>>12773263It is a secret project, however the secret project is not magic anti-gravity tic-tacs that are unexplainable with modern physics.
(The idea that the government hides 100 year in the future tech like this is extremely retarded, it's more likely that it would be Aliens)
The secret project is just balloons, specifically decoy balloons.
They were testing these balloons, or they were testing the Aircraft carrier battle group with the baloons or maybe they were testing both.
Submarine launched decoy baloons were used to test unfriendly air defences and their response times back in the 50s and 60s, decoy and jammer drones are also a modern staple of the US air force (see MALD) taking part in the Iraq wars.
They kept it secret after the fact from the aviators (higher levels involved may have been made aware of the test), who through a combination of spoofed and misguiding sensor information about the balloons (both from themselves and the carrier group) and their atypical flight characteristics and appearance (slow and high altitude without reference points or clear orientation), created their sensational if somewhat unbelievable testimony.
Now you have this investigation done by 'UFOligists', funded by senators for pork/ media attention, in order to hunt snipe until the project gets de-classified or the media moves on, or that senator loses their seat.