UFOs in Congress: Then & Now

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Start your free seven-day trial and unlock this episode plus hundreds more, all ad-free when you become a Mysterian on Patreon. It's official. Unidentified aerial phenomena exist.

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The Pentagon takes the subject seriously, but no one can say if aliens are involved.

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This is according to the unclassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence that was delivered to Congress this past Friday.

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The fact that Congress is interested in the subject of what have long been known as UFOs has gotten quite a bit of media attention ever since the report was commissioned in legislation passed in 2020.

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But this is not the first time Congress has shown an interest in the subject.

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In the 1960s, UFOs were discussed in Congress on two occasions, both times prompted by concerns that publicly funded UFO studies were not being taken seriously.

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In 1966, there was a series of UFO sightings in Michigan that got the attention of the press and the Air Force.

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