That lack of interest began to change in 2020 when the Pentagon officially released three videos taken from the cockpits of fighter jets showing unidentified objects moving in mysterious ways. There are thousands of unconfirmed UAP sightings by the public each year, but until recently there was no formal way for the U.S. The term also encourages greater scientific study and reflects the fact that many of these “objects” end up being strange atmospheric phenomenon or tricks of camera equipment. This change is partially to try to disassociate the term from science fiction aliens. government uses the phrase unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs. dates to the late 1940s and early 1950s, coinciding with the development of new technology like rockets and missiles. Unidentified flying object, or UFO for short, is the term that has historically been used to describe aircraft that aren’t easily identified or explained.
Navy released multiple videos of unidentified aerial phenomena, sparking interest in the public and government. However, as these recent episodes have shown, a UFO is far more likely to be human-made, rather than originating from some faraway place in the universe. government’s lack of knowledge about these objects.Īs a space policy expert, I’m often confronted with questions about UFOs and little green people. Other military officials later clarified that otherworldly origins aren’t a serious consideration, but the comment highlighted the U.S. When the media asked Glen VanHerck, the Air Force general responsible for overseeing North American airspace, about these events, he refused to rule out extraterrestrial forces at play. 4, 2023, shooting down of a Chinese balloon suspected of spying on the U.S., American fighter jets have shot down three additional objects in or near U.S.
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