The US military can’t explain all the weird things its pilots see in the sky

The US military’s investigation into unexplained aerial sightings continues without major revelations, two officials said at a public hearing today, but they urged pilots to report the weird things they may see without fear of stigma.

After videos and accounts of unidentified aerial phenomena observed by US military pilots were reported by the New York Times in 2017, lawmakers instructed the Department of Defense to analyze and investigate reports of that nature, and develop policies for rigorous reporting of new incidents involving Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, or UAPs.

Today’s hearing was the first public testimony on the military’s progress investigating the issue, which lawmakers said is moving too slowly. Last year, the DOD released a preliminary report (pdf) outlining its efforts to examine the events.

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