Nov. 14 (UPI) -- More than 700 UFO reports were made in the last year, according to a report published Thursday by the Pentagon and the Director of National Intelligence report.
The Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena report lists 757 new incidents, 485 that occurred between May 2023 and June, and another 272 from 2021 and 2022 that had not been previously reported to the agency.
Last year's report cited only 281 new reports of UFOs during its review period. Pentagon officials said Thursday the spike in this year's report could be due in large part to more awareness about reporting such incidents, not that they may be growing in frequency.
The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, which studies unidentified flying objects, has reported a total of 1,652 objects.
Officials were quick to point out in the 2024 report that while there are certain phenomena they can't explain, they have found no evidence of extraterrestrial life being responsible for them.
AARO has "discovered no evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology," scientists wrote in this year's report.
The report said a small number of the incidents could be tied to terrestrial phenomena, but that many will be left for further study.
"There are interesting cases that with my physics and engineering background and time in the I.C. I do not understand, and I don't know anybody else understands them," said Jon Kosloski, the new director of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office.
Kosloski said there were 21 incidents that he couldn't really explain, all of which occurred near national security sites and were recorded on video, had multiple eyewitnesses or were captured by other means.