It’s one of the great mysteries — and hotly debated conspiracies — in America.
Are their UFOs, or aliens, amongst us?
Pentagon officials finally put that question to bed — sort of.
During a press conference regarding hot topics like the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the use of B-2 bombers to conduct precision strikes on five military sites controlled by Houthi forces in Yemen, and North Korean soldiers fighting on behalf of Russia in Ukraine, Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder was quickly diverted away from these topics by reporter Jeff Schogol of Task & Purpose.
Schogol wanted the Pentagon’s take on UFOs.
“Given the news cycle, you could announce anything about aliens or extraterrestrial life, and no one would care,” Schogol said. “So…I’m just going to take the shot. What do you got on UFOs, aliens, etc.?”
To Ryder’s credit, he did not issue a “no comment.” Instead, he did answer the question (albeit vaguely).
“The truth is out there, Jeff, and the truth is, we have no evidence to indicate extraterrestrial life has visited the planet,” Ryder said.
Ryder’s message was the same that was given months ago on the topic after the coordination of efforts to get to the bottom of whether UFOs, unidentified anomalous phenomena, UAPs, and aliens had been to Earth.
On July 20, 2022, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced the establishment of an All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).
AARO’s mission is to synchronize efforts across the DoD and other U.S. federal departments and agencies to “detect, identify and attribute objects of interest” in or around military facilities or airspace, which could pose a threat to safety of operations or national security — this includes anomalous, unidentified space, airborne, submerged and trans medium objects.
Then in November of that year, the DoD set up a website to report government activity related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), also known as UFOs.
But after setting up the AARO and conducting multiple investigations, the DoD claims there is no evidence any UAPs came from out of this world.
So, the question has been answered — sort of.