More UFO Sightings Reported In US Since 2021, National Intelligence Report Shows

The United States government has analyzed a total of 366 new reports of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), more commonly known as unidentified flying objects (UFO), documents showed.

About 247 new UAP reports have been submitted to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) since March 5, 2021, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said in an unclassified report.

The AARO, which is under the Office of the Secretary of Defense, is tasked with synchronizing efforts across U.S. departments and agencies to detect, identify and attribute objects of interest such as UAP "to mitigate any associated threats to [the] safety of operations and national security," according to the Department of Defense (DoD).

An additional 119 UAP accounts on events that occurred before March 5, 2021, have been discovered or reported as well.

Among all these new UAP reports, an initial analysis characterized 163 as balloons or balloon-like entities, 26 as unmanned aircraft system (UAS) or UAS-like entities and the remaining six were attributed to clutter.

Meanwhile, 171 reports remained uncharacterized and unattributed.

The majority of the new UAP reports were supposedly submitted by U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy aviators and operators who witnessed UAP while carrying out their operational duties.

They were then reported to either the AARO or the office's predecessor, the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force.

Some of the uncharacterized and unattributed UAP reports "appear to have demonstrated unusual flight characteristics or performance capabilities," which will "require further analysis," ODNI wrote.

"Regardless of the collection or reporting method, many reports lack enough detailed data to enable attribution of UAP with high certainly," the office claimed.

The DoD and U.S. Intelligence Community are supposedly working together to report, identify and resolve UAP events.

While there have been no reported collisions between U.S. aircraft and UAP, ODNI claimed these "continue to represent a hazard to flight safety and pose a possible adversary collection threat."

In total, there have been 510 UAP reports as of August 30, 2022, according to ODNI.

Around 144 of these reports were submitted before March 5, 2021, and identified in ODNI's preliminary assessment of UAP.