Aliens and civilisations beyond Earth: Pentagon report adds to UFO enigma

Report references 144 incidents since 2004 where US service personnel reported close encounters with unidentifiable aerial objects

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence, goes a legal saw. So, are there aliens zipping around Earth in high-tech flying vehicles, and have they been doing so for decades?  We have no concrete evidence of this, but it can’t be ruled out.

The Pentagon’s just released unclassified report on UFOs (unidentified flying objects) or UAPs (unidentified aerial phenomenon), as the US military refers to them, adds to the mystery.

The nine-page report references 144 incidents starting 2004, where US service personnel (mainly naval pilots) reported close encounters with aerial objects that they couldn’t identify. There are