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The government does keep secrets about aerospace technology, but are those linked to UFO sightings? How much do they really know? With growing concerns about national security and more citizen sightings of unidentified objects in our airspace, the need to identify these unknown objects is greater than ever before.

What does the government know about UFOs? Experts weigh in on the need to identify these objects.

Is the Government Hiding Information on UFOs?

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The government does keep secrets about aerospace technology, but are those linked to UFO sightings? How much do they really know? With growing concerns about national security and more citizen sightings of unidentified objects in our airspace, the need to identify these unknown objects is greater than ever before.

What does the government know about UFOs? Experts weigh in on the need to identify these objects.

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Is the Government Hiding Information on UFOs?Published: January 24, 2025Alex Hollings: I can tell you, unequivocally, that the government does keep secrets when it comes to aerospace technology. The Pentagon has what we often call a black budget, which can sometimes exceed $65 billion in a year.Alejandro Rojas: Even within the military, there's never been a consensus, really, that it's this or that, or that it's not extraterrestrial.Sean Kirkpatrick: We cannot rule out extraterrestrials, but you have no evidence for it. It comes back to the evidence.Hakeem Oluseyi: Regular citizens have been reporting things for decades, and yet we hear nothing from the government about what this may be.Shelley Wright: And now that we have more observations, more cameras, more cell phones that are taking pictures of phenomenon in our atmosphere, scientists need to come forward and talk about how we can identify these objects.

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