This week, the director of the U.S. government's Office of UFO Analysis stated that there is "evidence" of disturbing activity of unidentified flying objects "in our backyard." Physicist Seán Kirkpatrick, who heads the Office of Anomaly Resolution in All Domains, says this disturbing UFO phenomenon can be traced to one of two extraordinary sources: either alien civilizations or other countries.
Undoubtedly, the consequences of both of these explanations would be significant. However, Kirpatrick's comments, made during his impending retirement from a 27-year career in defense and intelligence activities, become more intriguing given his statement that "none" of hundreds of military UFO reports analyzed recently "have been clearly attributed to foreign activity."
At the same time, Kirkpatrick and senior defense officials ruled out the possibility that secret U.S. programs or experimental aircraft explain the phenomena. While suspected UFO cases will "continue to be investigated" for alien connections, the facts currently available seem to support a more surprising explanation for UFO activity in America's backyard: "aliens."
Beyond this extraordinary development, the mere suggestion by a top government official that "aliens" might explain some UFO phenomena is the latest example of a striking change in tone regarding the UFO phenomenon.
For more than half a century, the government's official approach to what is officially called "unidentified anomalous phenomena" or UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) has been one of mendacity, disinformation and ridicule. However, in recent years, former presidents, senior defense and intelligence officials, and members of Congress have openly speculated about extraordinary explanations for the most obscure UFO cases.
Kirpatrick's comment about "aliens" fits into a larger pattern. Earlier this year, Kirpatrick gained attention when he co-authored a research paper with Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb hypothesizing that the "mother of spaceships" from space could launch "lots of little probes" to study Earth-like planets.
Given that the most famous modern UFO encounters have occurred over the ocean, Kirpatrick and Loeb's suggestion that such "space technology probes" are "undoubtedly looking for water" for refueling is noteworthy. Moreover, Kirpatrick said in a recent presentation that U.S. government sensors and soldiers are observing "metal balls" that are "performing very interesting apparent maneuvers" "all over the world."
Speaking to the Daily Mail, an intelligence source said there are "several" unpublished videos captured by surveillance drones, some of which show "balls" performing "unusual maneuvers" such as suddenly "evaporating from the screen."
Moreover, the multiple sensors apparently observed "metal spheres" and "transparent" spherical objects traveling at speeds ranging from "stationary" to Mach 2, or twice the speed of sound, with no "detectable" thermal leakage. According to Kirpatrick, the enigmatic flight characteristics of these objects constitute the unique UFO profile that his team is "looking for."
Did these apparently very advanced "metal spheres" inspire the director of the government's UFO Analysis Bureau to theorize that "space probes" could explore Earth?
"Metal balls" matching Kirpatrick's description have mystified American military crews for 80 years. During World War II, American airmen reported encounters with "numerous silver bullets." The New York Times, the Associated Press, Reuters, Stars and Stripes and the now-defunct International News Service published articles in late 1944 describing encounters between American air crews and "mysterious silver balls floating in the air."
According to these accounts, the "silver-colored orbs" "hung in the air singly or in groups" and, interestingly, "became translucent" over time, prompting comparisons to Kirpatrick's contemporary UFO profile.
Encounters of American pilots with mysterious "metal balls" continued after World War II. Intelligence assessments from the 1940s and 1950s describe "silver bullets" and "spherical" objects with a "bright metallic luster" as among the most frequently sighted UFOs, along with larger "metal" disks.
Captain Edward Ruppelt, first director of the USAF's twenty-year UFO analysis project, Project Blue Book, describes several significant military encounters with metallic spheres in the years just before the U.S. government adopted a policy of "debunking" all UFO sightings and discrediting witnesses, without due to their credibility.
Recently, former U.S. Navy fighter pilot Ryan Graves described how he and at least 50-60 of his colleagues often observed unusual objects on their sensors during flights over the East Coast. At first, these objects were elusive. However, when airmen eventually observed them visually, including during perilous approaches to mid-air collisions, the objects appeared to be transparent and spherical, matching descriptions of "clear sphere" encounters during World War II.
Over the past few years, videos and photos of three "metal balls" and a "translucent" ball have emerged, all captured by US soldiers. In an apparent reference to the U.S. military's long history of encounters with mysterious "metal balls," the logo of the government's Office of UFO Analysis prominently depicts a silver ball.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer recently introduced unusual UFO-related legislation. Among sweeping provisions aimed at increasing government transparency regarding UFOs, the legislation deals with astonishing reports by numerous senior current and former officials that secret UFO mining and reverse engineering programs exist.
If passed in its current form, Schumer's bill would add into federal law definitions of terms such as "non-human intelligence," "[UFO] mining and reverse engineering program," and "technology of unknown origin." Moreover, it will require private contractors who currently possess recovered UFOs or "biological evidence of non-human intelligence" to turn over all such items to the U.S. government "in the interest of the public good."
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