On Tuesday, May 17, the US Congress will hold an open public hearing on UFO sightings.
The session is part of a serious US government effort to learn more about the roots of the UFO phenomenon. In the first session of its sort in nearly half a century, Congress will interrogate US intelligence officials on what they know about the phenomena.
“This will give the public an opportunity to hear directly from subject matter experts, and leaders in the intelligence community,” said Democrat Congressman Adam Schiff, chairman of the House intelligence committee, adding, “on one of the greatest mysteries of our time.”
The hearing on UFOs would end “the cycle of excessive secrecy and speculation with truth and transparency,” he said.
The US director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, presented a study on UFOs last year.
Since 2004, the report looked over 144 cases of “unidentified aerial phenomenon.”
US military pilots could only explain one of these occurrences.
The research could not rule out the possibility that other countries, such as China or Russia, have created super-advanced technology that may explain the sightings.
The sightings, however, were not linked to US military tests, according to the report.
Politicians and the Pentagon are increasingly taking UFO reports seriously.
The report claimed sightings made by military personnel, primarily around training grounds.
In 2017, it was revealed that the Pentagon had been operating a secret UFO unit.
The Pentagon has formed a new squad called the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group in response to last year’s inconclusive study.
UFOs are a “very important matter,” according to Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby.
He said: “We are absolutely committed to being as transparent as we can with the American people.”
The 1947 Roswell Incident, when an object fell on a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico, is the most well-known UFO incident.
The US military later declared that it was a test balloon, sparking conspiracy allegations.
The Ariel School UFO mass sighting in Zimbabwe in 1994 was another high-profile occurrence.
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