The article says "However, if we get to a point where it becomes an official, stated fact — universally accepted — that these objects are not ours, Russian, Chinese, or made by any country on Earth, this would be disclosure of at least some UFOs originating off this planet. At the same time, I suspect that tagged on to any admission along these lines would be the caveat that we don't know what they are, where they are from or why they are here. Such clarity will not necessarily be established in the near term. It all goes in steps, sometimes small ones, and it takes time. I think the process will continue to be gradual disclosure, and this will help minimize distrust in government. It gives all of us time to absorb and explore — and challenge — each step along the way. We are closer than ever before to a new level of confirmation. Yet I am sure there is plenty of resistance to such a paradigm shift."
That is something to ponder. It seems the *desired explanation or outcome* is that UAP/UFO reports are visitors from the stars, thus advanced civilizations visiting Earth, at least for some UAP reports. Such advanced civilizations traveling across the stars to Earth would indeed be used to argue that they evolved on their planets just like we did here via abiogenesis. Non-living matter will eventually, evolve into advanced civilizations on at least one place and perhaps many other locations too. Consider too that all UAP/UFOs reports are non-repeatable. So far, going back to the locations and observing the same UAP/UFO sightings over and over again using different equipment I do not see reported.
Presently, space.com reporting on UAP/UFOs has not documented confirmed evidence that the UAPs/UFOs can travel to our Moon or Mars and back to Earth, thus reach escape velocity and faster speeds.