‘Most compelling’ UFO vid shows mystery craft split in two at 120mph as 55 scientists demand Senate release secret data
A TEAM of scientists, engineers and former military officers have made the case for the "most compelling" UFO footage as they urged Congress to release more data on a string of strange encounters.
The Scientific Coalition for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (SCU) told The US Sun they are encouraging the disclosure of more information so scientists can help to investigate these unexplained occurrences.
SCU investigators said the object appears to be of "unknown origin" after spending 1000 hours researching the UAP.
It comes as the UFO debate reopened again after the release of scraps of footage showing mysterious objects which the Pentagon confirmed had been recorded by serving members of the US military.
The videos were said to have been leaked from briefings by the UAP Task Force, a group set up by US defence chiefs after a vote by the Intelligence Committee last June.
The world is awaiting an unclassified report on UFOs by the Director of the National Intelligence and the Department for Defense which is due for release in June.
In the letter to the Rubio and Warner, the SCU call for the release of more data from the infamous UAP incidents declassified last year by the Pentagon.
They urge the two Republicans to get behind efforts to release footage more footage of the infamous 2004 "Tic Tac" video from the USS Nimitz.
And they called for release of more information on the "Go Fast" and "Gimbal" videos filmed by the pilots from the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
In a statement, the SCU said: "The SCU believes that all government data regarding unidentified aerospace objects should be made available to the public to be openly investigated by the broader scientific community, provided that such data does not compromise sources or methods of data
collection.
"A full scientific investigation of such data would be able to uncover valuable information relating to both national security and advancement of our understanding of physics, aerospace engineering, and our world."
Mr Lace told The US Sun while they encourage disclosure as a process - they do understand the need to protect sources and methods used to collect data on UAPs.
"Given the term’s varied interpretations, the SCU has no position on 'disclosure' understood as a single event or on reasons why some data may be kept secret", he explained.
It has been speculated that the objects which continue to appear in official footage filmed by US military personnel could be hypersonic drones from China or Russia.
In 2019, the Pentagon admitted it has launched investigations into UFO sightings and it still analyses reports of unexplained objects.
The Department of Defence went as far as to reveal they will "continue" to probe such reports in a bid to keep the nation safe.
A spokesperson for the Department of Defence was forced to admit that reports, claiming their investigations were stopped in 2012, were not true.
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Speaking to the NY Post, spokesman Christopher Sherwood said in a statement: "The Department of Defence is always concerned about maintaining positive identification of all aircraft in our operating environment, as well as identifying any foreign capability that may be a threat to the homeland.
“The department will continue to investigate, through normal procedures, reports of unidentified aircraft encountered by US military aviators in order to ensure the defense of the homeland and protection against strategic surprise by our nation’s adversaries.”