The last investigation of this kind happened more than 50 years ago, as part of a US Air Force investigation called Project Blue Book, which examined reported sightings of unidentified flying objects (note the change in name).
But why would governments be interested in UAPs? One exciting line of thought is UAPs are alien spacecraft visiting Earth. It’s a concept that gets a lot of attention, by playing on decades of sci-fi movies, views about what goes on in Area 51, and purported sightings by the public.
A much more prosaic line
of thought is governments are interested in unexplained aerial
phenomena – especially those within their own sovereign airspace –
because they may represent technologies developed by an adversary....<<<Read More>>>...