The subject of UFOs in the US is getting serious treatment from mainstream media and heavyweight politicians. Next month Congress is set to review a report from the director of national intelligence about the government's secret files on the subject.
So serious, in fact, that they have been given a new name. No longer called UFOs, or Unidentified Flying Objects, a term often associated with people of questionable sanity, the mysterious objects that have been reported by the hundreds, are now the source of discussion in serious scientific circles and have been rebaptised with the more serious-sounding moniker Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, or UAPs.
How pop culture set the stage for the coming UFO report — for better or worse
The U.S. government is finally starting to publicly acknowledge UFOs. The creator of "The X-Files" has been waiting for this moment for decades.
"It's something I've been interested in for a long time, so to see it make the equivalent of front-page news is a delight," Chris Carter said in a phone conversation this week.
It's a potentially transformative moment for the American public as intelligence agencies prepare to deliver a report to Congress about what they call unidentified aerial phenomena. But it's an especially peculiar time for artists who have long shaped our collective understanding of mysterious flying objects.
Opinion | We're asking the wrong questions about UFOs - The Washington Post
Ravi Kopparapu is a planetary scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Jacob Haqq-Misra is a research scientist at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science.
With a government report due in June on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and a recent "60 Minutes" story on U.S. Navy pilots' sightings and videos of mysterious images, prominent people in politics, the military and national intelligence are finally asking : What are we looking at?
UFO sightings went from joke to national security worry in Washington | The Seattle Times
WASHINGTON – In 2007, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called his colleagues Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye to a specially secured room in the Capitol where highly classified information was discussed.
Stevens, a Republican from Alaska, and Inouye, a Democrat from Hawaii, controlled funding for supersecret Pentagon operations. Reid wanted to put an idea on their radar, one that needed to be kept hush-hush not just for national security but because it was, as Reid’s aides told him, kind of crazy.
She's a fighter pilot who saw a UFO. For real. - The Washington Post
She picked up the kids after finishing her last call at work — there was some whining in the back seat — and raced to her home near Annapolis for family dinnertime. In between, she answered questions about the UFO.
And now that UFOs join the pandemic and insurrection on the congressional agenda (when it comes to the weird year contest, 2021 is telling 2020 to "hold my beer"), Dietrich's callers have moved from mostly the fringe, stalkery UFO fanatics who just want to be near her, to mainstream media freaks like me. She patiently plays along.
Looking back at alleged UFO crash of 1941 near Cape Girardeau
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - As the U.S. Secretary of Defense prepares to release a report on unidentified flying objects, the facts about the alleged UFO crash in the Cape Girardeau area still remain up in the air.
"I thought Cape Girardeau, spaceship crash, aliens, you've got to be kidding me," said Paul Blake Smith, the author of " MO41 The Bombshell Before Roswell ."
"Everyone was told, do not talk about this. This is a matter of national security. It didn't happen," he said "Getting hard evidence for this has been like trying to nail JELL-O to the wall. It's very frustrating."
‘UFO’ Clouds Spotted in Bay Area.
Many Bay Area residents took to social media on Monday to get answers after spotting what they referred to as UFO clouds.
We asked NBC Bay Area Chief Meteorologist Jeff Ranieri to take a look and explain. Here's what he said:
"What you're looking at is a classic example of a lenticular cloud. These cloud shapes can often take on the appearance of something out of a science fiction movie!
No, that wasn't a UFO flying over Montreal | CTV News
Are UFOs a Threat? Congress Awaits Pentagon Report | Voice of America - English
Videos of Navy pilots pursuing flying objects with amazing capabilities have struck a nerve in Washington. Matt Dibble looks into the latest UFO mystery.
Producer: Matt Dibble
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