Pentagon officials logged 510 reports of Unidentified Flying Objects [UFOs], many of which flying dangerously close to sensitive military airspace, including nuclear power facilities or nuclear storage areas. Nothing in the Pentagon report suggested the presence of extraterrestrials, something that surrounds reports of UFOs since the 1947 crash in Roswell, NM of a military balloon with metallic components, prompting media speculation about aliens. Pentagon opened the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, responsible for analyzing UFO reports largely from military pilots traveling at high speeds on normal surveillance missions. Anomaly Resolution Office works closely with intel agencies to cross check unknown UFO reports. Events “continue to occur in restricted or sensitive airspace, highlighting possible concerns for safety or flight or adversary collection activity,” said a Director of National Intelligence [ODNI] report.
Pentagon officials have battled for over 70 years, since the Roswell crash, the media’s accusations of a government cover-up when it comes to UFOs. Popular radio and TV shows often characterize the government’s response to UFOs as a cover-up, largely because many of the test sites are top secret and restricted.. ODNI’s report remains classified, further breeding speculation about a government cover-up of UFO activity. Given the ubiquitous nature of Unarmed Aerial Vehicles [UAVs], new drone technology makes it difficult for the Pentagon to fully identify surveillance over sensitive government facilities. When you consider the amount of enemy surveillance or corporate espionage going on near nuclear power facilities or nuclear weapons sites, it’s no wonder that there were 396 reports of new UFO reports, added to 144 previously reported incidents.
Reviewing the 510 objects reported, the Anomaly Resolution Office determined that the objects studied had “unremarkable characteristics,” identified as UAVs largely with the intent of surveillance either domestically or by foreign powers. Unmanned aerial systems are more commonplace than ever, with anyone capable of buying a wide variety of drones, with cameras or surveillance equipment. Still, no matter how UFOs are dismissed, the public still doubts government explanations, believing that there’s a cover-up of more sensitive information. Most UFO sightings come from military aircraft too vague in their photographic reproduction to conclude anything, let along an extraterrestrial spacecraft. Many fighter pilot sightings can’t explain the extraordinary high rates of speed making capturing clear images next to impossible, leaving the Pentagon without any real answers.
Tempting for the new office of All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office giving unsatisfactory answers to scientists study UFOs. When it comes to high speed sighting, it’s clear the that image capture technology isn’t sufficient to identify flying object. Explaining away all UFOs a unmanned aerial vehicles doesn’t come close to figuring out the nature of the unidentified flying objects. When it came to the 1947 Roswell incident, the government was quick to provide a downed weather balloon as proof that there were no flying saucers or alien spacecrafts only the remains of crashed weather balloon. Pentagon’s news office appears more designed to silence the press and public who overwhelmingly [65%] believe in extraterrestrial life no matter how much the government tries to refute it. Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Office hopes to destigmatize the public from reporting on UFOs.
Getting the public to stop conjecturing about UFOs isn’t easy, largely because the public holds certain magical beliefs about the presence of extraterrestrial life. Pop culture has many examples of long-running, popular shows about UFOs. Like most organized religions or religious cults, follower harbor strong believe about the presence of extraterrestrial life, regardless of scientific facts. Pentagon’s new UFO office hopes to increase the amount of UFO sightings by de-stigmatizing the process of reporting. No matter how much the office attributes new sightings to unmanned aerial vehicles, like surveillance drone, the public still believes in life beyond the planet, hoping for some Shangri-la where an imaginary paradise replaces ordinary existence. UFOs offer the average person hopes that there’s life beyond earth, something that gives beaten-down humans reason to believe.
When it comes to the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, it’s clear that beliefs in extraterrestrials far outweigh the cynicism of government officials looking to quiet the public from beliefs in life beyond the planet. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk looks to interplanetary travel to have some escape from Mother Earth, whose environment looks stretched to the breaking point. Whatever explanations the Pentagon’s new office holds about extraterrestrials, it doesn’t stop the public from speculating about life beyond earth. No one knows the meaning or factual accuracy of navy jet pilots returning to bases with murky images of UFOs coming from navy fighter pilots. No matter what the Pentagon does to encourage UFO sightings, the public still has their beliefs on extraterrestrial life regardless of the known scientific facts. No government office changes peoples’ minds.
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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.
