One of three videos released by the Pentagon on Monday, April 27, 2020 showing “an unknown aerial phenomenon” captured by US Navy pilots during flight training in 2004 and 2015. ,’ the Pentagon said in a statement.
US Department of Defense
WASHINGTON – The top US spy agency said Thursday 366 new cases of unknown aerial phenomena have been reported to US intelligence agencies since March 2021.
The 366 newly added reports join a catalog of 144 cases documented over the past 17 years.
The record total of strange air activity now stands at 510.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence wrote in an 11-page unclassified report that several agencies found that the flying object “displayed unusual flight characteristics or performance capabilities.”
A classified version of the report, required by the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022, was sent to Congress.
The majority of these reports come from U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force aviators and operators who witnessed unidentified aerial phenomena during their service assignments.
In 2020, the Pentagon formed a new task force to investigate UFO sightings that had been observed on multiple occasions by US military aircraft.
The creation of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, or UAPTF, continues efforts begun in recent years to investigate unidentified aerial incidents encountered by the U.S. military.
The U.S. Navy has previously led efforts to investigate unidentified aerial phenomena because the service branch has reported several encounters involving the aircraft.
‘Look at this, man! It’s spinning!’
In April 2020, the Pentagon released three videos taken by US Navy pilots that appeared to show unidentified flying objects. Two of the videos featured US service members commenting on how fast the object was moving, while others speculated that the unidentified object could be a drone.
“Wow, this is the king’s drone, bro,” one of the pilots was heard saying. Another said “there’s a whole fleet.”
“They’re all against the wind. 120 knots in the west. Look at that thing, man!” the first person said. “It’s spinning!”
At the time, then-President Donald Trump described the US Navy footage as a “video from hell” and told Reuters he wanted to see “if it’s real.”
Two months later, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted that the Pentagon as well as intelligence community leaders should provide a public analysis of the meeting.