The Pentagon answers the question of whether UFOs and aliens have visited the Earth

There is no evidence of extraterrestrial presence on Earth, says Pentagon spokesman Major General Patrick Ryder.

The latter responded to a question from a reporter who suggested that "given the news cycle," any announcement about aliens or extraterrestrial life would likely go unnoticed.

"The truth is somewhere out there, we have no evidence to suggest that extraterrestrial life has visited our planet," said the Pentagon press secretary.

Ryder's message was consistent with an earlier Pentagon report that dismissed claims that signs of extraterrestrial life existed and that the US government had conspired to hide them from the public.

In March, a document from the Pentagon's All Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) stated that no evidence of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), the military term for unidentified flying objects (UFOs), had been found. AARO was established in 2022 to identify and resolve UFO reports.

Covering the period from 1945 to October 2023, it was the most comprehensive report the Pentagon has ever released on the subject and another instance in which it denied claims that alien vehicles had been found. nypost.

The researchers found no evidence that any US government investigation or "academia-sponsored research or official review panel confirmed that any UFO sightings represented alien technology."

The report states that claims of secret government programs to alter alien technology are based on misinformation. Reports of flying objects or alien craft are the result of misidentification of ordinary objects, according to the report.

Pentagon claims that aliens have never been to Earth have been questioned by independent investigators and conspiracy theorists, who believe the government is hiding evidence of extraterrestrial life.

Earlier, three military veterans testified at a Congressional hearing on UFOs, including former Air Force intelligence officer David Grusch. He claims that the US government has been running a secret reverse engineering program for decades using alien spacecraft. He added that the US had found "non-human biology" at the alleged crash sites.

Asked about Grusch's claims about a month later, a Pentagon spokesman said the Defense Department "has not disclosed any classified information to support allegations that any program related to the possession or reverse engineering of alien materials has existed in the past or is currently in existence".

In September, the ministry opened a website for declassified information about flying objects. This website allows current and former US government employees, service members and contractors to share reports privately and securely. /Telegraph/