For believers and non-believers alike, whether UFOs or aliens have ever visited Earth, the Pentagon says there is “no evidence.”
Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said Thursday that topics include the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and the use of B-2 bombers to carry out precision strikes on five Houthi-controlled military facilities in Yemen. answered several questions from reporters. and North Korean soldiers fighting on behalf of Russia in Ukraine. In addition to these stories, the daily news cycle is filled with non-stop election coverage.
Jeff Shogol of Task & Purpose, which provides military news, culture, and analysis from community members, took the opportunity to go off topic with Ryder and ask him about one of Earth's greatest mysteries.
“Given the news cycle, no one cares what you put out about aliens and extraterrestrials,” Shogol said. “So…I'm going to take some pictures. Have you gotten anything from UFOs, aliens, etc.?”
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“The truth is out there, Jeff. And the truth is there is no evidence that extraterrestrial life has ever visited this planet,” Ryder said.
The spokesperson's message was the same as that given several months ago on the subject, after coordination of efforts to determine whether UFOs, unidentified anomalous phenomena, UAPs, and aliens have come to Earth.
On July 20, 2022, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced the creation of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).
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Record of a UFO flying over the USS Omaha off the coast of San Diego in July 2019. (Jeremy Corbell/WeaponizedPodcast)
AARO's mission is to “detect, identify, and characterize objects of interest” in or around military installations and airspace that may pose a threat to operational safety or national security. and to synchronize efforts across other U.S. federal departments. Anomalous unidentified space, aerial objects, underwater objects, and transmedia objects.
And in November, the Department of Defense launched a website to report government activities related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), also known as UFOs.
However, after establishing AARO and conducting multiple investigations, the Department of Defense claims there is no evidence that UAPs are from this world.
The report, released on March 1, said, “Total USG investigations to date have not found a single instance of a UAP representing extraterrestrial technology,” adding, “Security Program” was “mixed up,” he said. UFO program.
The report states that “AARO has no evidence for the USG reverse engineering story provided by the interviewee and was able to disprove most of the interviewee's claims,” but “AARO has “The claim is still being evaluated.”
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In September 2023, a body described as a “non-human” was displayed during a briefing on unidentified flying objects in Mexico City, Mexico. (Reuters/Henry Romero)
Other conclusions presented in the report include a general public distrust of the government and “perceived bureaucratic barriers,” extreme secrecy related to military programs, and growing interest in UFOs. etc. are included.
In view of the burgeoning interest in UFOs, even subjects once considered career-destroying taboo, like Bob Lazar, who was virtually forced into exile, have their own set of circumstances. there were. Super Bowl commercial.
Around the same time as the report was released, Ryder said there was no evidence that any information was “unlawfully or improperly” withheld from Congress.
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“What we found is that claims of hidden programs are primarily the result of circulating reports by small groups repeating what they've heard from others, and that many people believe that U.S. secret programs are hidden on UAPs or on Earth.” “It was a genuine misunderstanding of what actually happened, mistaking it for external exploitation,” he said.
Fox News Digital's Chris Eberhart and Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
