I saw this on my facebook and thought it was a joke at first, but nope. The Dept of Defense revealed its UFO program titled Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program (AATIP) and was active until 2012.
It of course doesn't assume that a UFO is extra terrestrial - basically it involves anything that flies that can't be explained with their current knowledge.
This includes this footage they released:
Full article is at
NY Times Quote:
The “unidentified aerial phenomena” claimed to have been seen by pilots and other military personnel appeared vastly more advanced than those in American or foreign arsenals. In some cases they maneuvered so unusually and so fast that they seemed to defy the laws of physics, according to multiple sources directly involved in or briefed on the effort and a review of unclassified Defense Department and congressional documents.
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No one has any idea what these things are, and while you can dismiss most of the claimed sightings (if not all), having the US government themselves confirming sightings is pretty significant IMO