Pentagon releases new report detailing rise in UAP incidents but no evidence of aliens

The Pentagon's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) on Thursday released a new report on unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP), which revealed an increase in sightings but no evidence of extraterrestrial beings.

The review comes a day after House Republicans held a hearing on the matter that called for more government transparency in its investigations into UFOs. The hearing highlighted the surge in reported incidents, and requested to know whether the sightings were of U.S. equipment, spying by foreign governments, or "otherworldly" in origin.

The Pentagon's report explored 757 previously unexplained sightings from around the world, which were reported to the U.S. between May 1, 2023, and June 1, 2024, per the Associated Press.

The investigators found explanations for 300 of the reports, but hundreds of others are still under investigation. However, the paper's authors said in many cases it was because there was not enough evidence to draw solid conclusions. 

“It is important to underscore that, to date, AARO has discovered no evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity, or technology,” the authors wrote.

The explainable instances were largely attributed to aircrafts, balloons, birds, drones, and satellites, including Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite system. 

There were no injuries or crashes reported in the review, but one crew of a commercial flight off the coast of New York said they nearly hit a “cylindrical object." That incident is still being investigated.

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