() –– The Pentagon received hundreds of reports of new UFO sightings, including “several particularly interesting cases,” according to the director of the office that investigates these reports, but reiterated that it found no evidence of extraterrestrial activity.
The Pentagon, in collaboration with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and other government agencies, has received a total of 1,652 reports to date, according to the recently published annual reportamong which there are 757 new reports from May 2023 to June 2024. The growing number of new sightings represents an expanding effort by the US Government to catalog, track and investigate what are officially called non-anomalous phenomena. identified, or UAP, especially since several of the sightings occur near military bases and national security facilities.
“Reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena, particularly near national security sites, should be treated seriously and investigated with scientific rigor by the United States Government,” said Jon Kosloski, director of the US Anomaly Resolution Office. Domains (AARO).
The UAP issue generated enormous public attention, fueled in part by its inextricable link to UFO sightings and conspiracy theories that the US government is hiding evidence of extraterrestrials.
“It is also important to emphasize that, to date, AARO has not discovered any verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology,” Kosloski said. “None of the cases resolved by AARO have pointed to advanced capabilities or innovative technologies.”
Of the new reports AARO received, about 50 have already been filed as everyday objects, such as balloons, birds or drones, according to the annual report, while another 243 cases of apparently common objects are pending final review. A total of 444 new reports were filed in an active case file due to lack of data or evidence that would allow investigators to determine their origin.
None of these closed cases were the result of foreign adversaries or a breakthrough in advanced technologies, AARO stated in its report.
But the remaining 21 cases have not yet been plausibly explained, so additional data and analysis are required. Kosloski said some of them were “interesting cases that I – because of my background in physics and engineering and my time in the intelligence community – don’t understand, and I don’t know anyone else who understands them either.”
Kosloski said the cases, which occurred primarily over the past 18 months, consisted of different shapes, including “orbs, cylinders (and) triangles.” One of these cases occurred “over an extended period of time” with the possibility of “several things happening,” such as the drones becoming confused with UAP activity.
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