A Pentagon report submitted to US Congress on Friday revealed that a surge in UFO sightings during the 1960s was likely due to tests of advanced US spy planes and space technology.

The report said that there was “no evidence” of US government interactions with aliens. US officials acknowledged that most UFO sightings, or “unidentified anomalous phenomena” (UAP), were ordinary objects. However, they underlined that the report may not dispel popular beliefs about alien visitors.

Last week, the Department of Defense delivered to US Congress the initial volume of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office’s Historical Record (AARO) Report, which reviews the record of the United States government about unidentified anomalous phenomena, as required by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.

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In completing this report, AARO reviewed all official US government investigatory efforts since 1945, researched classified and unclassified archives, conducted dozens of interviews, and partnered with Intelligence Community and DOD officials responsible for controlled and special access program oversight, respectively. “AARO will publish a second volume that will provide analysis of information acquired by AARO after Nov. 1, 2023, including information received via interviews with current and former U.S. government personnel who contacted AARO via the secure reporting mechanism on AARO’s website,” Pentagon said.

According to the US government, analysing and understanding the historical record on UAP is an ongoing collaborative effort involving many US departments and agencies. “To date, AARO has found no verifiable evidence for claims that the U.S. government and private companies have access to or have been reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology.  Moreover, AARO has found no evidence that any U.S. government investigation, academic-sponsored research, or official review panel has confirmed that any sighting of a UAP represented extraterrestrial technology,” the US Defense Department said.

“All investigative efforts, at all levels of classification, concluded that most sightings were ordinary objects and phenomena and the result of misidentification. AARO assesses that all of the named and described alleged hidden UAP reverse-engineering programs provided by interviewees either do not exist; are misidentified authentic national security programs that are not related to extraterrestrial technology exploitation; or resolve to a disestablished program,” it added.