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Why is the Pentagon interested in UFOs?

  • Written by Iain Boyd, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan
An apparently unidentified object detected on a Navy plane's infrared camera.U.S. Department of Defense/Navy Times

U.S. Navy pilots and sailors won’t be considered crazy for reporting unidentified flying objects, under new rules meant to encourage them to keep track of what they see. Yet just a few years ago, the Pentagon reportedly shut down...

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