Declassified UFO reports will open the way for scientific discovery.
The United States government has released a highly anticipated report about Unidentified Flying Objects sightings in the US. According to the report, the government can’t explain as many as 143 objects that were encountered by military aircraft in the last several decades. Despite speculation in social media, the US government’s report doesn’t entertain an extraterrestrial explanation for sightings. But it does say that identifying the objects or phenomena may be beyond the existing means of the American military.
The declassifying of military UFO reports by the United States will open a window into new physics and science, an Australian astrobiologist says, even if he finds it “highly unlikely” extraterrestrial entities are visiting Earth.
UFOs Declassified: Live (8 p.m., Discovery / Science / Travel) — We can’t get enough of these UFO specials. Last night, TMZ tried to break it down. Tonight, Discovery airs a live 3-hour special, hosted by Josh Gates of “Expedition Unknown,” in which a panel of experts unpacks and weighs in on the long-awaited Department of Defense and Office of the Director of National Intelligence report about Unidentified Flying Objects, recently released to Congress. Gates will question top experts including NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, former Counselor to President Obama John Podesta, and retired senior intelligence officer Bob Wallace. Other experts will include astrophysicist Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi, physicist and astronomer Robert Weryk, former UK Ministry of Defense employee Nick Pope and intelligence historian Keith Melton. Viewers will also hear from those who’ve dedicated their careers to finding answers to the biggest mysteries, including “The X-Files” creator Chris Carter, filmmaker and television director Barry Sonnenfeld (“Men in Black”), founding member of Blink-182 Tom DeLonge, investigative filmmaker Jeremy Corbell, and investigative reporter George Knapp. This will broadcast across three cable networks: Discovery, Science, and Travel.
