Military pilots and satellites in the US have recorded “a lot more” sightings of UFOs than have been publicly declared, Donald Trump’s former intelligence director has claimed. John Ratcliffe said: “Frankly, there are a lot more sightings than have been made public.” He continued that in some of the cases “we don’t have good explanations” about what the UFO might have been, adding: “I actually wanted to get this information out and declassify it before I left office.”
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