UFO Report (U.S. Intelligence)

Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, also known as the UAP Report[1] and colloquially named the Pentagon UFO Report, is a United States federally mandated assessment, prepared and published by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on June 25, 2021,[2] summarizing information regarding unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) which include unidentified flying objects (UFOs).[3][4][5][6] Substantial public attention had been given to the mandated June 25 report, fueled by statements by former high level officials in the U.S. government, including former president Barack Obama, who stated in June 2021 "...there's footage and records of objects in the skies, that we don't know exactly what they are."[7][8]

The report was supposed to give "detailed analysis of unidentified aerial phenomena data and intelligence" that had been compiled by the Office of Naval Intelligence, the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) and the FBI.[9] The report identified national security and pilot safety concerns related with UAPs. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, stated that he had asked the Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines for additional information in advance of the report's release, terming his request a "pre-briefing."[10] Rubio stated, regarding the nature of the unknown objects, "There's stuff flying in our airspace and we don't know who it is and it's not ours. So we should know who it is, especially if it's an adversary that's made a technological leap."[11]

A reported 43% of the U.S. public are increasingly interested in the topic of UFOs in the wake of the initial release by The New York Times in December 2017 of the Pentagon UFO videos, with considerable additional serious U.S. media attention being paid to the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program.[12][13]

  1. ^ "Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing". defense.gov. June 1, 2021. Q: A quick question on the coming UAP reports. There's been some reporting that this could be coming as soon as this week or maybe even tomorrow, can you say anything about what timing we should actually expect? MR. KIRBY: The what report Matt? Q: The UAP report? UFO report? MR. KIRBY: That is really for the DNI to speak to, Matt. As you know, this is a report -- a Congressionally-mandated report, the DNI is in the lead. It will be DNI who will be making that report, obviously DoD has a role in helping flesh out the information that will be in that report, but as for specific timing I'd refer you to the DNI.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference dni_Preliminary_Assessment was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Pentagon UFO report: Here's what we know". bbc.com. June 23, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  4. ^ David, Leonard (June 8, 2021). "Experts Weigh In on Pentagon UFO Report". Scientific American. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  5. ^ Mack, Eric (June 24, 2021). "The Pentagon UFO report lands in Congress any minute now: What to know". cnet.com. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  6. ^ Shinkman, Paul (June 24, 2021). "The U.S. Is About to Change the Way the World Thinks About UFOs". usnews.com. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  7. ^ Brown, Matthew (June 24, 2021). "The congressional UFO report is expected within days. Here's what we know about it and when you can expect it". yahoo.com. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  8. ^ Stieb, Matt (June 24, 2021). "What Can We Expect From the Pentagon's UFO Report?". nymag.com. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  9. ^ Stieb, Matt (June 24, 2021). "What Can We Expect From the Pentagon's UFO Report?". nymag.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  10. ^ Desiderio, Andrew (June 23, 2021). "'We've got to get an answer': UFOs catch Congress' interest". politico.com. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  11. ^ Desiderio, Andrew (June 23, 2021). "'We've got to get an answer': UFOs catch Congress' interest". politico.com. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  12. ^ Pedroja, Cammy (June 8, 2021). "43% of Americans Are More Interested in Aliens After Pentagon UFO Report". msn.com reprinting usnews.com. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  13. ^ Cooper, Blumenthal and Kean (December 16, 2017). "Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program". The New York Times. Retrieved June 24, 2021.