Was essentially started a couple years ago when the U.S. government released video of a report of UAP. They apparently want to get away from UFO and it's automatic link to extraterrestrials.
Considering the context in which I'm encountering the term "UAP", and the Wiki page I get to if I look up "unidentified aerial phenomena", I worry their mission to get away from the automatic link to extraterrestrials may not be very successful!
I hear yeah. I'm guessing the science geeks wanted a more exact term since some of the phenomenon isn't "flying".
Agreed. It's proving to be a bit of a failed strategy with the recent interest in the topic.
There's also 'USO' - unidentified submerged object by the way.
Let's see if they change that one to "Unidentified Subaquatic Phenomena"
The recent congressional testimony by Dave Fravor, a pilot involved in the Tic Tac incident, made it pretty clear there was a disturbance under the surface of the ocean on an otherwise placid day. Whatever the thing they encountered was, it seems to have a connection to the ocean (in that instance anyway).
The swarming of the Nimitz occurred in the ocean as well and I believe Ryan Graves' squadron was operating over the ocean as well.
I thought that was a Cardi B song.
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