The army has had at the very least 11 "close to misses" with unidentified flying objects, a U.S. intelligence official stated on Tuesday.

Throughout a listening to earlier than the Home Intelligence Committee, Scott Bray, the deputy director of naval intelligence, was requested by Illinois Consultant Raja Krishnamoorthi if there have been any "collisions" between a U.S. asset and an unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).

"We have now not had a collision, we have had at the very least 11 close to misses, although," Bray stated in response.

The feedback by Bray got here in the course of the listening to, throughout which he and Ronald Moultrie, the beneath secretary of protection for intelligence and safety, testified earlier than the committee about UAPs and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).

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U.S. intelligence officers stated on Tuesday that the army has had 11 "close to misses" with unidentified objects whereas in flight. Above, the Pentagon emblem and an American flag are lit up January 3, 2002, within the briefing room of Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Alex Wong/Getty

Bray was requested in regards to the 11 close to misses and if the UAPs have ever tried to speak with any U.S. army plane when inside "shut proximity." Bray stated that the U.S. has by no means acquired any communication alerts from the UAPs or tried to speak to them.

"So we do not even put out a alert saying...establish your self. You're, you understand, inside our flight path or one thing like that. We've not stated something like that?" Krishnamoorthi requested Bray.

Bray replied that the U.S. army has by no means put out an alert making an attempt to speak with a UAP at shut distance and stated: "it seems to be one thing that's unmanned, seems to be one thing which will or will not be in managed flight, and so we have not tried any communication with that."

Newsweek reached out to the Pentagon for remark.

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