UFO sightings: All you need to know about the phenomenon and Pentagon report

Unidentified Flying Objects, or simply UFOs, are likely to be one of the topics discussed in hushed voices in the US governments and have always been taken with a grain of salt. A recent report released by The New York Times, which quoted the Pentagon, said there is no evidence about the recent sightings recorded by US armed forces officials being related to aliens. 

A detailed report from the Pentagon is expected to be released later this month, lets find out why everyone is talking about this.

What does the government say?

Multiple US government officials, including former Presidents, have spoken up about the previously tabooed topic. Former director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan said in a podcast that the phenomenons continue to be beyond their explanations. Former US President Barack Obama also hinted with his statements on ‘The Late Late Show With James Corden’. He said the government still does not know what some of the “objects in the skies are”, reported New York Times.

Are the sighting claims verified?

Even though there is no evidence that suggests the sightings have any relation to extraterrestrial beings, some of these have officially been addressed and confirmed by the Pentagon, New York Times reported.

In 2004, an oval-shaped aircraft was spotted by two US Navy fighter jets, which later sped away from them. The videos were later officially released by the Pentagon in 2019. Moreover, the department has also set up an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, which is currently investigating other such videos taken by armed forces personnel.

What is in the report?

The report is likely to highlight any possible threats to the country’s national security and defense that could be related to such sightings of unexplained objects. Moreover, all the relevant data collected and held by the department’s young task force and other federal bodies is likely to be explained with detailed analysis, according to New York Times.

So far almost all government-issued statements and records suggest only one thing, that no clear explanation is available for various sightings. New York Times reported a vast majority of more than 120 such incidents were not caused by the US armed forces.