In the wake of a UFO report last summer, Pentagon announces the formation of a new group that will investigate reports of UFOs close to sensitive military areas.
A declassified version of the government report presented to Congress on unexplained aerial phenomena says most of them are still unexplained.In the wake of a UFO report last summer, the Pentagon has announced the formation of a new group that will investigate reports of UFOs close to sensitive military areas.
"Incursions by any airborne object into our SUA pose safety of flight and operations security concerns, and may pose national security challenges," said a Pentagon press release using the term that includes restricted military airspace, military operations areas, firing ranges and places restricted for national security and other uses.
The new group will synchronize the Pentagon's efforts with other federal agencies"to detect, identify and attribute objects of interest in Special Use Airspace , and to assess and mitigate any associated threats to safety of flight and national security."It will be overseen by the under secretary of defense for intelligence, who will head an executive council including the director of the Joint Staff and senior officials from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
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