{"id":72345,"date":"2022-12-16T22:20:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T22:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/16\/pentagon-has-received-several-hundreds-of-new-ufo-reports\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:04:31","slug":"pentagon-has-received-several-hundreds-of-new-ufo-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/12\/16\/pentagon-has-received-several-hundreds-of-new-ufo-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon has received \u2018several hundreds\u2019 of new UFO reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new Pentagon office set up to track reports of unidentified flying objects has received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/06\/06\/there-is-stuff-enduring-mysteries-trail-us-report-on-ufos\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cseveral hundreds\u201d of new reports<\/a>, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/05\/17\/ufos-pose-real-danger-dod-says-but-aliens-arent-to-blame-probably\/\" target=\"_blank\">no evidence so far<\/a> of alien life, the agency\u2019s leadership told reporters Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) was set up in July and is responsible for not only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2020\/04\/27\/pentagon-releases-videos-of-encounters-between-ufos-and-navy-pilots\/\" target=\"_blank\">tracking unidentified objects<\/a> in the sky, but also underwater or in space \u2014 or potentially an object that has the ability to move from one domain to the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The office was established following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/08\/14\/pentagon-creates-ufo-task-force-to-see-if-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-pose-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\">more than a year of attention<\/a> on unidentified flying objects that military pilots have observed but have sometimes been reluctant to report due to fear of stigma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June 2021 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/06\/04\/us-intel-report-on-ufos-no-evidence-of-aliens-but\/\" target=\"_blank\">Office of the Director of National Intelligence<\/a> reported that between 2004 and 2021, there were 144 such encounters, 80 of which were captured on multiple sensors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, \u201cwe\u2019ve had lots more reporting,\u201d said anomaly office director Sean Kirkpatrick. When asked to quantify the amount, Kirkpatrick said \u201cseveral hundreds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An updated report from the Director of National Intelligence that will provide specific figures on new reports received since 2021 is expected by the end of the year, the officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The office was set up not only to examine the question of whether there\u2019s extraterrestrial life, but also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/06\/25\/klaatu-barada-who-knows-intel-report-is-inconclusive-about-ufos\/\" target=\"_blank\">the security risk<\/a> posed by so many encounters with unknown flying objects by military aircraft, ships and installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This May, Congress held its first hearing in more than half a century on the topic, with multiple members expressing concern that, whether or not the objects are alien or potentially new, unknown technology being flown by China, Russia or another potential adversary, the unknown creates a security risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, \u201cwe have not seen anything, and we\u2019re still very early on, that would lead us to believe that any of the objects that we have seen are of alien origin,\u201d said Ronald Moultrie, undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security. \u201cAny unauthorized system in our airspace we deem as a threat to safety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The office is also working on ways to improve its ability to identify unknown objects, such as by recalibrating sensors that may be focused just on known adversary aircraft or drone signatures, Moultrie said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One reason for the hundreds of additional reports coming in may be the outreach the department has done to destigmatize reporting potential encounters. 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