American intelligence agencies have spent years studying videos of hundreds of UFO sightings, and alas, they have found that they do not belong to extraterrestrial beings.
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 17: U.S. Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray explains a video of an unidentified aerial phenomena, as he testifies before a House Intelligence Committee subcommittee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on May 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. The committee met to investigate Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, commonly referred to as Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs)
Chinese Surveillance Drones
The New York Times cited anonymous US Department of Defense (DoD) officials who claimed that recent sightings of UFOs, or unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), are likely to be foreign surveillance operations or airborne clutter.
According to the unnamed sources, several UAP events have been officially linked to "relatively ordinary" Chinese surveillance drones. The DoD officials also alleged that China is curious about how the US trains its pilots and has, in the past, stolen blueprints for sophisticated American fighter planes.
Other UAP sightings reported by military aircraft that depict flying objects moving in ways that defy physics are probably the result of optical illusions, as noted by Space.com's report.
This includes the notorious "GOFAST" film, which was captured by a US Navy aircraft and made public in 2018. The government eventually declassified the footage, as well as two other leaked films of military interactions with UAPs.
The new study adds fresh information to cases that were previously covered in a document made public in June 2021 and included 144 alleged UAP occurrences that were claimed to be reported by US government employees between 2004 and 2021.
The 2021 study noted that the majority of purported UAP encounters could not be satisfactorily explained due to a shortage of high-quality data.
The paper does provide several broad explanations for UAP, including technologies used by China, Russia, another country, or a non-governmental organization, as well as "airborne clutter" like birds and weather balloons.
UAP Data
According to Sue Gough, a DoD spokesperson, the administration was committed to disclosing any UAP data it could without jeopardizing national security. Government representatives also avoid discussing UAP instances in public since there isn't enough evidence to explain them definitively, Gough noted.
"In many cases, observed phenomena are classified as 'unidentified' simply because sensors were not able to collect enough information to make a positive attribution," Gough said in a statement with The Times.
"We are working to mitigate these shortfalls for the future and to ensure we have sufficient data for our analysis."
NASA has also established an independent UAP study team, which will work from October 2022 through the middle of 2023 as the DoD conducts its probe of UAP sightings.
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Written by Joaquin Victor Tacla
