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   While a bunch of us military commentators, incl serving   
   officers, were down-playing the current fever for ufo research   
   by emphasising how many reports they estimate to be russian   
   antigravity exterminents and radar chaff, it seems to actual   
   secret report makes some other comments. E.g. supposedly 1/2   
   of military-reported ufo activity "has no good explanation".   
   And now via French press it seems another take-away is   
   that "real progress" is expected into ufo studies in the short   
   to medium term.   
   This is in stark contrast to the last official ufo investigation --   
   the so-called Condon Report -- that largely ignored whether or not   
   various ufo reports had  an explanation and simply concluded   
   in the introduction that nothing of scientific value could be   
   gleaned from studying weird shit in the sky; an introduction   
   that was translated various places to mean "there are no   
   such things as ufos".   
      
      
   'Possibility for real scientific discovery': US steps up investigations   
   into UFOs   
   France 24, 02 Nov 2022 19:31Z   
   US intelligence officials on Mon delivered an updated report on UFO   
   sightings to Congress, parts of which are expected to ...   
      
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   "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.   
   Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."   
   - Marie Curie   
      
   Unidentified aerial phenomena I. Observations of events   
   B.E. Zhilyaev, V. N. Petukhov, V. M. Reshetnyk   
   Main Astronomical Observatory, NAS of Ukraine,   
   Zabalotnoho 27, 03680, Kyiv, Ukraine   
   [...] We present a broad range of UAPs. We see them everywhere. We observe a   
   significant number of objects whose nature is not clear. Flights of single,   
   group and squadrons of the ships were detected, moving at speeds from 3 to   
   15 degrees per second. Some bright objects exhibit regular brightness   
   variability in the range of 10 - 20 Hz.  Two-site observations of UAPs at a   
   base of 120 km with 2 synchronised cameras allowed the detection of   
   a variable object, at an altitude of 1170 km. It flashes for one hundredth   
   of a second at an average of 20 Hz. [...]   
   An object contrast makes it possible to estimate the distance using   
   colourimetric methods.  [Objects with 0 albedo] are observed in the   
   troposphere at distances up to 10-12 km. We estimate their size from 3 to 12   
   meters and speeds up to 15 km/s. [...]   
   [Astronomers in Ukraine have undertaken their own independent survey   
   of objects they see flying over the Kyiv region at speeds around 15   
   km/sec.  They are watching the daytime sky at the zenith and in front   
   of the moon.  They see many objects -- some bright and some dark,   
   different sizes.  They travel often singly but sometimes in large   
   groups.  They report brightness is linked with speed. The spectrum   
   of bright objects is reportedly not reflected sunlight.  Objects   
   have been spotted inside the atm upto ~10 km but also out to ~1000 km   
   above the earth, travelling up to ~1000 km/sec.  They are not likely   
   anything sent by Russia or any other country].   
      
   Canadian Government Releases New Details On UFO Incidents, Some Where   
   Fighter Jets Were Scrambled   
   BroBible, 01 Nov 2022 14:41Z   
   With the United States govt and NASA showing a newfound interest in at   
   least appearing to take UFOs seriously, other ...   
      
   [Still In Denial:]   
   Pentagon attributes UFO sightings to spies, airborne trash   
   Military Times, 01 Nov 2022 0:48Z   
   Today, intelligence officials are set to deliver Congress with a new report   
   on unexplained aerial phenomenon, better known as ...   
      
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