Aleteia
By John Touhey
August 1, 2023
Last week saw a UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, also known as UFOs) hearing in the US Congress. It stood out for the sensational claims, made under oath, that craft of unknown, and possibly alien, origin not only have appeared in our seas and skies, but that some of these craft have crashed and are in the possession of the US government. The Defense Department has denied the existence of “crash retrieval” programs and says that it is actively working to study anomalous phenomena. Many scientists, including an astronomer at the Vatican Observatory, have expressed skepticism that aliens could be regularly visiting Earth, while agreeing that UAPs should be rigorously studied.