DONALD Trump has said he “doesn’t particularly” believe in aliens but has admitted holding meetings on recent UFO sightings.
The US President, who turned 73 on Friday, did not explain whether the sightings were verified but said he’s “read and heard” a number of reports.
Last month the US Pentagon finally admitted to investigating reports of flying saucers.
The Department of Defence went as far to reveal they will “continue” to probe such reports in a bid to keep the nation safe.
But when asked what he personally thought of the reports, Trump told ABC News: “I want them to think whatever they think.
“I did have one very brief meeting on it.
“But people are saying they’re seeing UFOs. Do I believe it? Not particular.”
US Navy pilots reported seeing strange objects flying at speeds to Congress and Pentagon during 2014 and 2015.
The unidentified flying objects were seen performing manoeuvres that were “beyond the physical limits of a human crew,” like stopping rapidly, turning instantly or immediately accelerating at hypersonic speeds, the pilots said.
Lieutenant Ryan Graves, an F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot who has been with the Navy for 10 years, told The New York Times: “These things would be out there all day.”
In April the Navy sent out a new classified guidance for how to report the “unexplained aerial phenomena.”
UFO INVESTIGATIONS ‘CONTINUING’
Last week, the Pentagon admitted it has launched investigations into UFO sightings and it still analyses reports of flying saucers.
The Department of Defence went as far to reveal they will “continue” to probe such reports in a bid to keep the nation safe.
A spokesperson for the the Department of Defence was forced to admit that reports, claiming their investigations were stopped in 2012, were not true.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
Speaking to the NY Post, Christopher Sherwood said in a statement: “The Department of Defence is always concerned about maintaining positive identification of all aircraft in our operating environment, as well as identifying any foreign capability that may be a threat to the homeland.
“The department will continue to investigate, through normal procedures, reports of unidentified aircraft encountered by US military aviators in order to ensure defense of the homeland and protection against strategic surprise by our nation’s adversaries.”
WHAT IS THE ‘ADVANCED AEROSPACE THREAT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM’?
The investigations are part of the US governments, Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Programme (AATIP).
The program began in 2007 and was run by military intelligence official, Luis Elizondo.
The existence of the AATIP was revealed in 2017, along with a 33-second DOD video that shows an airborne object being chased by two Navy jets off the coast of San Diego in 2004.
Defence experts across the world have been left shell shocked by this “bombshell revelation”.
Nick Pope who launched secret probes into UFOs for the UK during the 1990s said this “new admission makes it clear that they really did study what the public would call ‘UFO’s.”
UFOs have been repeatedly investigated by the American military, including a study code-named Project Blue Book which started in 1952.
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