"I can also tell you, as a space operator now of 36 years, having spent a lot of time with space domain awareness sensors, tracking things in space, I've never seen anything in space other than manmade objects, so I am not aware of anything that is extraterrestrial, other than comets and things like that."
"We will respond to any presidential direction to go look at our files, but I think the term of art now is UAP, and the A is aerial, so these are things that are below the Kármán line (100 kilometers), that are in the atmosphere. I've seen some of the same videos and radar data that all of you have, and my guess is those relevant services and combatant commands will turn that data over."
Gen. Stephen Whiting, head of US Space Command, expressed interest in a presidential announcement regarding potential data releases while clarifying Space Command's findings. With 36 years of space operations experience and extensive work with space domain awareness sensors, Whiting stated he has never observed anything extraterrestrial in space beyond comets and natural phenomena. Space Command's responsibility covers Earth's atmosphere to the Moon and beyond, including tracking and cataloging orbital objects. Whiting clarified that UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) refers to atmospheric phenomena below the Kármán line, distinct from space objects. He indicated Space Command would comply with any presidential directive to review files and share relevant data, though he personally has no experience with unexplained phenomena.
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