Alien hunters will be left disappointed after US government report ‘makes no definitive finding about UFO sightings’
The US government cannot give a definitive explanation of aerial phenomena spotted by military pilots – but has found no evidence they are linked to aliens, according to a leaded intelligence report.
The report due to go to the US Congress later this month examines multiple unexplained sightings from recent years that in some cases have been captured on video of pilots ex claiming about objects flying in front of them.
Two people briefed on the report said it found no proof of an extra-terrestrial link and does not rule out that what pilots have seen may be new technologies developed by other countries. One of the officials said there is no indication that the unexplained phenomena are from secret US programmes. Congress in December required the director of national intelligence to summarise and report on the US government's knowledge of unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPS – better known to the public as unidentified flying objects or UFOS.
The effort has included officials on a defence department UAP task force established last year. The expected public release of an unclassified version of the report this month will amount to a status report, not the final word, according to one official.
A Pentagon spokeswoman, Sue Gough, declined to comment on news reports about the intelligence report. she said the pen tag on' suap task force is "actively working with the office of the director of national intel li gence(d ni) on the report, and DNI will provide the findings to Congress".
The Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency have for decades looked into reports of aircraft or other objects in the sky flying at inexplicable speeds or trajectories.
The US government takes unidentified aerial phenomena seriously given the potential national security risk of an adversary flying novel technology over sensitive sites, or the prospect of rivals exceeding current US capabilities.
It is also seen by the US military as a security and safety issue, given that in many cases the pilots who reported seeing unexplained aerial phenomena were conducting combat training flights.
The report's lack of firm conclusions is likely to disappoint people, given many americans' fascination with UFOS.