Pentagon Is Hiding More Secrets About UFOs, Expert Says

The Pentagon is holding back information about unidentified flying objects, and "they don't want to tell the general public about it," a UFO expert has claimed.

A total of 144 unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP) were reported by government personnel between 2004 and last year, according to a document from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) dated June 25, 2021.

However, John Greenewald Jr., the author of several books about UFOs and creator of TheBlackVault.com — a website that releases classified government documents — claimed the document deliberately failed to divulge what the UAPs truly were, The Hill reported.

"Look at all these redactions - although discouraging, that in itself tells a story. When you really look at some of the other areas, they don't want to tell you the capabilities of what these (unidentified aerial phenomena) are," said Greenewald, who claims to have released more than 2 million documents on his website.

"They won't tell you a single, visual observation on what shapes these are," he said. "It really solidifies the secrecy behind what these UAP really are. ... That begs the question why? Why is simply a shape of a vehicle a threat to national security if they tell the national public? What could that reveal?"

Among the UAPs mentioned in the 2021 report, only one was identified as a "large, deflating balloon," while the other 143 were unexplained.

These remaining UAPs may have been objects considered airborne clutter such as birds, balloons and recreational unmanned aerial vehicles, among other things, according to officials.

It is also possible for these UAPs to have been natural atmospheric phenomena or even technologies deployed by foreign nations like China and Russia.

The document attributed the inability to draw firm conclusions about the nature and intent of the UAPs to "the limited amount of high-quality reporting."

"We currently lack sufficient information in our dataset to attribute incidents to specific explanations," officials wrote.

Explaining UAPs will require standardized reporting, the consolidation of data and the deepening of analysis, the ODNI document noted.

An expansion of collected data and an increase in investment in research and development will also be required, according to officials.