“Some of these same objects may also be able to operate in the vacuum of space, clearly impossible for conventional air-breathing means of propulsion.” Some objects have been observed moving into and out of the ocean (a liquid) and into the atmosphere (a gas) seemingly unencumbered by traditional Newtonian physics and aerodynamic pressures,” Mellon wrote. “The significance is the inclusion of both. Her NDAA text outlines a wide range of the potential office’s responsibilities-and it’s inclusions shed new light on some of what the government knows but hasn’t widely shared regarding some of these encounters.įor instance, according to the legislation “‘unidentified aerial phenomena’ means-(A) airborne objects that are not immediately identifiable (B) transmedium objects or devices and (C) submerged objects or devices that are not immediately identifiable and that display behavior or performance characteristics suggesting that the objects or devices may be related to the objects” previously referred to in the text. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., who recently expressed concerns about briefings she received from UAP Task Force investigators, which motivated her proposal. The provision that would mandate the office was put forward by multiple lawmakers, including Sen. “It kind of goes back to that weird place that nobody wants to talk about, which is how effectively can the government work on a complex problem?” “It's a lot more detailed, and so we have a better idea of what would be the responsibility and role-whereas, besides just having a horrible acronym, this other office is really largely left up to the discretion of the Department of Defense, and the undersecretary for intelligence as to how much or how little they're going to investigate,” McMillan explained.
The NDAA provision outlining the sort of office Congress views as appropriate to make sense of UAP, on the other hand, is quite thorough. Then, this month, the Pentagon unveiled the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group, or AOIMSG, as the successor UAP Task Force.ĭOD’s memo on AOIMSG’s standing is relatively brief. The group submitted an analysis to Congress this summer that confirmed there were 144 reliable reports of such phenomena originating from government sources-80 of which involved observations with multiple sensors-between 20. At that time last year, DOD also announced its formation of a UAP Task Force to investigate the seemingly unexplainable happenings. More recently, after mounting public pressure, the Pentagon released and validated the authenticity of three videos depicting Navy officials encountering a baffling, UAP-type object. That effort encompassing UFO sighting-aligned research was unclassified but unpublicized, and existed for less than a decade. In the 2000s, Congress approved millions in funding to back the Pentagon’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, or AATIP. Launched in the 1950’s, Project Blue Book was a codename for the Air Force’s UFO studies, until it was disbanded in 1969. “We need a meaningful collection strategy and innovative and iterative analysis to support it,” former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Christopher Mellon told Nextgov via email this week. Still, there are heaps of credible reports spanning decades from current and former military personnel who claim to have seen-and at times been put at risk by-what they’ve perceived as UAP. “In fact, there were a lot of specific things that were named and outlined in the legislation, some of which are still included now, that have not been discussed before.”ĭOD has a long and very complicated history addressing objects in the sky that appear to perform in ways that transcend the capabilities of today’s technology. “I think it's probably the most significant legislation to target this topic since probably 1969, since Blue Book,” Tim McMillan, a retired police lieutenant and writer who co-founded the science and technology news website The Debrief, told Nextgov on Thursday. Members of the United States’ UAP community are celebrating the detailed inclusion, arguing that it goes farther than almost any legislation ever proposed-with a real chance of passing.
Tucked into the latest, more-than-2,000-page version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2022 is a provision that would mandate the formal establishment of a federal office, organizational structure, and authorities to confront unidentified aerial phenomena, the Defense Department’s modern term for UFOs.
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