The first public congressional hearing into unidentified flying objects sightings in the US in over 50 years ended with few answers, but the intelligence officials?admitted to receiving regular reports of UFO sightings.
A naval intelligence officer told members of a Congressional intelligence committee on Tuesday that UFO sightings are ¡°frequent and continuous".?
During the congressional meeting,?two videos were played with believed?UFO?sightings. There are now close to 400 reports from military personnel of possible encounters with UFOs - a significant increase from the 144 reported last year, CBS News reported.?
In his opening statements before the committee,?Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray stated that UFO sightings have been common on military ranges since the 2000s. The sightings of UFOs are also called Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) in official reports.?
¡°It¡¯s clear that many of the sightings are physical objects, based on the data that we have,¡± Bray affirmed at Tuesday¡¯s hearing.??
Most of these sightings fall into one of five categories, he says -? airborne clutter, national atmospheric phenomena, US industry development programs, foreign adversaries, or 'other'.?
Meanwhile, US Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Ronald Moultrie, added: "We have very fleeting data on these objects."
Also in the meeting, videos were shown to demonstrate the difficulties in displaying and identifying objects. One of the clips appeared to show green triangles flying over a US warship and a second video showed a similar incident.??
Another clip taken from a US Navy warplane's cockpit showed a 'spherical' silver object flying in the sky in a very brief piece of footage. Bray confirmed to the committee meeting that the object is still unexplained.??
Bray also admitted that there have been 11 near misses with unidentified objects, but currently no collisions. He added the US hasn't attempted communication with or fired any weapons at the objects.??
The meeting also heard how records now indicate there have been 400 unexplained sightings, which is an increase from the 144 recorded in last year's Pentagon report.??
Moultrie explained: "We know that our service members have encountered unidentified aerial phenomena, and because UAP poses potential flight safety and general security risks, we are committed to a focused effort to determine their origins."??
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