A government analysis on UFOs is due out next month from US intel agencies and the Defense Department, the first time in more than a half-century that the executive branch will.
Itâs difficult to broach the topic of UFOs, or UAPs â unidentified aerial phenomenon, the nomenclature the U.S. government prefers â while resisting the temptation to make jokes, we admit. And thatâs been part of the problem for people who sought to take seriously reports of UFOs and their implications for our country and our planet.
They include journalist Leslie Kean, whose work was highlighted in a New Yorker story earlier this month; political figures like former President Clinton chief of staff John Podesta and former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who have studied the issue for decades; as well as airline pilots who over the years have faced censure if they reported mysterious and inexplicable sightings, along with U.S. Navy pilots who feared, in the words of one, sounding âkooky.â