The U.S. government can't explain dozens of unidentified flying objects reported by American military pilots.
A Pentagon report - released Friday - said intelligence and defense analysts lacked sufficient data to determine the nature of the mysterious flying objects.
The nine-page report describes objects with flight capabilities that defy known technology and laws of physics that humans don't yet understand - and implying the possibility that we are not alone in the universe.
"It implies a technology that deflects and harnesses the most mysterious force in the universe: gravity," Dr. Phil Marshall, a Portland-based physician and technology entrepreneur, said in quotes by Blue Mountain Eagle.
Of the 144 reports made about the phenomena since 2004, all but one remains unexplained.
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"Of the 144 reports we're dealing with here, we have no clear indications that there is any nonterrestrial explanation for them," a senior U.S. official said in quotes by CNN.
The government officially calls the unexplained flying objects "unidentified aerial phenomenon," or UAP.
One of the UAPs sighted was a big, deflating balloon, the report said.
There is no conclusive evidence any of the phenomena involve top secret U.S. weapons programs or unknown technology from Russia or China, according to news reports.
Released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Pentagon report failed to offer firm explanations such as whether the UAPs pose a national security threat or whether they offer proof of extraterrestrial life.
The report is the result of a provision in the $2.3 trillion pandemic relief and appropriations bill that former U.S. President Donald Trump signed last year.
"UAPs clearly pose a safety of flight issue and may pose a challenge to U.S. national security," Reuters quoted the report as saying. The report also found that the UAP sightings were "clustered" around U.S. training and testing grounds. But investigators downplayed those concerns.
UFO skeptic and researcher Mick West said in quotes by Reuters the report points mainly at "boring explanations, even including birds and balloons."
The "rather inconclusive report only marks the beginning of efforts to understand what's causing these risks to aviation in many areas around the country," Democratic Sen. Mark R. Warner of Virginia, the chairperson of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said, according to USA Today.
Congressional sources expressed disappointment there's not more of an explanation to the phenomena, saying the report raises more questions than it answers.
Meanwhile, Australia's Department of Defense says it has no technology to detect or analyze UAPs reported in close proximity to Australian military facilities or assets, ABC News said.
