Pentagon to set up task force under US Navy to investigate UFO sightings

The Pentagon is setting up a new task force under the US Navy to investigate UFO sightings. With the creation of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF), the Defense Department hopes to improve its understanding of, and gain insight into, the nature and origins of UAPs.

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The mission of the task force is to detect, analyse and catalogue UAPs that could potentially pose a threat to U.S. national security.

Washington is particularly concerned about China’s spying capabilities, using drones or other airborne means.

The US Senate intelligence committee in June said it wanted to regulate a Pentagon UFO program, confirming the existence of an informal working group which was revealed by the New York Times in 2017.

The announcement of a new task force comes after the Pentagon in April officially released three videos taken by US Navy pilots showing mid-air encounters with what appear to be UFOs.