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Feb 2024
14m 35s

The Government's Former UFO Hunter Has a...

Scientific American
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For the last decade, reports of UFO sightings have filled headlines and news broadcasts, and some of these have from a surprising place—the Pentagon. Former defense officials have made a number of claims about, and released videos of, strange sightings made by military pilots. These days, the objects are officially called “UAPs”—unidentified anomalous phenom ... Show More
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