Pentagon admits it has 'uncovered some things' as it launches major UFO tool
Not everyone is able to use the new UFO tool, with the public set to gain access to it in the coming months.
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Pentagon officials have admitted it has "uncovered some things" relating to UFOs as it launched a new online reporting tool for those who have seen alien objects.
Following up on its vow earlier this year, the agency has opened the reporting tool after vowing to be more transparent on UFO investigations.
The new tool can only be used by former or current federal employees.
Others who can also use it are those "with direct knowledge of US government programs or activities related to unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) dating back to 1945".
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It is currently available on the Department of Defense’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) website and soon will be available for the public.
It comes after ex-Pentagon liaison Mark McInerney was appointed the first director of UAP research at NASA in October.
NASA, too, has promised to up its intelligence on UAPs, aiming to create an army of citizen skywatchers around the globe to improve observations.
According to the AARO, the new tool is "intended as an initial point of contact… it is not intended for conveying potentially sensitive or classified information".
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In a statement, Sean Kirkpatrick, the director of AARO said this week that secondhand information on UAPs or encounters with them are not wanted.
He said: "This reporting mechanism that is on the website is for people who think they have first-hand knowledge of clandestine programs that the government has been hiding.
"[If a] pilot’s flying around, and he sees something in his airspace and he needs to report it, that goes through operational channels."
Claims about government involvement and cover-ups of UFO research are well documented, including rumors over the secret facility in Area 51 containing alien spacecraft and life.
Kirkpatrick added that those believing the rumors would be disappointed, adding: "I currently have no evidence of any program having ever existed to do any sort of reverse engineering, of any sort of extraterrestrial UAP program.
"We do have a requirement by law to bring whistleblowers or other interviewees in who think that it does exist, and they may have information that pertains to that.".
The insider concluded: "We’ve got a package of a lot of new material that we’ve got ready for release.
"We’ve uncovered some things that we are having declassified. Not just operational videos, but historical documents."
