Unidentified flying object: Do we have company?

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The New York Times

Luis Elizondo, who led the Pentagon effort to investigate U.F.O.s.

The mystery of whether or not we are alone in the universe has been a constant question for over 6 decades.

In 2004, fire jets were sent on a mission and encountered an unfamiliar flying object. On December 16, 2017, the Defense Department’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program released illustrations of the event.

According to, To the Stars Academy of Arts and Science, the former head of a secret government to investigate UFO sighting, Luis Elizondo, had said that extraterrestrial life may exist. The corporation has raised approximately $2.2 million to research rare findings.

Luis Elizondo formerly managed the Pentagon Advanced Aviation Threat Identification program.

Elizondo has said that the program had found lots of strange “aircraft” that do not display characteristics of U.S. or foreign inventory.

Science teacher Ms. Behar believes, “I think because there are billions and billions and billions of stars and many planets; it is just most likely that we are not alone.”

There are different perspectives on whether there are other phenomena out in the world.

Sophomore Naimul Hasan says,” I truly believe that the human race is not the only species that exist. There are many weird scenarios going on around us, and very little explanation.”

US fighter jets were sent to investigate a mysterious flying object as it floated off the coast of San Diego on November 2004.

David Fravor, one of the US fighter jets, had said the object looked like a 40 foot long white tic tac, something that was not from the Earth.

“It’s so unbelievable that this can possibly be reality, we are focused on other things we don’t really pay attention to stuff like this,” said sophomore Ruby Ng.

The evidence that was recently shown demonstrates how there are strange occurrences happening around our environment. More research will be able to answer more unanswered questions. 

The New York Times
Unidentified flying object