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Opinion: What extra-terrestrials might learn on Earth

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the first congressional hearings on UFOs - rebranded now as UAPs (Unexplained Aerial Phenomena) - in 52 years. Sadly, the search for intelligent life continues.
U.S. Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray explains a video of an unidentified aerial phenomena, as he testifies before a House Intelligence Committee subcommittee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on May 17, 2022 in Washington, DC.

The truth is out there. And may be slightly disappointing.

This week a congressional committee held the first hearings on UFOs—now called UAPs, or Unexplained Aerial Phenomena—since 1969. Investigators say there are now about 400 reported "incidents" in their database, in

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