US DEFENSE DEPT TO INVESTIGATE FRESH UFO SIGHTINGS

Taskforce to detect and analyze unidentified aerial phenomena that could ‘potentially pose a threat’ to national security, Pentagon said

The Pentagon in Washington DC

The US department of Defense has formed a new body to investigate what it calls “unidentified aerial phenomena” (UAPs) to monitor reported sightings of what most people call UFOs.

The Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) was created by the deputy defense secretary, David Norquist, on 4 August, strengthening an already existing effort that since 2018 has been under the purview of the Office of Naval Intelligence.

A video grab taken from an unclassified US navy video that shows interactions with ‘unidentified aerial phenomena’ at an undisclosed location, issued on 29 April. Photograph: US Department Of Defense Handout/EPA

“The Department of Defense established the UAPTF to improve its understanding of, and gain insight into, the nature and origins of UAPs. 

The mission of the task force is to detect, analyze and catalog UAPs that could potentially pose a threat to US national security,” the Pentagon said in a statement.

The Senate recently required the director of national intelligence and secretary of defense, working with other intelligence and law enforcement agencies, to prepare a public report of government findings on the UAP issue.

In April the US also released three declassified videos that show US navy pilots encountering what appear to be UFOs. 

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