On Friday, the office of the director of national intelligence released the long-awaited report (opens a PDF) on unidentified flying objects (UFO), which it referred to as unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), that have been spotted moving through restricted military airspace by military personnel over the last several decades. The report revealed that U.S. Intelligence actually knows very little about these events but it was a first step in acknowledging that they exist.
The report analyzed 144 reports of these mysterious events and revealed that only one of them could be explained. Investigators found no evidence that the rest were due to either extraterrestrial life or a significant technological advancement by a foreign adversary. They did however speculate that both these scenarios could provide a possible explanation.
"We were able to identify one reported UAP with high confidence. In that case, we identified the object as a large, deflating balloon. The others remain unexplained," the report said.
Experts around the world were quick to weigh in with their opinions on the report.
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