Extremely Unusual Objects demanded careful study

Science: At least, it hasn’t yet. The United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities on Tuesday (Nov. 19) heard testimony from John T. Koslosky, director of the Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). The U.S. Department of Defense created the office in July 2022 so that there would be a single place for military and government personnel to report UFO sightings, or UAPs, as they are now known. The new term, short for unidentified anomalous phenomena, covers not only unidentified objects or phenomena in the sky, but also those in water, space, or traveling between these domains.

During today’s hearing, Koslosky emphatically stated that “it is important to underscore that, to date, AARO has discovered no verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity, or technology.” Still, despite resolving hundreds of cases with common explanations, Koslosky said his office does not believe every UAP is a bird, balloon, or drone. “We have some very unusual objects,” he said. Koslosky also reported on the office’s latest analysis of UFO/UAP matters, stressing that his office will “continue to follow the science and the data, no matter where they lead” and keep both Congress and the public as informed as possible — at an unclassified level, he clarified.

This is in stark contrast to testimony presented before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee last week, in which a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral and a former U.S. counterintelligence official told lawmakers that the U.S. government is part of a decades-long coverup to hide the fact that “we are not alone in the universe.” During his testimony, Koslosky gave an overview of his office’s activities since it issued a report to Congress and testified in a similar setting last year. “Many reports are limited to common objects such as birds, balloons and unmanned systems, while others lack sufficient data for a comprehensive analysis,” Koslosky said. He added that “only a small percentage of reports received by AARO are potentially paranormal.” Koslosky noted a UAP incident that occurred near Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, in 2013. In 2013, the U.S.