On the front page of its Sunday edition, the New York Times ran an attention-grabbing story about a secret Pentagon program established in 2007 to investigate UFO sightings. The key items of intrigue from the companion article posted on the Times‘ website on Saturday are videos showing an encounter in 2004 by two Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets over the Pacific Ocean with an unknown object that seems to defy the known laws of aerodynamics.
Pentagon Confirms Existence of Secretive UFO Program
Key Takeaways:
- The New York Times reported on a secret Pentagon program (2007-2012), largely funded by Harry Reid, that investigated UFO sightings and confirmed the existence of "unidentified aerial phenomena."
- The program released video evidence and confirmed a 2004 incident where Navy F/A-18 pilots encountered an unknown object over the Pacific Ocean displaying "beyond next-generation" technology.
- Witnesses described the object as a white, oblong craft about 45 feet long that exhibited extreme speeds, rapid ascents, and accelerations, defying known aerodynamic laws.
- Despite confirming the sightings and having physical evidence, the Pentagon program concluded without an explanation for the phenomena, acknowledging that the objects' nature remained unknown.
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