The Pentagon has released a new report on UFOs that revealed hundreds of documented incidents of unidentified and unexplained aerial phenomena (UAPs).
While there is no evidence to suggest that these UAPs – the government’s term for UFOs – are of extraterrestrial origin, some defy explanation, including a near-miss between a commercial airliner and a mysterious object off the coast of New York.
The report comes as public interest in UAPs has skyrocketed, prompting the US government to work to provide some answers about these strange objects.
It was published one day after House lawmakers called for greater government transparency during a hearing on UAPs.
The Pentagon’s review detailed 757 cases of UAP encounters that were reported to US authorities mainly between May 1, 2023 and June 1, 2024.
That total includes 272 incidents that occurred before that time period but were not previously reported.
Reporting witnesses included commercial and military pilots as well as ground-based observers.
The majority of these incidents occurred in airspace, but 49 took place at altitudes estimated to be at least 62 miles above Earth’s surface, which is considered space.
No injuries or crashes were reported in any of the incidents.
But a commercial flight crew reported one near miss with a ‘cylindrical object’ while flying over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New York. That incident is still under investigation.
In three other cases, military air crews reported being followed or shadowed by unidentified aircraft, but investigators found no evidence linking the activity to a foreign power.
During the reporting period, 81 reports originated from US military operating areas.
Witnesses who provided visual descriptions reported unidentified lights or round, spherical or orb-shaped objects.