Critics are accusing the U.S. government of covering up the existence of extraterrestrial life, as a top Pentagon official recently claimed that none of the hundreds of UFO sightings reported by the military over the past 27 years are of alien origin.

Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, director of the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, boldly denied the presence of extraterrestrials on Earth in a recent testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee. He stated that there is "no credible evidence" of "extraterrestrial activity, off-world technology, or objects that defy the known laws of physics." However, Dr. Don Donderi, author of Truth, Lies and ETs: How We Stumbled Into the Universe, counters this claim, telling The National ENQUIRER, "I think the Pentagon is feeding the public a heap of garbage!"

Kirkpatrick asserted that the majority of unexplained sightings could be attributed to "readily explainable" phenomena such as shadows, balloons, or sensor misreadings. He further emphasized that only a "very small percentage" of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) reports—the government's preferred term for UFOs—display features that could "reasonably be described as anomalous."

Kirkpatrick's testimony is viewed as contradictory by some, as it was accompanied by a video captured by an MQ-9 Reaper drone showing an orb-shaped object suspiciously darting over Iraq on July 12, 2022. He admitted that this particular UAP case remains unresolved.

Moreover, the Pentagon has previously released footage of aircraft hovering against the wind, accelerating in seemingly otherworldly ways, or behaving inexplicably. Critics also point to a March 2023 paper co-authored by Kirkpatrick, which found that many UAP do indeed defy physics by failing to generate the expected optical fireball, ionization shell, and tail as they rapidly traverse the sky.

The Senate panel hearing comes after the Pentagon's first groundbreaking UFO report, released in July 2021 following decades of resistance. Donderi argues, "The U.S. government, through its so-called UAP study program, is concealing the truth known to UFO students and scholars for over 75 years."

He believes it's time for the public to recognize that we are not alone on this planet and that extraterrestrial visitors warrant open discussion. Donderi acknowledges the government's reluctance to reveal the truth about UFOs, stating, "They fear public disturbance and a breakdown in society if they admit the truth." However, he emphasizes the need to confront, rather than evade, this reality.