UFOs

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs held a hearing Wednesday, July 26, 2023, exploring reported sightings of unidentified anomalous phenomena. Witnesses being sworn in from left to right: retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. David Fravor, former Department of Defense National Reconnaissance Officer Representative of the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force David Grusch and Ryan Graves, executive director of Americans for Safe Aerospace. (Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)

Is there evidence of extraterrestrial life? Congress tries to figure it out

BY: - July 26, 2023

WASHINGTON — During an otherworldly hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday, lawmakers and witnesses launched accusations that the Pentagon is stonewalling Congress and the public from information about unidentified anomalous phenomena, more often referred to as UFOs. That includes a 2014 encounter when a “dark gray or black cube inside a clear sphere” traveled within 50 […]

President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden says no evidence yet that unidentified flying objects were tied to China spying

BY: - February 16, 2023

WASHINGTON — In his first address since the U.S. military shot down three unidentified flying objects last weekend, just days after taking down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, President Joe Biden on Thursday defended the actions and said the skies above the U.S. will now be more closely scrutinized. Biden, who was under increasing pressure […]

Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies on the Department of Defense’s 2021 budget request during a hearing on Capitol Hill, March 4, 2020. (Lisa Ferdinando, DOD)

One missile fired at mystery flying object wound up in Lake Huron, officials say

BY: - February 14, 2023

WASHINGTON — The American public may know by week’s end the administration’s strategy on unidentified flying objects going forward, but some questions about three recent ones shot down by the U.S. military may not be answered for a long time, if ever. Debris from the three low-altitude objects downed by U.S. Air Force air-to-air missiles […]

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon on Feb. 5, 2023, off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. U.S. fighter aircraft operating under U.S. Northern Command authority engaged and destroyed a high-altitude surveillance balloon over U.S. territorial waters at the order of President Joe Biden and with the full support of the Canadian government. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tyler Thompson/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)

Midwestern, Western states in spotlight after mystery flying objects shot down by military

BY: and - February 13, 2023

WASHINGTON — Military posts in Midwestern and Western states played key roles in the unprecedented downings of multiple unmanned aerial objects over the North American continent this weekend. Members of Congress and governors from the states involved and from both parties have shared information about the downings on Twitter and in statements, in some cases […]