Unidentified Flying Objects have long been a phenomenon that has captivated Americans, but the age-old question still remains — does extraterrestrial life actually exist? In this latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza explains what the government already knows about UFOs and what we can expect to uncover in the upcoming report from the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense on what they call “unidentified aerial phenomena.”
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING:
Barack Obama talks about UFOs again on late night television
https://wgntv.com/news/barack-obama-talks-about-ufos-again-on-late-night-television/
US intelligence agencies have 180 days to share what they know about UFOs, thanks to the Covid-19 relief and spending bill
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/10/us/ufo-report-emergency-relief-bill-trnd/index.html
Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html
Harry Reid, convinced UFO sightings are real, defends funding of secret research
https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2019/06/26/hagar-harry-reid-convinced-ufo-sightings-real-defends-funding-secret-research/1576640001/
Pentagon officially releases UFO videos
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/27/politics/pentagon-ufo-videos/index.html?utm_content=2020-04-27T17%3A33%3A05&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNp&utm_term=image
I’m glad the Pentagon is finally releasing this footage, but it only scratches the surface of research and materials available. The U.S. needs to take a serious, scientific look at this and any potential national security implications. The American people deserve to be informed. https://t.co/1XNduvmP0u
— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) April 27, 2020
Harry Reid: What We Believe About U.F.O.s
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/special-series/harry-reid-ufo.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share
Thanks to Trump-era covid relief bill, a UFO report may soon be public — and it’ll be big, ex-official says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/03/23/ufo-report-covid-bill/
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