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• Presentation: Briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities - Open Hearing: April 19, 2023 Official release
  All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office· 2023· 5 pages · AARO · 0 stories
  • p. 3 …BEHAVIOR EFFECTS UAP characteristics and behavior consistent with other “metallic orb” observations in the region  No demonstration of enigmatic…
• AARO Congressional Open Hearing final 2.0 Hearing transcript
  Office of the Secretary of Defense· 2023-04-18· 5 pages · OSD reading room · 0 stories
  • p. 3 …MQ-9 observed apparent spherical UAP via electro-optical sensors UAP characteristics and behavior consistent with other “metallic orb” observations…
• Office of the Secretary of Defense: 11_AARO_Presentation_for_NASA Official release
  Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.· 2023· 7 pages · National Archives · 0 stories
  • p. 3 …MQ-9 observed apparent spherical UAP via electro-optical sensors UAP characteristics and behavior consistent with other “metallic orb” observations…
• UFO Reports 2008 Report
  Ministry of Defence· 26 pages · Cited by the stories · 2 stories

  …A strange substance like molten metal burst from it as it went overhead. It moved without sound. 09…

• Office of the Secretary of Defense: 030_SASC_Brief_2023 Official release
  Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.· 2023· 5 pages · National Archives · 0 stories
  • p. 3 …BEHAVIOR EFFECTS UAP characteristics and behavior consistent with other "metallic orb" observations in the region No demonstration of enigmatic technical…
• Written testimony of Ryan Graves (congress.gov copy) Document
  Congress.gov· 2023-07-26· 5 pages · Cited by the stories · 3 stories
  • p. 4 …Sean Kirkpatrick said in the recent NASA Independent Study Team meeting that “metallic orbs” traveling up to Mach 2 with…
• Graves witness statement Document
  U.S. House Committee Repository· 5 pages · Cited by the stories · 3 stories
  • p. 4 …Sean Kirkpatrick said in the recent NASA Independent Study Team meeting that “metallic orbs” traveling up to Mach 2 with…
• Ryan Graves testimony Document
  House Committee on Oversight and Accountability· 5 pages · Cited by the stories · 3 stories
  • p. 4 …Sean Kirkpatrick said in the recent NASA Independent Study Team meeting that “metallic orbs” traveling up to Mach 2 with…
• Office of the Secretary of Defense: 03_2024_DGI_Mission_Brief Official release
  Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.· 2023· 12 pages · National Archives · 0 stories
  • p. 9 … UAP characteristics and behavior were consistent with other “metallic orb” observations in the region.  No demonstration of enigmatic…
• Defense Intelligence Reference Document Space Access Where We ve Been And Where We Could Go Report
  Defense Intelligence Agency· 56 pages · DIA reading room · 0 stories

  …The cryogenic propellants were isolated from the metal wall by a metal foil barrier and sealed insulation on…

• Restoring Public Trust Through Uap Transparency and Whistleblower Protection Hearing transcript
  U.S. House of Representatives· 2025-09-09· 54 pages · Congress and GPO · 0 stories

  …So, the craft itself was this black metallic flake paint, but on top of the craft was this…

• Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing, Volume 1 (scan) Document
  NASA via ibiblio· 1969-07-31· 251 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story

  …Fabric will retain an odor where metal will not.</td></tr><tr><td>ALDRIN</td><td>I've…

• Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth (hearing transcript) Hearing transcript
  U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability· 2024-11-13· 52 pages · Congressional hearings · 2 stories
  • p. 41 …Moving to inter- cept, the F–22 pilot noted multiple metallic orbs, slightly smaller than a sedan, hovering in place…
• Sky Canada Project report (PDF) Report
  Office of the Chief Science Advisor, Government of Canada· 2025· 30 pages · Cited by the stories · 2 stories
  • p. 28 …forum on UFOs; Pentagon trying to Identify ‘Metallic’ Orbs”. Available at https://www.ctvnews.ca/ sci-tech/article/canadian-military…
• NZDF declassified RNZAF UFO files Document
  NZDF / RNZAF via Internet Archive· 2010-12· 445 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
  • p. 175 …McWilliam, a garage proprietor in New Galloway, remembered the red orb which flashed across the sky while he was travelling…