Congress Wants Answers on RECENT Nuclear Site UFO Sightings

UFOs are watching our nuclear sites. According to Pentagon data released in late 2024, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) documented 18 separate instances of unidentified objects flying over U.S. nuclear weapons infrastructure. Hundreds of cases remain unexplained.

The pattern extends beyond military sites. Documents obtained by The Black Vault through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission recorded a surge of drone incursions over sensitive nuclear installations from 2022 through 2024. In December 2024 alone, sightings nearly doubled within a single week at facilities including Oyster Creek, Salem, and Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations in New Jersey.

The trend continued into 2025. According to CBS Minnesota, on January 8, 2025, staff at Prairie Island Nuclear Plant reported four to five drones flying around the facility. Officers confirmed seeing two drones but were unable to identify the operators. The incident is not under active investigation.

In Wyoming, officials with the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office have recorded drone-like objects circling the Jim Bridger Power Plant for over 13 months, according to AOL News. Sheriff John Grossnickle enlisted help from U.S. Representative Harriet Hageman, who reportedly witnessed the formations herself. “We’ve done everything we can to figure out what they are, and nobody wants to give us any answers,” spokesperson Jason Mower stated.

This is not limited to the United States. According to Newsweek, Russian authorities sounded an alert at the Leningrad nuclear power plant in April 2023 after detecting an unidentified object moving at 124 miles per hour. Officials suggested it might be a weather balloon but never confirmed an explanation.

A peer-reviewed study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports, and mentioned on Fox News in October 2025 adds historical context. Researchers at Palomar Observatory found that mysterious transient objects were 45 percent more likely to appear within 24 hours of nuclear weapons tests conducted between 1949 and 1957 — before any satellites existed. Lead researcher Dr. Beatriz Villarroel stated she could find “no other consistent explanation than that we are looking at something artificial.”

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