--- title: "Pentagon Official Breaks Down UFO Video “Frame-By-Frame” Before Congress" description: "In a jaw-dropping testimony, a ranking Pentagon official explained to Congress just how strange the military's UFO videos can be." date: "2023-04-27" modified: "2023-04-27" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/pentagon-official-ufo-video-congress" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "Pentagon" - "the digest" - "uaps" - "ufos" --- # Pentagon Official Breaks Down UFO Video “Frame-By-Frame” Before Congress ![In a jaw-dropping testimony, a ranking Pentagon official explained to Congress just how strange the military's UFO videos can be.]() *\Image: All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office\* ## Anomalies In mostly overlooked testimony, a ranking Pentagon official explained to Congress just how strange the military's UFO videos can be. As [*Fox News* reports](), Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, the director of the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, told a Senate subcommittee that although the Defense Department hasn't yet found "credible evidence" of extraterrestrial life, there were still lots of things its officials cannot explain. One such video, which Kirkpatrick showed to the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, was shot in a Middle Eastern combat zone. He characterized it as an example of a truly "unresolved" and "anomalous" unidentified aerial phenomenon or UAP, the Pentagon's word for UFOs. "Why am I showing you this?" the Pentagon official asked the Senate lawmakers. "This is the kind of data we have to work with and the type of analysis we have to do, which can be extensive when you have to pull these apart frame-by-frame." https://twitter.com/dave_brown24/status/1648720343819853825 ## Regional Interests Kirkpatrick went on to say that it's "virtually impossible to fully identify" the strange, spherical object in the video. During his hour-long testimony, the Pentagon UFO office director said that the Department of Defense is currently tracking more than 650 cases of UAPs, though he said many of those will likely turn out to be balloons or aircraft. Objects that don't fall into those categories, Kirkpatrick said, are prioritized by the regions in which they're seen and whether they're "attached to a national security area" or "show some anomalous phenomenology that's of interest." He went on to add that the full in-depth report on the investigations into these unidentified flying objects is expected to drop later this year, perhaps in July. When it does, it will be the first for the newly-created department. Rest assured that we'll be eagled-eyed on the lookout for that document to drop, though we'll all have to temper our expectations given that this is, after all, the Pentagon we're talking about. **More on UFOs:** [*Harvard and Pentagon Scientists Say "Highly Maneuverable" UFOs Appear to Defy Physics*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()