Ex-Defense Officials Urge Broad Review of U.S. Airspace Amid UAPs and Unattributed Drones
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Former defense officials Christopher Mellon, Avi Loeb, and Tim Gallaudet warned lawmakers that unknown drones and unidentified aerial phenomena threaten U.S. airspace, that much data is blocked by over-classification, and that a government-wide review of sensors and classifications is needed to improve transparency, data sharing, and defenses, citing a 2021 sighting of a metallic sphere near USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and drones flying up to 35,000 feet at about 500 mph.