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Erik the UNred

(50 posts)
Fri Oct 28, 2022, 08:03 PM Oct 2022

Many Military UFO Reports Are Just Foreign Spying or Airborne Trash

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Source: Yahoo News

Julian E. Barnes
Fri, October 28, 2022 at 3:44 PM

WASHINGTON -- Government officials believe that surveillance operations by foreign powers and weather balloons or other airborne clutter explain most recent incidents of unidentified aerial phenomenon -- government-speak for UFOs -- as well as many episodes in past years.

The sightings have puzzled the Pentagon and intelligence agencies for years, fueling theories about visiting space aliens and spying by a hostile nation using advanced technology. But government officials say many of the incidents have far more ordinary explanations.

Intelligence agencies are set to deliver a classified document to Congress by Monday updating a report made public last year that said nearly all of the incidents remain unexplained. The original document looked at 144 incidents between 2004 and 2021 that were reported by U.S. government sources, mostly American military personnel.

This article is based on interviews with American officials familiar with the findings of the Pentagon and intelligence agencies' examination of the incidents. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the classified work.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/many-military-ufo-reports-just-124417602.html



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Many Military UFO Reports Are Just Foreign Spying or Airborne Trash (Original Post) Erik the UNred Oct 2022 OP
Nothing to see here folks... tonekat Oct 2022 #1
Ahh, Shiny War Erik the UNred Oct 2022 #2
These goofball fighter pilots need to be briefed on the aerodynamics of trash: Gaugamela Oct 2022 #3
Wrong Forum. n/t GP6971 Oct 2022 #4
Locking Lasher Oct 2022 #5

tonekat

(2,482 posts)
1. Nothing to see here folks...
Fri Oct 28, 2022, 08:07 PM
Oct 2022

...what you saw was a weather balloon.

Now, I want you all to look right here....

 

Erik the UNred

(50 posts)
2. Ahh, Shiny War
Fri Oct 28, 2022, 08:12 PM
Oct 2022

That's better. Thank you!

Gaugamela

(3,368 posts)
3. These goofball fighter pilots need to be briefed on the aerodynamics of trash:
Fri Oct 28, 2022, 08:16 PM
Oct 2022

GP6971

(37,777 posts)
4. Wrong Forum. n/t
Fri Oct 28, 2022, 08:19 PM
Oct 2022

Lasher

(29,477 posts)
5. Locking
Fri Oct 28, 2022, 08:21 PM
Oct 2022

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