“Future President Gerald Ford was the top Republican in the House when he forwarded tips about UFO sightings to the Air Force in 1966.
“The Air Force sent an astrophysicist, J. Allen Hynek from Northwestern University, to Michigan to investigate.
“Swamp gas” was Hynek’s “flippant” explanation, according to a frustrated press release Ford issued, demanding a congressional investigation into UFOs.
“The investigation never happened. And if you want to go down the rabbit hole of what Hynek saw and whether it was actually swamp gas, this Michigan Radio report is worth the click.
“Today, the military is being very careful not to appear flippant about UFOs.
“In fact, the number of UFO sightings logged by the US government near government property is on the rise, a US Navy Intelligence official told lawmakers on Tuesday in the first public congressional hearing on UFOs in more than 50 years.”
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