Congress must hold hearings on UFO sightings after long-awaited report was ‘inconclusive,’ rep demands
CONGRESS must hold hearings on UFOs after the long-awaited report into sightings was "inconclusive," a Democrat lawmaker has said.
Congressman André Carson said on Sunday he "hopes" that in the "very near future" there will be an open session to discuss the findings.
The Democrat told CBS News' on Sunday it would be "arrogant to say that there isn't life out there."
He added: "Certainly I believe that there's something in the expanse of the universe. Now, the question is, is there life in our solar system?
"Perhaps the moons of some of our planets will give us clues. Maybe there's microbial life. Maybe there's life in some of the oceans on the moons.
"We'll find out very soon, hopefully."
The lawmaker called that report "inconclusive," adding: "What we do know is that there have been nearly 150 sightings... 80 of those sightings have been detected with some of the best technology the world has ever seen.
"And we can't rule out something that's otherworldly, but that's a very small percentage."
DoD officials released a memo at the end of last month which stated they will now seek to "formalize" the investigations of UFOS, often now referred to as Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs).
That case was put down to "airborne clutter."
The report said it didn't find any evidence that UAPs resulted from or foreign countries – despite not knowing what they were.
It stated: "We don’t have any clear indications that any of these unidentified aerial phenomena are part of a foreign [intelligence] collection program, and we don’t have any clear data that is indicative of a major technological advancement by a potential adversary."
But, it couldn't rule out either potential hypothesis.
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The newly released report said the unexplained aerial sightings could be or Russia – or a "non-government" terror group.
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