Pentagon Told to “Formalize” Its Investigation of UFOs, Possibly Expand UAP Task Force ( The Debrief )

 

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks Orders Pentagon to Provide UAPTF More Resources and Support.

 

In 2020, the Pentagon announced it would be backing a UAP Task Force to examine mysterious sightings of unexplained aerial objects by members of the military. “On Aug. 4, 2020, Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist approved the establishment of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force (UAPTF),” read a DoD statement which confirmed the task force’s existence. “The Department of the Navy, under the cognizance of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, will lead the UAPTF.”

Now, it seems that the Office of the Secretary of Defense is not only throwing its hat into the UFO ring, but also pushing for a broader examination of the phenomenon.

Toward that end, the Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks also issued a memo directing the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security to “develop a plan to formalize the mission currently performed by the UAPTF.”

Hicks issued a series of steps to further investigate the incidents covered in the UAP report to determine if any threat is being posed by these incursions.

These include:

“Establishing procedures to synchronize collection, reporting and analysis on the UAP problem set, and to establish recommendations for securing military test and training ranges;”

“Identify requirements for the establishment and operation of the new activity, to include the organizational alignment, resources and staffing required, as well as any necessary authorities and a timeline for implementation;”

And;

“Be developed in coordination with the Principal Staff Assistants, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretaries of the Military Departments, and the Commanders of the Combatant Commands and with the DNI and other relevant interagency partners.”

Short of congressional hearings, the community of folks who have been anxiously awaiting the UAP report must be celebrating this clear signal from the DoD that they are not only taking that report seriously, but committing actual resources to that effort.

 

“The USG is only now beginning to take a serious look at this,” former Pentagon staffer  Luis Elizondo told The Debrief regarding Hick’s memo. “Clearly we have more unanswered questions and an overwhelming need for a whole-of-Government approach.”

“For years, the men and women we trust to defend our country reported encounters with unidentified aircraft that had superior capabilities, and for years their concerns were often ignored and ridiculed,” read a statement from Senate Select COmmittee on Intelligence Vice Chair Marco Rubio (R-FL). “This report is an important first step in cataloging these incidents, but it is just a first step. The Defense Department and Intelligence Community have a lot of work to do before we can actually understand whether these aerial threats present a serious national security concern.”

The exact mechanisms of how this will all be put into place are not precisely laid out, but the intent of the DoD seems to be clear. Whatever is making regular, unauthorized incursions into military airspace needs to be identified, and the DoD may just be forced to put more resources into getting to the bottom of the mystery.

Christopher Plain 

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