agencies, has published a report saying the data ufos is inconclusive. the report offers several possible explanations and does not rule out these could be military aircraft with very advanced capabilities or even extraterrestrial phenomena. either way, can my noble friend the minister reassure members of the public that the ministry of defence takes reports of unidentified objects in our airspace very seriously and will she consider publishing a detailed assessment of the data we hold? what i would say to my noble friend is the mod deals with actual threats substantiated by evidence and the government continues to take any potential threat to the uk seriously, the integrated view of the defence my command paper set out in march set up the assessment of threats we face and how we will meet them. my lords, unidentified does not mean suspicious. - and does my noble friend the minister recognise .