Former military officials have reiterated their belief that the United States possesses alien technology, despite official Pentagon objections. The hearing before the House Oversight Committee contained conflicting statements ranging from the sensational to the more reasoned.
A key witness was Luis Elizondo, a former Defense Department intelligence officer who had previously worked on a secret UAP (unknown aerospace phenomena) project. In his statement, he noted that the U.S. and its adversaries are actively using secret alien technology to spy on military installations around the world.
Elizondo’s words, however, are controversial. Earlier this year, he claimed that the government had a program to “catch” extraterrestrial spacecraft. But during a recent conference, he admitted that the photo he presented of the so-called UFO “mothership” was actually a fake.
Other witnesses included retired Navy Admiral Tim Gallaudet, who is now researching possible alien ships underwater. Gallaudet said that about ten years ago he witnessed an object that was superior to anything known to mankind. He also got a video called Go Fast, which was declassified in 2019. However, the record mysteriously disappeared the next day.
To counter these claims, former NASA space policy chief Michael Gold called for a scientific approach. He believes that understanding the UFO issue requires an unbiased approach and open-mindedness in research.
“As the saying goes, the truth is out there,” Gold noted, “we just need to be bold enough and brave enough to face it.”
Declassification of UFO documents
Public interest in UFOs remains high. Many documents related to research on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) have long been available online. Specifically, the U.S. Navy website has published documents on the subject. The FBI also provides access to its own archive of records covering the years 1947 through 1954.
One of the most famous projects dedicated to UFO research is the Blue Book, which was conducted by the U.S. Air Force from 1947 to 1969. The documents of this project are now stored in the National Archives.
A total of 12,618 cases involving UFO sightings were investigated as part of the Blue Book Project. Most of them received a logical explanation, but 701 cases remained classified as “unidentified.” Despite this, the Air Force notes that there is no evidence to support the extraterrestrial origin of objects classified as “unidentified.”
Earlier we reported on what people most often mistake for UFOs.
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