The US House of Representatives' Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Subcommittee held a public session, the first of its kind in decades, to discuss unidentified weather phenomena, or what is known as flying objects.
Serious dealing with this phenomenon began after the disclosure in December 2017 of 3 videos filmed by a patrol of American combat aircraft in November 2004 during training off the city of San Diego on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier.
The videos, which were initially "leaked", were approved by the US Navy in November 2019.
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Ronald Moultrie said the Pentagon is committed to investigating the origins of the objects.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff emphasized that reports of unknown weather events have existed for decades, although "the United States does not have an organized way to document and investigate them without facing negative impressions. That must change."
He added that "this session is not entrusted with explaining or explaining the phenomenon of unidentified flying objects, but rather seeks to normalize the discussion and controversy about it and make them more serious and public."
In December, the US Senate approved plans to create an agency to investigate unidentified flying objects.
For months, the intelligence services and the media have acknowledged that "unidentified weather phenomena" are a reality, while engineers and scientists are calling for intensified studies on this phenomenon.
It is noteworthy that the Pentagon also published in June 2021 a report acknowledging the existence of 144 unexplained phenomena between 2019 and 2021, but specialists believe that this number does not accurately reflect the reality of this phenomenon.
Immediately after the report was issued, China, in turn, published a statement in which it referred to the regular incursions of unidentified flying objects into Chinese airspace, recognizing that this had become a security concern.
All of these developments led to the emergence of a bill in the US Senate led by Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Republican Senator Marco Rubio with the aim of creating an official body to deal with testimony about UFOs.