1 #ufotwitter "The U.S. Air Force general overseeing North American airspace said on Sunday after a series of shoot-downs of unidentified objects that he would not rule out aliens or any other explanation yet, deferring to U.S. intelligence experts.
2 "Asked whether he had ruled out an extraterrestrial origin for three airborne objects shot down by U.S. warplanes in as many days, General Glen VanHerck said: 'I'll let the intel community and the counterintelligence community figure that out. I haven't ruled out anything.'
3 "'At this point we continue to assess every threat or potential threat, unknown, that approaches North America with an attempt to identify it,' said VanHerck, head of U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Northern Command.
4 "Another U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said separately after the news briefing that the military had seen no evidence suggesting that any of the objects in question were of extraterrestrial origin. #uaptwitter
5 "VanHerck told reporters that the military was unable to immediately determine the means by which any of the three latest objects were kept aloft, the means of their propulsion or where they were coming from.
6 "'We're calling them objects, not balloons, for a reason,' said VanHerck, who is head of the joint U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the U.S. Air Force Northern Command.
7 "The incidents come as the Pentagon has undertaken a new push in recent years to investigate military sightings of #UFOs - rebranded in official government parlance as 'unidentified aerial phenomena,' or UAPs.
8 "However, the government's effort to investigate anomalous, unidentified objects — whether they are in space, the skies or even underwater — has led to hundreds of reports that are being investigated, senior military leaders have said.
9 "But so far, the Pentagon has not found evidence to indicate Earthly visits from intelligent alien life, those officials have said."
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Nothing to see here, folks!
Maybe one day we'll see this discussed as anomalous or non-human, instead of just focused on extraterrestrial.
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"Or perhaps, albeit highly unlikely, a probe placed by an #alien species. Although most UAP likely have conventional explanations, some demonstrate capabilities that seem inexplicable without reference to a more advanced nation or… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2 "Alaska is highly unusual and may prove to be a Russian or Chinese electronic warfare or spy platform. Or perhaps, albeit highly unlikely, a probe placed by an alien species. Although most UAP likely have conventional explanations, some demonstrate christophermellon.net/post/statement…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
3 "Accelerating our efforts to uncover the true nature of UAP is long overdue and once again it has the prospect to lead to breakthroughs that benefit mankind."
1 Here's a video edit (it's not perfect) of the relevant, #UAP/#UFO segments from today's WH press briefing, with Q&A. I also did a transcript. #ufotwitter#uaptwitter
Jean-Pierre (I didn't include this in the edit but it's in the first tweet below): "I just wanted to make sure… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2 Kirby: "from an interagency effort and to see what...if other, improvements [we] might need to make. Look, just by adapting the way the radar parameters are set (Can you say, @ChrisKMellon? ~Joe), we have improved our ability to detect.
3 Kirby: "And again, I said that could be one reason why we're seeing more."
Reporter: "My understanding is that the top officials in the Pentagon, when asked explicitly if they were ruling out any kind of extraterrestrial presence, said they weren't ruling anything out.
5:45-6:26 Why are we seeing more? Filters & gains of radar capabilities have been modified to look more discreetly at high-altitude, small, radar cross section & low-speed objects.
"There were multiple theories abounding in Washington as to the provenance of the objects, but several Biden administration officials cautioned that much remained unknown
2 "about the last two objects shot down. The United States has long monitored U.F.O.s that enter American airspace, and officials believe that surveillance operations by foreign powers, weather balloons or other airborne clutter may explain most recent incidents of
3 "unidentified aerial phenomena — government-speak for U.F.O.s — as well as many episodes in past years.
"However, nearly all of the incidents remain officially unexplained, according to a report made public in 2021.