Most UFO reports likely to be 'ordinary,' government says, as investigation continues

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Most of the hundreds of UFO reports that the Pentagon has been investigating will likely be explained by 'ordinary phenomena,' according to a new review of the incidents

The Pentagon and the U.S. intelligence community believe that as better data becomes available, the "unidentified and purported anomalous nature"The number of accounts of unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs -- which is the official name now used for what were known as UFOs -- has grown to 801, with an increase of 291 additional reports from Aug. 31,2022, to April 30 of this year, according to the new government review.

The first-ever unclassified U.S. intelligence report on UAPs was released in June 2021, also due to congressional legislation, and detailed 144 incidents -- only one of which could be explained. "These gaps are the direct result of insufficient data secured by radar, electro-optical /infrared sensors, the presence of sensor artifacts, such as IR flare; and optical effects such as parallax, that can cause observational misperceptions," the report states.

The report also plays down the potential aerial dangers that could be posed by UAPs by noting that the AARO had received no reports during the collection period that suggested that "UAP maneuvered to an unsafe proximity to civil or military aircraft, positioned themselves in flight paths, or otherwise posed a direct threat to flight safety of the observing aircraft."

 

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