from The Epoch Times:
Although the reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial craft has remained within the realm of conspiracy theories, a new report shows that the Department of Defense (DOD) had been asked to consider investigating the issue.
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A study by the U.S. Department of Defense’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)—first reported by Politico—examined unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), commonly referred to as UFOs, from 1945 until the present. The study was released on Friday.
The report found “no evidence that any [U.S. government] investigation, academic-sponsored research, or official review panel has confirmed that any sighting of a UAP represented extraterrestrial technology,” according to The Washington Post.
According to the report, these alleged alien craft could be written off as “ordinary objects and phenomena, and the result of misidentification.”
Although the report largely debunked UAP sightings, it found that a program titled “Kona Blue” was proposed to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the 2010s, which would have examined the benefits of reverse-engineering recovered extraterrestrial craft.
According to the report, the proposal was rejected by DHS “for lacking merit” because there was no craft recovered.
“It is critical to note that no extraterrestrial craft or bodies were ever collected, this material was only assumed to exist by Kona Blue advocates and its anticipated contract performers,” the report stated.
Kona Blue was first declassified in AARO’s report.
According to AARO’s acting director, Tim Phillips, the program was never approved because no department “possessed any material or information.”
‘Misrepresentations’
Mr. Phillips later attributed the sightings to misrepresentations of popular culture and classified military programs.
