By Tim Binnall
An extensive Pentagon report looking at the government's interest and investigations into UFOs since 1945 found no evidence of alien visitation nor the recovery and reverse-engineering of downed ET craft. Conducted by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), the exhaustive effort (which can be read here) revisits all of the various official programs aimed at studying the phenomenon up until 2023. The study also investigated various claims of clandestine UFO projects or evidence secretly being conducted or held by the US government or private companies as recounted by specific witnesses.
The findings of the report will undoubtedly be dispiriting to UFO enthusiasts who have long believed that the government has been covering up considerable knowledge or even proof of alien visitation as AARO definitively dismissed such scenarios. They specifically indicated that, since 1945, there is "no evidence that any USG investigation, academic-sponsored research, or official review panel has confirmed that any sighting of a UAP represented extraterrestrial technology." AARO also unambiguously concluded that there is "no empirical evidence" to back up assertions that the government or private companies "have been reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology."
The veritable trip down UFO memory lane detailed a staggering 22 different official programs or studies centered around UFOs since 1945 as well as around a half-dozen similar international efforts and noted that "none of these investigations" concluded that UFOs were alien in nature. With regards to witnesses claiming to have knowledge of secret projects involving extraterrestrial technology or incidents that have been covered up by the government, AARO indicated that they interviewed 30 individuals with such stories and investigated their accounts. However, they ultimately found them to be without merit due to misinterpretation of then-classified military projects or second-hand sources who, when questioned, denied these claims.
Addressing the "particularly persistent narrative" wherein it is said that the government possesses alien craft or bodies and has kept this hidden from the public, AARO acknowledged that "many people sincerely hold versions of these beliefs which are based on their perception of past experiences, the experiences of others whom they trust, or media and online outlets they believe to be sources of credible and verifiable information." By way of the report, they assert that these concepts are inaccurate and attribute their widespread acceptance to the "proliferation of television programs, books, movies, and the vast amount of internet and social media content centered on UAP-related topics."
AARO ultimately ended their report by stressing the same conclusion that they have been putting forward for the past several years, which is that they have found no evidence that UFOs are extraterrestrial and that most unsolved cases "could be identified and resolved as ordinary objects or phenomena" if better data on the event could be obtained. Despite the comprehensive nature of the historical study, it will likely do little to convince those who believe in a longstanding government cover-up of the UFO phenomenon as many will almost certainly regard the report as simply the latest chapter in that ongoing effort.