Pentagon UFO report includes hundreds of new incidents but no evidence of aliens

The Pentagon and the surrounding area in Washington (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

The Pentagon’s latest report on UFOs has revealed hundreds of new reports of unidentified and unexplained aerial phenomena but no indications suggesting an extraterrestrial origin.

The review includes hundreds of cases of misidentified balloons, birds and satellites as well as some that defy easy explanation, such as a near-miss between a commercial airliner and a mysterious object off the coast of New York.