In summary
- The US Senate held a hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), highlighting explained cases and still unexplained encounters.
- AARO Director Jon T. Kosloski noted that many sightings have technical explanations, such as optical illusions or flashes from Starlink satellites.
- However, Kosloski mentioned anomalous cases, including a “blacker than black” UAP reported by an officer, which exhibited quick maneuvers and bright lights without noise.
UFOs took center stage again in Washington DC on Tuesday, as the US Senate held a hearing attempting to explain some sightings while raising questions about at least one unexplained close encounter.
The Senate hearing closely follows last week’s U.S. House proceedings that hinted at the existence of a series of provocative satellite images never before seen by the public.
Chaired by New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the Armed Services Committee’s Emerging Threats and Capabilities subcommittee hearing discussed the work of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), a new office established by Congress in 2022 to investigate unidentified strange phenomena for the Department of Defense.
Testifying before the committee, AARO Director Jon T. Kosloski said that while there are still cases to be examined, others, such as the 2015 “Go Fast” UFO sighting, where a U.S. Navy fighter pilot . recorded a video of a fast-moving object on the ocean surface near the Florida coast, may have been, in part, an optical illusion.
“Through very careful geospatial intelligence analysis using trigonometry, we assess with high confidence that the object is not actually near the water, but rather at about 13,000 feet,” Kosloski said. “While the platform is flying and capturing the object, if it is closer to the platform at a higher altitude, a visual trick called parallax makes it appear that the object is moving much faster.”
In another case, Kosloski said lights that witnesses said were UAPs turned out to be Starlink flashes. Kosloski also highlighted a case in 2013 when a customs and border patrol aircraft witnessed an object flying over an airport in Puerto Rico.
“We assessed that the object, probably a pair of balloons or sky lanterns, was floating at about seven knots above the airport and descending at about 200 meters,” he said, adding that video of the incident would be released with a report later this year.
Despite this, Kosloski said that not all UAP observations could be explained so easily.
“To be clear, AARO does not believe that every object is a bird, a balloon or a UAV,” he said. “We have some very anomalous objects. It’s just the nature of the resolution. “We can only solve things we understand.”
Kosloski then told the committee about an unidentified law enforcement officer who reported seeing a UAP the size of a midsize car that he called a “blacker than black” object.
“He said it was the size of a Prius, four to six feet wide. And as it got within 40 to 60 meters of the object, it tilted about 45 degrees, and then rose vertically, 10 to 100 times faster than any drone I had ever seen before,” Kosloski recalled. “He did it without making a sound, as he could tell from inside his vehicle.”
Kosloski testified that the witness said that when the UAP left his field of vision through his windshield, it emitted bright red and blue lights that illuminated the interior of his vehicle “as brightly as if someone had set off fireworks right outside his vehicle.” , or flares in the street.” Kosloski did not mention when the incident occurred.
According to Kosloski, AARO is working on new technology that will allow the agency to inform the public, Congress and others about UAPs while they are being studied rather than after they have been resolved.
The Senate hearing on UAPs coincides with political shifts in Washington, as Rep. Tim Burchett urged President-elect Donald Trump to prioritize transparency in UAP investigations.
“This isn’t just about finding little green men or flying saucers,” Burchett wrote. “This is about forcing federal bureaucracies like the Pentagon to be transparent with the American people.”
While the hearing revealed no new developments in the search for alien life, the Senate, like the House, insisted that the hearings continue and ask witnesses to continue coming forward.
“When unidentified anomalous phenomena enter our airspace, we need to know about it. We need to identify it. But to do so, we need to reduce the stigma and credibility challenges associated with these events,” Gillibrand said.
“Our service members, scientists, foreign partners and the public need to know that their reports, investigations and analyzes will be taken seriously and acted upon in good faith.”
Edited by Sebastian Sinclair
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