In the upcoming days, a declassified version of the most recent U.S. defense-intelligence study on UFOs—now known officially as “unidentified aerial phenomena”—is anticipated to be made available to the public.
However, UFO enthusiasts anticipating that the government will classify any of the hundreds of sightings by American military personnel under investigation as encounters with extraterrestrial spaceships are likely to be dissatisfied.
The New York Times reported last week, citing U.S. officials familiar with a classified analysis that was scheduled to be delivered to Congress on Monday, Oct. 31, that the most recent incidents under review were caused by a combination of foreign surveillance, including relatively routine drone flights, and airborne clutter like weather balloons.
