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Plenty of people are convinced the American government is sitting on evidence that confirms our planet has been visited by extraterrestrial life, but if the infinitely trustworthy folks at the Pentagon are to be believed, that is not, in fact, the case.
The past few years have been very eventful for people who’ve bought into the existence of aliens and the mythos behind UFOs thanks in no small part to government officials in the United States who’ve lent increased plausibility to theories that have largely existed in conspiratorial spaces.
In 2021, the Pentagon published a report concerning an investigation into “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena” that stated it had no concrete explanation for 143 incidents where members of the military (primarily the Navy) observed strange objects in the skies between 2004 and 2021.
We’ve also been treated to a number of declassified videos chronicling some of those encounters, and in 2023, former Air Force Major and intelligence officer David Grusch understandably made some waves when he testified in front of the House of Representatives and claimed the government was secretly in possession of downed UFOs and the bodies of the aliens that piloted them.
According to The New York Times, the Pentagon has responded to those assertions in a new 63-page report that was the result of a congressionally mandated investigation into the matter, claiming it was unable to find any evidence that suggests lawmakers are being left in the dark when it comes to a massive alien cover-up.
The report includes a section that takes aim at UFO sightings, saying, “All investigative efforts, at all levels of classification, concluded that most sightings were ordinary objects and phenomena and the result of misidentification.”
It also addresses the claims concerning the existence of an Independence Day-esque program involving the recovery and storage of downed UFOs and deceased aliens.
The Pentagon acknowledged the existence of “authentic, current and former sensitive, national security programs” that have been linked to that particular practice but denies there’s any proof they actually engaged in it while noting it spoke to witnesses who rebuked whistleblowers who’ve come forward.
Of course, the Pentagon has never exactly been a beacon of trustworthiness and transparency, so it’s hard to believe this report is going to do much to change the minds of people who are convinced it’s complicit in the conspiracy.