"... But we will go wherever the data takes us," the official added?

US report on Pentagon-documented
UFOs leaves sightings unexplained

What have movies and TV
  taught us to believe?

The Australien national broadcaster the ABC has gone all Twilight Zone with today's headlines on their news website after the Pentagon has released their findings and conclusions ... or lack thereof rather?

'It is just a first step'?

"A childhood memory of seeing strange bright lights hovering low during a car ride with her mother inspired Madden to write The Kettering Incident, a supernatural thriller set in Tasmania.

The series also included a fictionalised nod to the case of Frederick Valentich, whose plane disappeared over the Bass Strait in 1978.

Another inspiration was The X-Files, which Madden says was significant because it tapped into the long-held belief – one sure to be buttressed by this latest report – that governments know more than they are letting on.
"Things like that really fuel the idea that if the governments are looking into this, and we've always suspected that they are, then there must be some truth to it.""

The X-Files is Just One Big Stephen King Carney Sideshow Nightmare, Right Mike Clelland?-)

UPDATE: June 27th, 2021

The Unexplained -
Washington UFO Report

No real surprise to me the way "the report" was placed into the news media, or what was said.

But I'll bet we'll see the popularity of the UAP phenomena boom in popular culture again as people come forward to make a buck out of their stories, either real, imagined or totally made up BS.

Ca-ching!$!