US Navy introducing guidelines for pilots to report UFO sightings.

[Fla Dem]

US Navy introducing guidelines for pilots to report UFO sightings
By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent

Updated 2:34 PM ET, Wed April 24, 2019

Washington (CNN)Navy pilots who think they may have seen unidentified flying objects will now have a detailed means of reporting unexplainable events so the military can keep track of what may, or may not, be happening.

"The Navy is updating and formalizing the process by which reports of any such suspected incursions can be made to the cognizant authorities," they said in a statement.

"A new message to the fleet that will detail the steps for reporting is in draft," the statement added.
Politico was first to report the development.

The Navy does not think that aliens have been flying in US airspace, one Navy official told CNN. But there have been "a number of reports of unauthorized and/or unidentified aircraft entering various military-controlled ranges and designated air space in recent years," according to the statement. "These kinds on incursions can be both a security risk and pose a safety hazard for both Navy and Air Force aviation. For safety and security concerns, the Navy and the USAF takes these reports very seriously and investigates each and every report."

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A former Pentagon official, who led that program and resigned in protest when it was ended, told CNN's Erin Burnett in 2017 "that there is very compelling evidence that we may not be alone." Luis Elizondo made clear he could not speak on behalf of the government, but strongly implied there was evidence that stopped him from ruling out the possibility that alien aircraft visited Earth.

"These aircraft -- we'll call them aircraft -- are displaying characteristics that are not currently within the US inventory nor in any foreign inventory that we are aware of," Elizondo said of objects they researched.

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/24/politics/us-navy-ufo-guidelines/index.html

[Fla Dem]

1. Oh Art Bell, if only you were still around

Posted the article here because thought it was more lounge material, than GD.

[Submariner]

2. Not to be too picky

but Navy fliers are referred to as Aviators, and USAF fliers are Pilots.

Those identifiers were a big deal here during the Top Gun scandal many years ago.

[Fla Dem]

3. Thanks for the clarification. I have informed the author of the article of her error.

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