US OFFICIALS are probing the possible "technological gap" to UFOs and the threat the phenomena pose as the Pentagon revealed there have been more than 350 sightings since 2021.

The latests wave of encounters was revealed by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence(ODNI) as the incidents continue to case alarm and intrigue in Washington DC.

Pentagon officials responsible for trackingthe encounters confirmed there have been 366 reports of sightings since March 2021.

Some 195 of the encounters have identified as suspected of being drones, balloons and airbourne "clutter".

But there are 171 which remain unidentified having displayed "unusual flight characteristics or performance
capabilities".

The majority of the new sightings come from "US Navy and US Air Force" operators – and incidents continue to occured in "restricted or sensitive airspace".

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UFOs – known officially known as Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) – are now being officially probed by the US after a flurry of compelling reports by military airmen.

And after a push by US lawmakers, they are now required to produce official reports on the sightings in a joint effort by ODNI and the newly established All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).

AARO takes the lead to compile data and information on these UFO sightings – and unclassified versions of the joint reports are now released to the public.

The project's director Dr Sean Kirkpatrick – who previously worked as deputy director of intelligence as US Space Command – gave a presentation of AARO's mission.

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He laid out the project's "key scientific and intelligence questions".

It included assessing "any technological gap" between the phenomena and the US.

And it also said they want to establish "hazards, risks and/or threats by phenomena to the US" and the "attribution of phenomena to natural and/or artificial sources".

Dr Kirkpatrick's presentation said they want to establish "rigorous scientific understanding of and intelligence of the phenomena".

"UAP are sources of anomalous, spaceborne, airborne, seaborne or transmedium observations that are not yet attributable to known actors or causes," it reads.

The project also wants to establish "whether under
apparent intelligent control, apparent response to observation and/or observer presence, and apparent indications of indifference or hostility".

And they want to establish any "any physiological, psychological, or other effects apparently corresponding to the UAP observation".

UFOs are traditionally a highly stigmatised topic – often being dismissed off hand as nothing beyond conspiracy theories or something for the world of cranks.

But in recent years the conversation has moved, with even the US government confessing their are things in the sky which they as of yet cannot or will not publicly identify.

US lawmakers set up new Pentagon investigation after a stunning string of leaked videos which showed military encounters with UFOs such as the infamous "Tic Tac".

It marked an incredible turnaround after the government dismissed UFOs at the conclusion of Project Blue Book in the 1960s.

The debate which was for decades considered a fringe and damaging topic is now being openly spoke about by very senior figures, including former President Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.

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