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Yes, the term now is UAP, unidentified aerial phenomenon. There is an official UAP Task Force in the Pentagon. Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid uses it, Hilary Clinton uses it.

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"Ariel phenomenon" sounds like the kind of word that will be very quickly co-opted by paranormalists and occultists.

You can run as fast as you like on the Euphemism Treadmill, but you won't get anywhere.

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