Lawmakers Demand Transparency From Intelligence Community, Pentagon on UFOs

Amendment would require that, within 180 days of passage, DOD declassify ‘documents relating to publicly known sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena.’
Lawmakers Demand Transparency From Intelligence Community, Pentagon on UFOs
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) (C) speaks during a news conference about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) transparency on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 30, 2023. (L–R) Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), and Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.). Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Lawmakers are demanding greater transparency from the U.S. national defense sector amid increased sightings of what are commonly called unidentified flying objects (UFOs) by pilots.

In recent years UFOs—re-dubbed “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAPs)—have come to the forefront of public attention in the wake of publicly released videos depicting unknown aircraft performing feats that seem to break the laws of known physics.

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