The group will standardize unidentified aerial phenomena reporting and 'assess and mitigate any associated threats to safety of flight and national security.'
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced the formation of the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group on Tuesday. Hicks is pictured speaking during a 9/11 observance ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on September 10, 2021.The Department of Defense has announced the formation of a new group to counter any"threats" posed by unexplained phenomena commonly known as unidentified flying objects .
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced that the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group would be the successor to the Navy's Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force in a memo released on Tuesday.states that AOIMSG"will synchronize efforts across the Department and the broader U.S.
The formation of the group comes roughly five months after the release of a hotly anticipated report from the Navy's UAP Task Force. The nine-page unclassified document was"able to identify one reported UAP with high confidence" out of 144 investigated sightings. The identified object was deemed to be"a large, deflating balloon," while the other 143 UAPs remained unidentified due to a lack of evidence.
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