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(CNN) Future President Gerald Ford was the top Republican in the House when he forwarded tips about UFO sightings to the Air Force in 1966. The Air Force sent ...

When the catalog of recent UAP sightings was released by the Director of National Intelligence in 2021, CNN's Anderson Cooper talked to retired Navy Lt. Commander Alex Dietrich. She was one of the pilots who witnessed a UAP in November 2004. "I'm trying to reduce the stigma for other air crew -- so that if they see something, or when they see something, they'll say something. Moultrie argued there's a movement toward more disclosures in the intelligence community. But she said it was important for people who see unexplained things to come forward, so that experts can study and explain them. Bray showed several videos to lawmakers: one featuring a few frames of a fast-moving UAP that has not been identified, and two featuring triangle-shaped lights recorded by camera through night vision goggles. That's a gaping and subjective loophole. And that they will not feel embarrassed or ashamed to make the reports ... and that they'll contribute to this data pool of information that we have." The program was expensive, and none of the reported UFO sightings were shown to be a national security threat, according to the Air Force When the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a landmark report on UAPs "Reports of sightings are frequent and continuing," Deputy Director of Navy Intelligence Scott Bray told members of the House Intelligence Committee. The Pentagon recently created a dedicated office to "facilitate the identification of previously unknown or unidentified airborne objects in a methodical, logical and standardized manner," according to another official, Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Ronald Moultrie. In fact, the number of UFO sightings logged by the US government near government property is on the rise, a US Navy Intelligence official told lawmakers on Tuesday in the first public congressional hearing on UFOs in more than 50 years.

A senior Defence Department intelligence official said on Tuesday the Pentagon is committed to determining the origins of what the government calls ...

We're open to any conclusions that we may encounter." Both officials chose their words carefully in describing the task force's work, including the question of possible extraterrestrial origins, which Bray said defence and intelligence analysts had not ruled out. One showed flashing triangle-shaped objects in the sky, later determined to be visual artifacts of light passing through night-vision goggles. "We're open to all hypotheses. It came 11 months after a government report documented more than 140 cases of unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs, that U.S. military pilots had observed since 2004. The 2021 report, a nine-page "preliminary assessment" by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and a Navy-led task force, said 80 per cent of UAP instances it reviewed were recorded on multiple instruments.

Carson warned in his opening remarks that “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena are a potential national security threat, and they need to be treated that way.” Story ...

And finally, we’re beginning to have the conversation without ridicule and stigma that has so injured the search for scientific truth on this topic.” DOD officials relegated the issue to the back room, or swept it under the rug entirely, fearful of a skeptical national security community. After the public hearing is over, the subcommittee will hold a closed-door briefing and hear further testimony. In 2019, a viral Facebook event called Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us, attracted more than two million responses and widespread media coverage. And any threats they pose need to be mitigated,” he said. “For too long, the stigma associated with UAPs has gotten in the way of good intelligence analysis,” he continued. They need to be investigated. The hearing came almost a year after a report found that U.S. military pilots had encountered over 144 UFOs since 2004. As for the other 143 incidents, the report said that they would require further study. Still, the hearing marks a turning point for the U.S. government after decades spent deflecting, debunking and discrediting observations of unidentified flying objects and “flying saucers” dating back to the 1940s. Most of the UAPs were likely physical objects though, according to the report. The U.S. intelligence report was only able to identify one of the “unexplained aerial phenomena” (UAP) — which is the military’s updated term for UFOs — as a large deflating balloon.

They spoke not of “UFOs” but of “UAPs” — unidentified aerial phenomena — and emphasized that such things are real, if not exactly evidence of space invaders.

The witnesses didn’t help their case with their repeated promises to reveal more in a “closed,” “classified” hearing after the public one. “There’s something in our airspace we don’t understand, that can do a 90-degree — I mean literally it would turn a human into a ketchup package.” “If you look at hieroglyphics, if you look in caves all over the world, there’s something going on,” he explained. “It’s got to be something from out of this world,” he asserted. “I believe there’s something else out there — I really do,” he went on, adding: “I’m not an abductee. “It says more people believe in UFOs than believe in Congress.”

Unidentified aerial phenomena—commonly referred to as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs—pose a potentially serious national security threat to the United ...

Bray responded that China has its own directorate investigating UAPs and that, “clearly a number of countries have observations in their air space they cannot identify.” Bray said “standardized reporting” will be key to better ascertaining the data collected from sources outside the Defense Department. “Some appeared to remain stationary without discernable means of propulsion—that’s pretty intriguing,” Schiff said. Bray also said U.S. aircraft have not discharged armaments or fired weapons at UAPs. Tuesday’s open session was likely only a partial view of the intelligence at hand; many lawmakers sought detailed answers in a closed session later Tuesday. "For too long, the stigma associated with UAPs has gotten in the way of good intelligence analysis. In an exchange with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., Bray said there have been “11 near-misses”—but no collisions—between U.S. aircraft and UAPs. In the exchange, Bray said the U.S. government has not attempted communication with any UAPs, nor have any UAPs appeared to attempt communication with U.S. aircraft. But they are real,” he added. "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena are a potential national security threat. “I can simply say there are a number of events we do not have an explanation for—we can’t explain them with the data that we have,” Bray said. And they need to be treated that way." UAPs are unexplained, it's true.

Former Pentagon officials have briefed at least three Canadian members of Parliament about unidentified flying objects, according to a Manitoba MP and a ...

When Rande Cook first spotted the potted plant, he 'hired' it on the spot. The city's auditor general agrees and offers analysis of why in a new report. In fact, the bill is confusing on that point and the details still haven't been fully explained. Hospitals are seeing an increase in visits to pediatric emergency rooms. Now a private investigator turned podcaster is finding new clues for her family. CTV's W5 spoke with some of the workers about what they went through. But a Moscow lawmaker said they should be brought to 'justice.' Amita Kuttner, who is Canada's first transgender federal party leader, made the call during a press conference on Parliament Hill on Tuesday. “All parties seem to be interested in this subject, and it’s not a political issue.” Meanwhile in the U.S., Pentagon UFO programs have operated under various acronyms for years. Mellon did not respond to a request to comment on this story. “When you see the information that's come out of the United States, you'd have to take it seriously,” Maguire told CTV News from his Ottawa office.

A database of reports of UFOs now includes about 400 incidents, up from 143 assessed in a report released about a year ago, a Navy intelligence official told ...

"We are also mindful of our obligation to protect sensitive sources and methods," Moultrie said in his opening remarks. In a back-and-forth with Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, Bray agreed that standardizing the civilian reporting process would also be useful. But he added that his top goal was to keep U.S. military personnel and bases safe. Tuesday's session, the first public hearing on UFOs in more than 50 years, also included testimony from Ronald S. Moultrie, the Pentagon's top intelligence official. That's evidence that the military's drive to destigmatize such reports is working, he added. The military's 2021 report said no evidence of aliens had been found.