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NextGov: Critical Update: Let’s Talk About UFOs
What’s behind unidentified aerial phenomena observed by military officials? Are we alone in the universe? Nextgov asks some experts.
It can be difficult to discuss unidentified flying objects, especially for a government.
While some may dismiss reports as fantasy, others argue that whatever is going on could be a threat to national security.
“In the past, pilots were afraid to report these strange things happening—for fear it would affect their advancement in the officer corps,” former Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., told Nextgov in this episode of Critical Update.
While he was in Congress, Reid helped secure funding for the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, a quiet, UFO-studying effort that became public in late 2017. That group is now considered a precursor to the Pentagon’s Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force.
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WNU Editor: Interesting podcast at the above link.
Update: Here is another mystery .... Did you hear that? Another mystery boom leaves San Diego grasping for answers (SanDiego Tribune).