What lessons can be drawn from this February UFO Flurry? On Saturday Billy Cox notes the mounting encounters, the historical context, and what needs to be done next. Worthwhile comments, too. At Politico a day later, a team details how UFO Fever Grips Washington. Especially noted: the claim by The New York Times that “Intelligence agencies are set to deliver a classified document to Congress by Monday updating that [the January 25, 2021 Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena] report.” CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen opines that The Strange Objects in US Airspace May Be an Even Bigger Problem Than We Thought. Bergen references the 2021 Assessment plus particularly concerning elements in the present UFO flap and the recently-released “2022 Annual Report on Unidentified Phenomena.” He concludes “Congress should convene hearings to get to the bottom of this.” Defense analyst Marik von Rennenkampff maintains Forget China’s Spy Balloon; Military UFO Incidents Are Far More Intriguing. Von Rennenkampff’s heavily-referenced The Hill opinion piece attacks journalistic silence on the 2004 “Tic Tac” and 2014-2015 U.S. East Coast “highly anomalous encounters,” including the contested “Gimbal” and “GoFast” objects, which demonstrate “truly remarkable flight characteristics.” And citing the spy balloon that “has captured worldwide attention,” retired Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, Ph.D., and Christopher Mellon declare The Ocean Science Community Must Put Science before Stigma with Anomalous Phenomena. Advancing points these other pieces also make, Gallaudet and Mellon propose “[T]hree immediate actions that would remedy scientific neglect of similar anomalies in the vast and vital maritime domain.” (WM)
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