The U.S. Department of Defense has released a new report on UFOs (in the text, the term has been replaced with UAP—“Unidentified Aerial Phenomena”) that features intriguing statistics.
From May 2023 to June 2024, there were 757 new incidents reported: 708 in the air and 49 in space. The most common type of UAP observed were lights in the sky (65% of all incidents), followed by spheres or round-shaped phenomena (22%), while disc-shaped occurrences accounted for only 1%.
To clarify upfront: the Pentagon "has found no evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activities, or technologies." However, 49% of cases were resolved as they could be identified as terrestrial objects—70% of which were balloons, with the remainder being drones, birds, aircraft, or satellites (notably, SpaceX's Starlink is increasingly mentioned in the findings, which is expected given the continuous expansion of the constellation).
Another 243 cases from the total number of incidents were "recommended to be closed" after being reviewed by experts, while for the majority (444 cases), there was "insufficient data" to solve them, leading to their temporary archival.
This leaves 21 cases that are particularly intriguing observations, meriting thorough analysis. These potentially involve "breakthrough aerospace technologies operated by foreign (terrestrial) groups," and the Department of Defense plans to collaborate with intelligence and scientific partners for their investigation. One such case was observed by the crew of a commercial flight that nearly collided with a "cylindrical object" off the coast of New York.
The full report is available at this link.
Source: New Atlas
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