They can shoot down the UFOs, but they can't shoot down our hopes of meeting aliens
We've been seeing a lot of unexplained UFOs lately. Now the White House has stepped in to set the record straight.
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After days of the United States shooting random objects out of the sky, the White House was forced to puncture some circulating thoughts as well. They told the nation that yes, they've been hearing your alien speculation. And no, this isn't it.
You might know them as UFOs, or their more formal name: UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena). They are the sudden unidentified flying objects passing
