{"id":285555,"date":"2021-06-28T13:32:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T10:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pentagon-report-says-ufos-cant-be-explained-so-what-now\/"},"modified":"2021-06-28T13:32:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T10:32:41","slug":"pentagon-report-says-ufos-cant-be-explained-so-what-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pentagon-report-says-ufos-cant-be-explained-so-what-now\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pentagon report says UFOs can\u2019t be explained, so what now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f780558261\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f780558261\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pentagon-report-says-ufos-cant-be-explained-so-what-now\/#Seemingly_advanced_technologies\" >Seemingly advanced technologies<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pentagon-report-says-ufos-cant-be-explained-so-what-now\/#How_did_we_get_here\" >How did we get here?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pentagon-report-says-ufos-cant-be-explained-so-what-now\/#Recovering_from_%E2%80%98institutional_forgetting\" >Recovering from \u2018institutional forgetting\u2019<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Pentagon report says UFOs can\u2019t be explained, so what now?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>A report from the US task force dedicated to investigating UFOs \u2014 or, in the official jargon, UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) \u2014 has neither confirmed nor rejected the idea such sightings could indicate alien visits to Earth.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday June 25, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released its eagerly awaited <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/index.php\/newsroom\/press-releases\/press-releases-2021\/item\/2223\">unclassified intelligence report<\/a>, titled \u201cPreliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The document is a brief nine-page version of a larger classified report provided to the Congressional Services and Armed Services Committees. It assesses \u201cthe threat posed by unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and the progress the Department of Defence <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/Newsroom\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/2314065\/establishment-of-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-task-force\/\">Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force<\/a> has made in understanding this threat\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The report certainly does not, as many were hoping, conclude UFOs are alien spacecraft. Rather, it shows the task force hasn\u2019t made much progress since first being set up ten months ago. Perhaps this is unsurprising, given its task.<\/p>\n<p>However, the task force\u2019s very existence would have been unthinkable to many people just one year ago. It\u2019s unprecedented to see the broader policy shift towards the acknowledgment of UFOs as real, anomalous physical phenomena that are worthy of extended scientific and military analysis.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"align-center zoomable\">\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/408564\/original\/file-20210628-15-10iuecm.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=1000&amp;fit=clip\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"408\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/408564\/original\/file-20210628-15-10iuecm.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.theconversation.com\/files\/408564\/original\/file-20210628-15-10iuecm.jpeg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"408\" class=\"\" srcset=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fspace%2F2021%2F06%2F28%2Fpentagon-report-ufos-cant-explained-what-now-syndication%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: In April of last year, the US Department of Defense released three \u2018UFO\u2019 videos taken by Navy pilots. Department of Defense\/AP\" data-title=\"Share In April of last year, the US Department of Defense released three \u2018UFO\u2019 videos taken by Navy pilots. Department of Defense\/AP on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share In April of last year, the US Department of Defense released three \u2018UFO\u2019 videos taken by Navy pilots. Department of Defense\/AP on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>In April of last year, the US Department of Defense released three \u2018UFO\u2019 videos taken by Navy pilots. Department of Defense\/AP<\/figcaption><\/figure><figcaption\/><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Seemingly_advanced_technologies\"><\/span>Seemingly advanced technologies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The report withholds specific details of its data sample, which consists of 144 UFO reports made mostly by military aviators between 2004 and 2021. Its bombshell finding is that \u201ca handful of UAP <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to demonstrate advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This \u201chandful\u201d \u2014 21 of the 144 reports \u2014 represents classic UFO enigmas. These objects:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>appeared to remain stationary in winds aloft, move against the wind, maneuver abruptly, or move at considerable speed, without discernible means of propulsion. In a small number of cases, military aircraft systems processed radio frequency (RF) energy associated with UAP sightings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These characteristics indicate some UAP may be intelligently controlled (because they aren\u2019t blown around by the wind) and electromagnetic (as they emit radio frequencies).<\/p>\n<p>In March, Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe told Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> some reports describe objects \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/military\/research\/a35904670\/pentagon-ufo-reports-objects-breaking-sound-barrier-without-sonic-boom\/\">traveling at speeds that exceed the sound barrier without a sonic boom<\/a>\u201d. Sonic booms are sound waves generated by objects breaking the sound barrier.<\/p>\n<p>No <em>known<\/em> aircraft can <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> faster than sound without creating a sonic boom. NASA is currently developing \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-feature\/ames\/nasa-supercomputers-visualize-quieter-supersonic-flight\">quiet supersonic technology<\/a>\u201d, which may allow planes to break the sound barrier while issuing a subdued \u201csonic thump\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/jun\/25\/ufo-report-pentagon-security-experts-reaction\">Some<\/a> have claimed the objects are probably secret, advanced Russian or Chinese aircraft. However, global aerospace development has failed to match the flight characteristics of objects reported since the late 1940s. And it seems counterproductive to repeatedly fly secret aircraft into an adversary\u2019s airspace where they can be documented.<\/p>\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Is A Sonic Boom So Loud?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a9Jli0D1uEM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_did_we_get_here\"><\/span>How did we get here?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The report\u2019s release is a profoundly important moment in the history of the UFO mystery, largely because of its institutional context. To fully appreciate what this moment might mean for the future of UFO studies, we have to understand how the UFO problem has been historically \u201cinstitutionalized\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In 1966, the US Air Force was facing increasing public pressure to resolve the UFO problem. Its effort to do so, then known as Project Blue Book, had become an organizational burden and a public relations problem.<\/p>\n<p>It funded a two-year scientific study of UFOs based at the University of Colorado, headed by prominent physicist Edward Condon. The findings, published in 1969 as the Final Report on the Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, allowed the Air Force to end its UFO investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Condon concluded nothing had come from the study of UFOs in the past 21 years that added to scientific knowledge. He also said, \u201cfurther extensive study of UFOs probably cannot be justified in the expectation that <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> will be advanced thereby\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/221899a0\">Nature<\/a>, one of the world\u2019s most reputable scientific journals, described the Condon Report as a \u201csledgehammer for nuts\u201d. But by then the Air Force had collected 12,618 reports as part of Project Blue Book, of which 701 sightings were categorized as \u201cunidentified\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the new Pentagon report, the Condon Report didn\u2019t find any UFOs that appeared to demonstrate advanced technology. The most problematic cases were resolved by being categorized ambiguously. Here\u2019s one example:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This unusual sighting should therefore be assigned to the category of some almost certainly natural phenomenon which is so rare that it apparently has never been reported before or since.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With this strategic category in the toolkit, there was no need to acknowledge seemingly advanced technology exhibited by UAPs. Indeed, they were deliberately filtered from institutional knowledge.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Recovering_from_%E2%80%98institutional_forgetting\"><\/span>Recovering from \u2018institutional forgetting\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For most of their postwar history, UFO reports have been regarded by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0090591708317902\">state institutions<\/a> as knowledge out of place, or \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/03085147.2011.637335?casa_token=Pnh6UEBjAjYAAAAA%3Aip-biUlRCq6M7P-dt83F7AQpso78Wgb_0cVoLPLWJYhujSpl4MaS3kz3MTEaW8DMyl6FH-yUbocLRqg\">information pollution<\/a>\u201d \u2014 something to be excluded, ignored, or forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon\u2019s UAP task force represents an abrupt reversal of this long-standing organizational policy. UFO reports, made primarily by military personnel, are no longer pollutants. They are now important data with national security implications.<\/p>\n<p>That said, they do still represent \u201cuncomfortable knowledge\u201d. As the late Oxford University anthropologist Steve Rayner <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/03085147.2011.637335?casa_token=KX72WiCiY3kAAAAA%3ASedfoQoBaB2ob1gBOEZ5rSPOunl9aJL_DUR2v48ul8VlBy_KU0yEiC5QnhEWrDSYVclteGJoQ4L_\">observed<\/a>, knowledge can be \u201cuncomfortable\u201d for institutions in two ways.<\/p>\n<p>First, Rayner said, \u201cacknowledging potential information by admitting it to the realm of what is \u2018known\u2019 may undermine the organizational principles of a society or organization\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, he said \u201cnot admitting such information may also have serious deleterious effects on institutions, either directly or by making them prone to criticism from other parts of society that they \u2018ought\u2019 to have known\u201d. Both aspects describe the institutional context of UFO information.<\/p>\n<p>The US Department of Defence has confirmed UFOs threaten flight safety, and potentially, national security. In doing so, it has exposed a weakness in its organizational principles. It has admitted it\u2019s not very good at knowing what UFOs are.<\/p>\n<p>It also faces the criticism that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.osapublishing.org\/josa\/abstract.cfm?uri=josa-43-4-311\">seven decades<\/a> after UFOs first appeared on the radar, it <em>ought<\/em> to know what they are. The new Pentagon report doesn\u2019t compel us to accept the reality of alien visitation. But it does compel us to take UFOs seriously.<!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. 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