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A commercial airliner had a “near miss” with an unexplained aerial object near New York, as detailed in the Pentagon’s latest UFO report, which documented numerous new sightings.
The occurrence near the Empire State was among 757 unexplained aerial phenomena, commonly called unidentified flying objects or UFO instances, reported to US authorities last year, according to the newly released document.
The flight crew alerted the Federal Aviation Administration about their plane’s “near miss with a ‘cylindrical object'” while traversing the Atlantic Ocean near the New York coastline.
The specific date and airline information remain confidential. The Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) is still investigating this event, according to their formal report referenced by the New York Post.
The New York incident itself is the only documented case where there was a “potential flight safety issue” during the encounter.
Meanwhile, investigators have successfully explained about 300 of the total reported incidents. Many unidentified objects were subsequently classified as balloons, birds, airplanes, drones or satellites.
Numerous other observations remain unexplained, mainly due to insufficient information for definitive conclusions.
Witnesses often described seeing unidentified lights or objects that appeared round, spherical, or spherical.
One witness account described observing a jellyfish with flashing lights.
The report noted that Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite constellation often causes confusion, with people incorrectly identifying the satellite chains as UFOs. AARO officials confirmed that they had found no evidence in their investigation suggesting an extraterrestrial origin.
“It is important to underline that AARO has thus far found no evidence of aliens, activity or technology,” the report said.
The documented 757 cases occurred between May 1, 2023 and June 1, 2024. This figure includes 272 previously unreported incidents that occurred before this period, as noted in the report.