By: Cassandra Yorgey …….
Most people have seen something they can’t explain in the sky, maybe not something they want to call a UFO or aliens but just something they can’t personally identify. Rational people know there is a ton of stuff up in the sky that isn’t mysterious and it’s easy to assume people better positioned to see these things would report anything suspicious – but that’s not how it actually works.
There are supposed to be systems in place that monitor our airspace, both for commercial flight purposes and for national security reasons, but those systems are not designed to handle unexplained reports. In fact, they seem organized to specifically discourage anything out of the ordinary being reported at all. If a pilot sees something they think should be reported but can’t explain the FAA won’t take a report on it, so pilots trying to report UFOs or UAPs are directed to civilian organizations. There is also still a fear of stigma attached to reports of the unexplained that can leave pilots or other people in positions to offer valid reports fearful of being passed over for promotions or worse, losing their job entirely.
A new advocacy group has been formed to support pilots who have witnessed UAP and to try and solve the loopholes in the systems that are preventing proper data from collected and analyzed. Many people focus on the “aliens” assumption inherent in these reports but that downplays the importance of knowing what is in our skies. The recent realization that Chinese high altitude spy balloons have been passing over the United States and gathering data has stressed the importance of correcting these oversights immediately, as many remember the initial reporting of the spy balloons all covered it as a UFO – because it was specifically unidentified but nonetheless clearly present.
How many other relevant UFO reports have been overlooked to the detriment of national security?
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