{"id":73729,"date":"2023-07-25T14:10:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T14:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/07\/25\/ufo-sightings-linked-to-military-training-locations-report-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:54:00","slug":"ufo-sightings-linked-to-military-training-locations-report-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/07\/25\/ufo-sightings-linked-to-military-training-locations-report-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"UFO sightings linked to military training locations, report finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent reports suggest public accounts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/07\/14\/defense-bill-amendments-target-increased-ufo-transparency-for-public\/\" target=\"_blank\">unidentified anomalous phenomena<\/a> \u2014 more commonly called UFOs \u2014 were more likely to emerge when civilians were located within 18 miles of a military operations area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using publicly available data from the National UFO Reporting Center, researchers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/extremism-disinformation\/2023\/05\/23\/rand-survey-of-veterans-finds-few-espousing-extremist-views\/\" target=\"_blank\">RAND Corporation<\/a> found there was a consistent correlation between areas of military operations and public reports of UAP sightings, a RAND researcher said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of threats in the sky,\u201d Marek Posard, a social scientist at RAND and author of the report, told Military Times. \u201cOur airspace is massive. We want to leverage public reporting, but we don\u2019t want people reporting our own stuff. And I don\u2019t think a lot of people realize that they are either living under, working under or traveling under these [military operation areas].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/04\/24\/pentagon-unidentified-aerial-sightings-now-number-more-than-650\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sean Kirkpatrick<\/a>, head of the Pentagon\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/07\/14\/defense-bill-amendments-target-increased-ufo-transparency-for-public\/\" target=\"_blank\">All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office<\/a>, told senators that the sightings of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/04\/24\/pentagon-unidentified-aerial-sightings-now-number-more-than-650\/\" target=\"_blank\">unidentified aerial phenomena had surged<\/a> by more than 140 since the last report was released in January. RAND researchers did not have access to the details surrounding those sightings, which forced them to find a publicly available database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOf those over 650 [UAPs], we\u2019ve prioritized about half of them to be of anomalous, interesting value,\u201d Kirkpatrick said in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In their report, RAND researchers found the rate of UAP sightings to be 1.2 times greater within 18 miles of a military operations area than the report prevalence beyond that distance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RAND report comes as the House Oversight Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena on Wednesday. Multiple U.S. Navy pilots who experienced phenomena flying through the skies are expected to testify, as is intelligence community whistleblower David Grusch, who made unsubstantiated claims that extraterrestrial aircraft are being hidden from the rest of the government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers of the RAND report, meanwhile, said they had limited understanding of how the National UFO Reporting Center judged whether a UAP sighting was legitimate or not. Also, researchers were unable to say whether numerous individuals had reported the same UAP, or if each instance indicated a different phenomena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the limitations, Posard said researchers recommended further studies on how to best create a public space where civilians can report phenomena and where information can be better disseminated. Other recommendations include notifying civilian populations about airspace activity over areas of military operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt doesn\u2019t mean that the report is this end all be all,\u201d Posard said. \u201cThis is more of a starting point in the discussion: Are there any geographic areas where we\u2019re seeing this stuff? 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