Some UFO believers hope the new report will convince skeptics to keep an open mind

“The topic is often viewed in an adversarial way, like as if [we believe] aliens are coming to take over the world, yada yada yada,’” he added. The forthcoming report, though, “has helped me talk about this with normal people. Instead of saying, ‘Hey, some person with questionable validity said this,’ I can say: ‘Hey, the Pentagon said this. Do you believe the Pentagon?’”