Is the truth out there? UFOs have been in the headlines again recently as secret research into the strange phenomena is discussed at the US Congress.
A hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington DC, titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth,” heard from several experts and a variety of witness accounts. Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) is an alternative name for Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs).
Meanwhile, last year, the British spotter group UFO Identified documented a total of 395 sightings in the UK in 2023. That was a 20 per cent drop from 497 UFO sightings in 2022 and also lower than in 2021 (413) and 2020 (484).
It found that people in the North West had the best chance of seeing a UFO last year, with 41 sightings across the region, followed by the South East (40) and then the South West (39). You can see what UFO encounters have been reported where you live using our interactive map below …
Sightings in northern Lincolnshire have included:
- April 2021 in Grimsby: Strange ‘worm-like’ object floating above Grimsby for 40 minutes, not moving
- June 2021 in Scunthorpe: Ten to sixteen very bright lights travelling at speed moving north in an arrow formation
- January 2022 in Cleethorpes: Circle object with lights on and an aura around it, emitted beams and was changing colour
Experts at the US hearing included government workers and a member of NASA’s UAP Independent Study Team. Michael Gold – former NASA associate administrator of space policy and partnerships and a member of the UAP study team – told the hearing that “the vast majority of UAP are drones”.
However, he added that there are anomalies that must be studied and admitted that some of the UAPs “are being intelligently controlled”.
Author and former Department of Defence official Luis Elizondo claimed that “advanced technologies not made by our government – or any other government – are monitoring sensitive military installations around the globe”. He added: “Let me be clear, UAP are real.”
The hearing, jointly led by Chairs Nancy Mace and Glenn Grothman, was the second to investigate the phenomenon of UAP. “Americans deserve to understand what the government has learned about UAP sightings, and the nature of any potential threats these phenomena pose,” the co-chairs said in a statement.
The hearing followed a long-awaited report released by NASA last year which studied previous sightings of UFOs (or UAPs) in the skies. While the report did not find any clear evidence that the sightings were extra-terrestrial in origin, it did admit it was possible they could be.
Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe
