Mysterious flying object “UFO” Movement to unravel the truth in the United States June 16 17:32
What do you think if you meet someone who says, "I'm seriously investigating UFOs (= unidentified flying objects)"?
Many people may be confused by the reaction.
In fact, in the United States, the Pentagon has publicly acknowledged that there is something we don't know about in the sky, and has set up a specialized team to conduct a full-scale investigation.
I was also able to hear actual eyewitness testimony from US military personnel.
We covered the growing movement in the United States to pursue the truth of a mysterious flying object.
(Washington Branch Yusuke Ota)
“The object was floating at 185 km / h”
I was able to talk to a person who actually witnessed an unidentified flying object during the activities of the US military.
Gary Bohees, 41, lives in Florida.
Former crew member of the US Navy's Aegis cruiser "Princeton".
In November 2004, he was participating in training with the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off the coast of San Diego, western California.
Bohees, who was monitoring radar at the battle command post at the heart of the Aegis ship, said he noticed three to five suspicious flying objects flying slowly.
Mr. Bohees
"The object
was'floating'at
185 km / h because it was too slow for an airplane to fly, and basically until it disappeared from the radar. It went south, and it was repeated over and over again for seven days. "
I suspected that the radar was malfunctioning, and even restarted the system, but the object did not disappear.
Mr. Bohees is said to have gone out to the bridge and witnessed the object with binoculars.
Mr. Bohees
"I thought that a round object was moving sideways, and suddenly it disappeared at a tremendous speed."
What the hell is this?
A fighter was dispatched from the aircraft carrier for direct on-site confirmation.
There, the pilots saw an oval object about 15 meters long, with no propellers or wings, that repeatedly hovered and accelerated rapidly.
An image of an object captured by a fighter's infrared camera has been released by the Pentagon.
In addition, Mr. Boheats saw incredible movements of objects on radar.
Mr. Bohees
"We used radar to track an object descending from an altitude of 80,000 feet = about 24,000 meters to the surface of the sea in a matter of seconds. If that amount of energy and air were moved at once, an explosion would occur on the surface of the sea. It should have happened, but nothing happened. No sonic boom was observed from supersonic aircraft. "
It is said that Mr. Bohees has hidden this experience until recently.
Speaking of seeing UFOs, I was worried that I might think I had an abnormal mental state.
According to Bohees, many other colleagues in the military have avoided reporting their experiences for fear of being disqualified from boarding aircraft or losing access to sensitive information. Says.
Mr. Bohees hopes that talking about his experience will make it easier for military personnel with similar experiences to report.
Leak of a former senior official who moved the Pentagon
A leak from the military center prompted the Pentagon to begin investigating a mysterious flying object.
The central figure responded to NHK's interview.
Chris Melon, a senior Pentagon intelligence officer in the Clinton and Bush administrations, concludes that the Pentagon was aware of the existence of these objects and continued to neglect the problem.
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Chris Melon
"I spent 20 years at an American intelligence agency, where I learned that mysterious flying objects routinely invaded US airspace and military restricted airspace. I felt angry that no one was taking any measures. "
According to Melon, the Pentagon has been secretly investigating an unidentified aviation phenomenon called the "Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Plan" for five years from 2007.
However, he points out that the investigation was thrown to the trader and did not produce any results without the cooperation of intelligence agencies and the Air Force.
Melon, who felt a sense of crisis that if the mystery of an unidentified flying object was left unsolved, would pose a security threat, will take an action in 2017.
He secretly obtained three videos, including footage of a mysterious flying object that Mr. Boheats encountered, and leaked it to the American newspaper The New York Times.
Three years later, the Pentagon recognized the video as genuine, declassified it, and officially released it.
We set out to investigate again, including the possibility of reconnaissance aircraft and unknown weapons from other countries.
The Pentagon calls UFOs "UAPs (= unidentified aviation phenomena)," and at the request of Congress, a report was submitted this month (June) that included the results of previous analysis of UAPs. It is expected to be.
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Chris Melon
"Why did this happen? Maybe it's a new weapon in China or Russia. We need to know at least what's happening. With the Pentagon's release, all over the world. So the reaction to UFOs changed because the government officially said it was a "fact." "
Growing interest in UFOs
According to a summary of the US UFO Reporting Center, which investigates UFO sightings in the United States, more than 7,200 UFO sightings were reported in the United States last year.
It is said that the number has increased by about 1000 compared to the previous year.
In the background, it is believed that the Pentagon's release of footage about UFOs has increased the tendency of the general public to actively report sightings.
It has also been pointed out that the spread of the new coronavirus has increased people's time at home and more opportunities to look at the sky around them.
The meeting of the local branch of a UFO research group in May in eastern Pennsylvania was enthusiastic.
Researchers speaking at the venue complained that "the Pentagon's UFO investigation uses national taxes. The public has the right to know all the results of that investigation."
"Researchers like us have been ridiculed for many years, but now no one can laugh at us!", The venue was filled with thunderous applause. I was surrounded by an uplifting feeling.
What is the mysterious flying object?
What is the true identity of a mysterious flying object?
According to research groups, most of the sightings received from citizens are misunderstandings such as satellites, drones, planes, and even stars.
However, it is said that some of the things that have been witnessed cannot be explained.
Is there a possibility of a weapon that the US military is developing in secret?
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Melon asserts, "I've been in a position to manage sensitive information about the development of weapons for many years, so it's definitely not."
So is there a possibility of radar failure?
Unidentified flying objects witnessed by former Aegis crew member Bohees have been confirmed by multiple radars and visual inspections at the same time, and the possibility has been largely ruled out.
It is unclear whether new sensitive information, such as further footage or testimony about UFOs, will be disclosed in the outlook report submitted this month.
If the UFO information collected by the US military is disclosed in detail, it is difficult to reveal sensitive military information such as radar performance and military activity range.
The New York Times does not completely deny the theory of "alien technology" because it cannot explain the abnormal movement of objects such as sudden acceleration, although no evidence of "alien vehicle" has been found in the story of senior government officials. I am telling you that it is expected to be the content.
In the future, there is a possibility that data collection and analysis that have been overlooked will proceed in order to clarify the truth.
For example, some U.S. military radars say that objects that move too fast and irregularly are considered neither aircraft nor missiles and do not appear on the screen.
If the treatment of such data is reviewed, it may be possible to obtain more information about mysterious objects.
In addition, there is a possibility that the parliament and others will say that sufficient budget and equipment should be allocated to proceed with further investigation.
Is it a new weapon or is it completely unknown?
Keep an eye on how far the mysterious object will be unraveled.
Yusuke Ota,
Washington Bureau
Joined in 2004 After working at the Yokohama Bureau, International Affairs Department, and Jakarta Bureau, he has been stationed at the Washington Bureau since 2018.
Mainly covers diplomatic and security issues.