What About All Those USO Sightings since August in the Media? The REAL Story!

By Bob Spearing, MUFON Director of International Development

On November 2, 2025, Fox News reported that since August, a UAP reporting agency called Enigma Labs has documented 9,000 reports of objects within 10 miles of the American coastlines. The article mentioned that the states with the highest amount of these craft or anomalies near the coast were California & Florida, with 389 and 306, respectively.

Google AI generated that, “A UFO reporting app called Enigma has logged over 9,000 USO sightings since August 2025 within 10 miles of U.S. shoreline or other major bodies of water.” and “This data has raised concerns for national security analysts.” Google AI used a publication called Matine Technology News as its source.

In the Fox article, Retired Navy Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet stated that, "The fact that unidentified objects with unexplainable characteristics are entering US waterspace and the [Department of War] is not raising a giant red flag is a sign that the government is not sharing all it knows about all-domain anomalous phenomena.”

Kent Heckenlively, a UFO book author, was also interviewed by Fox and said, "​​What is really interesting to me is the reports that we receive about [United States] underwater vessels detecting craft moving at exceptionally high speeds underwater."

This image is from a longer video in MUFON Case # 137607 out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It has made the news rounds frequently this month. But what is actually being seen here? Is it a genuine series of 2 USOs, or is it scuba divers with underwater lighting? The jury is still out, but the media pounces on this as legitimate proof of USOs. It is confirmatory of NOTHING! The source of the lights remains unidentified, but claiming this photo shows “legitimate alien or other paranormal activity under our waterways” would be inconsistent with MUFON’s high investigative values.

The Mutual UFO Network would like to ask some questions here because we do not necessarily believe the entire story is being laid out by Enigma, Gallaudet and Heckenlively.

First, Google AI suggests FALSELY that anything within 10 miles of a coast is a USO. Enigma implies that. That acronym USO stands for Unidentified Submersible Object. A UFO/UAP cannot be considered a USO simply because it is within 10 miles of a coastline. This is deceiving. If this is Enigma’s methodology for what constitutes a USO, it is flawed.

Second, the Fox article, at one point, states that only 150 objects in Enigma’s database were seen going into or out of water. This is a big drop for 9,000 reports down to 150 that actually are seen in, below or above a body of water. What gives? What is truth, then? Are classifications bendable when necessary for a news release?

The newest classification for an object capable of being in air, land or underwater is called a trans-

medium vehicle as they can operate in 3 different environments. Our media today is trying to portray this as a new phenomenon. Actually, it has been going on for thousands of years.

Third, the idea that suddenly there are these incredibly fast-moving underwater objects is also a new phenomenon, is inaccurate. MUFON’s 145,000-case database has reports of fast-moving submersibles circling our warships as far back as WWII. MUFON’s own Chief Photo Analyst, Marc D’Antonio, hitched a ride back in 2017 on an unnamed USN submarine, and, being in the right place at the right time, caught an interaction between the sub’s commander and his radar operator using the term “fast mover” concerning a very fast-moving object in proximity to the sub. Right now, the Chinese are developing this underwater technology, where soon their subs may transit the Pacific from Shanghai to San Francisco in hours instead of days. Aliens? Or Chinese tech, maybe?

BUT HERE IS THE MAJOR POINT!

There is a lot of disinformation on the UFO Street right now on several items, such as Hellfire

Missiles taking out UFOs off the coast of Yemen, which was most likely a CCP spy balloon. The 3i/Atlas affair is almost to the point of hysteria for no good reason. It’s almost seeming like an experiment to gauge population gullibility. Just look at the 3i/Atlas cesspool on Facebook.

There is a difference between Enigma and MUFON. A big difference! MUFON investigates! Enigma

doesn’t. Just because there are 9,000 Enigma reports of “purported USO objects” within 10 miles of coastline and 150 directly in or over bodies of water, doesn’t necessarily mean these statistics are in any way reliable. How many of these 9,000 objects have been investigated by Enigma, Fox, or anyone else, for that matter? BINGO! Where are the investigation reports forthcoming from Enigma and Fox? Don’t hold your breath.

MUFON, The MUTUAL UFO Network, has 4,000 members currently, and of that number, 700 are trained, certified Field Investigators, most with previous forensic backgrounds. We investigate all 145,000 cases in our database. Enigma does not investigate anything as far as we can tell. And here is the point….MUFON and other UFO Agencies, over the decades, have seen a pretty steady statistic about UFO reports.

Basically, 90% of those reports, if investigated, ultimately end up as being in the “IDENTIFIED” category. So, Enigma’s 9,000 reports since August of arbitrarily classified USOs, most likely are identifiable if they were actually investigated. Roughly 900 may be hard to figure out. Their 30,000 reports they have accrued since 2022 may turn out to be, if they were actually investigated, 3,000 that may need further consideration. What we believe is happening is sensationalism of the phenomenon. Clickbait even for media exposure. Yellow Journalism in the finest 19th-century fashion! It used to sell newspapers, right?

Who suffers because of this? The person who wants to believe. That’s who! Cruel! They are being fed a steady stream of FEAR by our media and people who are sensationalizing every report as if FACT.

Shame on them! It’s grotesque!

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