UAP: The New Era of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena – Why the Shift from UFOs?

While the topic of aliens visiting our planet has always been present in the media, it’s only recently that U.S. government institutions have seriously engaged with it. Journalists, however, began using the term UAP for a simple reason. The acronym UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) is heavily overused, and researchers working on this topic are often subjected to harassment and ridicule. This is a serious matter, even if no one truly believes in sensational claims about aliens visiting Earth.

UAP, Not UFO

UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon) is a new term that refers to the same concept as UFO but is stripped of its “extraterrestrial” connotation. It’s important to understand that an unidentified flying object doesn’t necessarily mean an alien spacecraft. Any aircraft or other object moving through the air is technically a UFO. However, over the years, the term became strongly associated with sensational reports of vehicles belonging to extraterrestrial beings.

The topic of unidentified flying objects was long disregarded by government institutions in the U.S. and other countries. However, the Pentagon has now begun to take the matter seriously. Officials realized that UFOs might actually be spy vehicles from other nations. To shed the sensational undertones, the term UAP was introduced, which is significantly more precise.

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In Search of Aliens

Proponents of theories about the U.S. government’s contact with extraterrestrial civilizations often overlook many factual arguments. Evidence of alien life should rather be sought in outer space and on exoplanets, not on Earth. Interestingly, these “truth-seekers” haven’t done their historical homework.

In the 1940s, the famous Roswell incident in New Mexico involved the crash of an unidentified flying object. Official explanations were vague, so local media quickly seized on the story, labeling it a UFO event. Since then, countless theories and speculations have grown around it. Years later, the Pentagon admitted to fabricating information about a supposed alien craft to divert public attention from the true cause of the accident: tests of prototype aircraft. Given that this was the beginning of the Cold War, information about these tests was a top-secret matter. History tends to repeat itself, so perhaps current revelations about mysterious objects from space are also a smokescreen?

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In Search of Spies

In mid-2023, the Pentagon announced the formation of a special unit tasked with investigating UAP reports. Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick was appointed its head.

“We have special observation systems that we use to track all objects in our airspace. This way, we have a chance to distinguish natural phenomena from human-induced ones,” the scientist mentioned.

It seems that the American administration is taking UAP seriously, and the actions of the appointed agency have nothing to do with chasing “little green men.” It’s worth remembering that no other country spends as much on armaments as the U.S. It can therefore be assumed that somewhere in military hangars are aircraft, drones, or other vehicles that the United States is not yet ready to reveal. A lack of information about what is currently in outer space could therefore be a matter of national security.

Sources: Elisha Sauers, Mashable, Webb finds molecule only made by living things in another world, 2023, [ONLINE].