The mere suggestion by a top government official that “aliens” could explain some UFO activity is the latest example of the government’s striking shift in tone regarding this issue.

This week, the director of the U.S. government’s UFO analysis office stated that there is “evidence” of concerning unidentified flying object activity “in our backyard.” According to physicist Seán Kirkpatrick, who heads the congressionally-mandated All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, this alarming UFO activity can be attributed to one of two extraordinary sources: either a foreign power or “aliens.”

To be sure, the ramifications of either would be significant. But Kirkpatrick’s comments, which come as he is about to retire after a 27-year defense and intelligence-focused career, are more intriguing because he also says that “none” of the hundreds of military UFO reports analyzed by his office recently “have been positively attributed to foreign activities.”

At the same time, Kirkpatrick and senior defense officials have ruled out the possibility that secret U.S. programs or experimental aircraft explain the phenomena.

While suspicious UFO cases will “continue to be investigated” for foreign links, the facts at hand appear to support Kirkpatrick’s more startling explanation for the UFO activity in America’s backyard: “aliens.”

Aside from this remarkable development, the mere suggestion by a top government official that “aliens” could explain some UFO activity is the latest example of a striking shift in tone regarding the UFO phenomenon.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPMAEnglish
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    8 months ago

    According to physicist Seán Kirkpatrick, who heads the congressionally-mandated All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, this alarming UFO activity can be attributed to one of two extraordinary sources: either a foreign power or “aliens.”

    Can it though? The only reason you’d take that line of argument is that you want to conclude it’s aliens.

    The UFO phenomena is clearly going to be caused by a wide range of things from mistaken identification of conventional things to civilians dicking about. You are going to have to judge each report on a case-by-case basis and, ultimately, the best you can conclude is that there are a number of them that defy explanation.

    • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      Unless theres transparency and a willingness to investigate further and clear things up. I have a suspicion they are hiding something, and even if it is not aliens we should want to know.

  • snacksEnglish
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    8 months ago

    they are going to look so stupid one day. Itll turn out to be a flying squid thing, just floating about not hurting anyone like his cousins in the sea and everyone will be like, well we got some serious mileage out of that load of bollocks and hunt them to extinction like we do everything else on this sodding planet