The U.S. Navy has recorded 400 incidents of contact with Unidentified Air Phenomena, something that was first reported in 50 years in Congress.
According to the deputy director of navy intelligence Scott Bray the high number of incidents is related to the fact that currently people report more often for uninterpretable contacts, although as he said, Marina has made efforts to eliminate the stigma of such reports.
The problem with stigma and prejudice with reporting such contacts has in fact damaged the collection of information to the point that even Navy pilots have avoided notifying their contacts. US lawmakers have described the situation as a threat to the country's national security.
"For a long time pilots avoided reporting, or were ridiculed when they did. Department of Defense officials took the matter to the attic… out of fear of the security community skepticism. Today we know more. Such phenomena are inexplicable, it is true. But they are real. They must be investigated ", said the chairman of the subcommittee on Counterintelligence and Counter-Terrorism Issues, Andre Carson.
For Bray, the elucidation and declassification of such Phenomena must be done on a case-by-case basis and that "the military does not want potential adversaries to know exactly what we are able to see or understand or how we have come to a conclusion." Part of the hearing was held behind closed doors.