Janine Villahauer: “There’s No Real Way to Know What We’re Seeing”
The psychologist serves on the president’s scientific advisory council on unidentified phenomena. She wants the administration to provide more detail in the military case files it has released.
The Pentagon released a document describing a sighting of a black, triangular object over a sensitive military site in the western United States. Two anonymous witnesses described an object that hovered for about 20 seconds and disappeared without making a sound. The document does not identify the object or offer an explanation, and the location was redacted.
On Friday, October 23, the Pentagon released a document about a sighting of a black, triangular object over a sensitive military site in the western United States, the website Female First reported. The document is among the latest materials the Trump administration ordered released.
Two federal law enforcement officers with extensive operational experience working with government agencies reported the sighting. Their names were not released.
What the Witnesses Saw
The document describes the object as matte black and triangular, moving at the speed of a fighter jet. It climbed to about 60 meters above a canyon ridgeline, hovered in place for roughly 20 seconds, then flew off horizontally and disappeared. The witnesses estimated its wingspan at between 2.7 and 4.5 meters and its speed at about 2,900 kilometers per hour.
According to the document, the witnesses heard no engine noise, hum, or sound from the air moving around the object, even though conventional fighter jets make considerable noise at that speed.
Why the Sighting Can’t Be Verified
The witnesses are anonymous and the location was redacted, making it impossible to verify the sighting beyond what the document says. The speed and wingspan are estimates only. The document does not identify the object or name any known aircraft that fits the description, and it offers no explanation for the sighting.
What an Expert Says
Janine Villahauer, a psychologist and member of the president’s scientific advisory council on unidentified phenomena, welcomed the release of the military files but urged the administration to provide more information in each case. In a post on Substack, she wrote: “Without this information, there’s no real way to know what we’re seeing, and people are left to make up explanations on their own.”
Questions & answers
Who released the document?
The Pentagon released it on October 23 as part of a further release of materials the Trump administration had ordered disclosed. Female First reported the story.
Is there an explanation for the sighting?
The document does not identify the object or name any known aircraft that fits the description. It offers no explanation for the sighting.