Pentagon Report: 21 Unexplained 'UAP' Sightings

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The Facts

  • The Pentagon's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office's (AARO) report was released Thursday amid rising public interest that reportedly led the government to disclose the findings.

  • In the report, the US Dept. of Defense says that, between May 2023 and June 2024, it received 757 new reports of "unidentified anomalous phenomena" (UAP) — a number of them near strategic installations. Of these, 21 remain unexplained.

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The Spin

Narrative A

The government's lack of transparency related to UAPs is symbolic of a wider reluctance to be more open with the public on other matters. When the government keeps documents classified leaving citizens in the dark, it fuels speculation and mistrust. It's time for the government to come clean on several subjects.

Guardian

Narrative B

There are no Pentagon cover-ups related to UAPs. These are baseless fables spread by conspiracy theorists inside and outside of the government. The existence of these phenomena has been diligently studied, but no one has found any evidence that they're anything extraordinary. Mostly, sightings are misidentified advanced technology, secret military projects, or civilian drones.

CNN

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