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Soviet state press reported children in a city park witnessing a landed craft and a giant humanoid figure; most researchers consider the account exaggerated by Soviet media.
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The Department of Defense established AARO in July 2022, consolidating and expanding UAP investigation authority across air, sea, space, and undersea domains.
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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence's June 2021 report to Congress reviewed 144 UAP cases, finding most unexplained and one attributable to a deflating balloon.
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The Department of Defense formally established the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force in August 2020 to standardize UAP reporting and investigation across the military.
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The House Intelligence Committee's May 2022 hearing was the first open congressional hearing on UFOs/UAP since 1968, featuring Pentagon officials discussing the newly formed UAPTF.
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Multiple independent witnesses, including pilots, reported a large light formation over Canada's Yukon Territory.
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One of the largest documented national UFO waves, with hundreds of French sightings reported over a few autumn weeks in 1954.
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Navy F/A-18 infrared footage of a fast-moving object over water off Florida; some analysts argue the apparent speed is a parallax illusion.
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Multiple Navy pilots reported near-daily encounters with fast-moving objects off the US East Coast, prompting internal Navy airspace-safety reports.
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Numerous Texas residents, including a former police officer, reported large bright lights; the Air Force initially denied and later confirmed a training exercise was underway.