Air Force conducted a previous investigation called Project Blue Book, ended in 1969, that compiled a list of 12,618 sightings, 701 of which involved objects that officially remained "unidentified." Mick West, a UFO skeptic and researcher, said the "report points largely at boring explanations, even including birds and balloons, and identified some areas where we need to improve our data gathering." "This report is an important first step in cataloging these incidents, but it is just a first step."Īfter the report's release, the Pentagon announced plans to "formalize" its UAP investigation mission currently handled by the task force. "For years, the men and women we trust to defend our country reported encounters with unidentified aircraft that had superior capabilities, and for years their concerns were often ignored and ridiculed," Rubio said. Senator Marco Rubio was instrumental in commissioning the report, ordered by Congress six months ago as part of broader intelligence legislation. The government in recent years has adopted UAP as its term for what commonly are known as "unidentified flying objects," or UFOs, long associated with the notion of alien spacecraft. The senior official said the findings did not provide any "clear indications" that the UAP are part of a foreign intelligence-collection program or a major technological advancement by a potential adversary. government or American industry developmental programs, foreign adversary systems and a catch-all "other" category. The report established five potential explanatory categories: airborne clutter, natural atmospheric phenomena, U.S. The task force focused on phenomena witnessed first-hand by military aviators, with 80 reports involving detection by multiple sensors, the report said. The study documented 11 UAP near-misses reported by pilots and a small number of cases in which military aircraft "processed radio frequency energy associated with UAP sightings." Most reports also described objects that interrupted training or other U.S. The Pentagon building is seen in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. "Of the 144 reports we are dealing with here, we have no clear indications that there is any non-terrestrial explanation for them - but we will go wherever the data takes us," the senior official added. That's not what we were charged with doing." The report's language avoided explicit mentions of such possibilities.Īsked about potential alien explanations, one of the officials said: "That's not the purpose of the task force, to evaluate any sort of search for extraterrestrial life. officials told reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity. In some observations, UAP appeared to exhibit "unusual patterns or flight characteristics," but those may stem from sensor glitches or witness misperceptions and "require additional rigorous analysis," the report said.Īnalysts have yet to rule out an extraterrestrial origin, senior U.S.
government or commercial entity, or by a foreign power such as China or Russia.
For the other 143 cases, the report found that too little data exists to conclude whether they represent some exotic aerial system developed either by a U.S. East and West Coasts exhibiting speed and maneuverability exceeding known aviation technologies and lacking any visible means of propulsion or flight-control surfaces.Īll but one of the listed sightings - an instance attributed to a large, deflating balloon - remain unexplained, subject to further analysis, the report said. The report includes some UAP cases that previously came to light in the Pentagon's release of video from naval aviators showing enigmatic aircraft off the U.S. government after the military spent decades deflecting, debunking and discrediting observations of unidentified flying objects and "flying saucers" dating back to the 1940s. The report marked a turning point for the U.S.
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