{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69612d9223ce58f14619a8f6/69612dd11f21449d6decf2f5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Best of 2021: It’s Time to Talk About U.F.O.s","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69612d9223ce58f14619a8f6/4f1c2824c86669f633e0ae4bae65affc.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>This episode originally aired in July 2021</p><p><br></p><p>Last week, the U.S. government released a new report that attempts to categorize 144 verified sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena, or U.A.P. They could only definitively explain one of them. </p><p><br></p><p>The new report signals a shift in the way we think about U.A.P. As technology has advanced and evidence of these encounters have increased, the question has become more urgent: what exactly is happening in our skies?</p><p><br></p><p>Guest: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/shaneharris\">Shane Harris</a>, intelligence and national security reporter for the Washington Post</p><p> </p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}