UAP Task Force established (2020)
🏛️ U.S. Department of Defense
Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist approved the creation of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, led by the Navy.
Key points
- Its job was to detect, analyze and catalog UAPs that could threaten U.S. national security.
- It came after years of reports from Navy aviators of objects near training ranges.
- Its data fed the ODNI report the following June.
Why it matters
It was the first openly acknowledged U.S. military UAP office since Blue Book closed.
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U.S. Department of Defense. (2020). UAP Task Force established (2020). https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2314065/establishment-of-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-task-force/Related records
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