Pentagon Activates UFO Task Force To Investigate Mysterious Objects In The Sky
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The Pentagon has activated an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force (UAPTF) that will investigate and report sightings of UAPs, also known as unidentified flying objects or UFOs.
This marks the government’s first official program tied to UFO search since the previous unit lost its funding in 2012. According to Popular Mechanics, the Department of the Navy will helm the new task force.
Pentagon spokesperson Sue Gough said in a statement that the unit has been set up to “improve its understanding of, and gain insight into, the nature and origins of UAPs,” and that the mission of the task force is to “detect, analyze and catalog UAPs that could potentially post a threat to US national security.”
In the June Senate Committee Report, the Senate had authorized the year 2021 for the task force to begin and required the team to reveal any UAPs tied “to adversarial foreign governments, and the threat they pose to US military assets and installations.”
(1) From Pentagon spokesperson Sue Gough: "Gough confirms the Department of Defense 'is creating a task force to gain knowledge and insight into the nature and origins of UAPs,' as well as their 'operations, capabilities, performance, and/or signatures.'"https://t.co/sHSnlHAqW4
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