Since August 2021, U.S. intelligence agencies have collected more than 500 new accounts of unidentified aerial phenomena, according to the latest report from the Pentagon. An increase in surveillance drones and weather balloons accounts for the majority of the reported UFO sightings — but 171 witness reports remain a mystery to officials. Meanwhile, a new amendment in the latest Defense budget aims to answer renewed calls for an investigation of UFO-related incidents surrounding the 1945 Trinity nuclear test site.
The 12-page report says the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) found no instances of collisions with a UAP, though the threat of foreign intelligence surveillance weighs heavily among its topics.
