The Pentagon on Tuesday launched a new portal where current and former service members, government employees and contractors can report UFO sightings.
A secure online form will help the Defense Department’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office compile accounts of unidentified aerial phenomenon sightings for inclusion in the congressionally mandated Historical Record Report, which will be sent to Congress by June 2024.
“This phase of the secure reporting mechanism is for current or former US government employees, service members or contractors who have direct knowledge of US government programs or activities allegedly related to UAP since 1945 to contact AARO to voluntarily submit reports,” the Pentagon said in a statement.
The portal is “NOT intended to convey potentially sensitive or classified information,” according to AARO. Getty Images
AARO’s website states that the platform is “NOT intended to convey potentially sensitive or classified information” and that active duty military personnel and contractors should report UAPs through processes established by their service branch or federal agency.
The website also encourages civilian pilots to report unidentified objects to air traffic control, which submits UAP-related sightings to the Federal Aviation Administration.
“In the future, reporting eligibility will be extended to the general public and include reports of any event related to UAP,” AARO’s website says.
AARO’s Historical Record Report on UFOs is due to Congress by June 2024. Getty Images
AARO Director Sean Kirkpatrick on Tuesday strongly encouraged current and former government employees and contractors to use the new form to report UAP activities.
“We want to hear from you,” Kirkpatrick said, according to Politico.
“We understand that the public is also interested in reporting UAP sightings to AARO,” added Kirkpatrick. “We are exploring methods of how people can do that in the third phase of the upcoming secure reporting mechanism.”
AARO leads DOD’s efforts to document, analyze and resolve reports of unidentified aerial phenomena. The agency is required to issue an annual report on UAP activities in addition to a historical report that will be made next year.
In its annual report released earlier this month, the AARO revealed that it had investigated nearly 300 UFO sightings over the past year – some of which they fear may actually be craft from foreign countries trying to spy on the US.
Some of the flying objects exhibited “significant performance characteristics” including high-speed travel and “extraordinary maneuverability,” according to the report.
“I’m concerned from a national security perspective,” Kirkpatrick told CNN. “There are some indications that it may be linked to alien activity, and we are investigating it very hard.”
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