary" for the Government.
This new report comes less than a month after the Pentagon reported that it discovered no signs of alien life in the military's encounters with unidentified objects or aerial phenomena.
The progress in the publication of data of this type, say the authorities, helps to end the stigma of filing a report and to emphasize that the objects could represent a threat contributed to the increase in sightings.
With information from agencies
DB
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