They may not all be UFO sightings but extraterrestrial monitoring of the planet is increasing due to: war in the Middle East and in Europe with a threat of nuclear destruction, climate change, and chaos in general. It's all going somewhere.

US is receiving dozens of UFO reports a month, senior Pentagon official tells CNN   CNN - October 18, 2023
The US government is receiving dozens of reports of UFOs, each month, according to the director of the office established to investigate the incidents, with the potential for hundreds, if not thousands more reports expected in the near future.