The former NASA astronaut who nearly collided with a pair of metallic orbs while flying his plane ... said of the “perfectly smooth” spheres he encountered while piloting his Grumman AA5BTiger ...

Metallic orbs like those seen by Chiao are the most commonly reported sighting logged by US military witnesses, according to the director of the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.

At an altitude of 9,000 feet over Houston, Texas, the former Space Shuttle commander had two "perfectly smooth" and "shiny" spheres, each roughly three ... Office also revealed in 2023 that "metallic ...