No Longer in Shadows, Pentagon’s U.F.O. Unit Will Make Some Findings Public

The July 2020 New York Times article, “No Longer in Shadows, Pentagon’s U.F.O. Unit Will Make Some Findings Public,” written by Ralph Blumenthal and Leslie Kean, revealed the continued existence of a dedicated UAP investigative body within the military following the dissolution of AATIP.

Key Takeaways from the Report:

Public Acknowledgment of the UAPTF: The article confirmed the existence of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force (UAPTF), operating within the Office of Naval Intelligence. Its primary mission was to standardize the collection and reporting of UAP sightings across military branches.

Congressional Mandate: It highlighted an intelligence authorization bill pushing the task force to provide a public, unclassified report to Congress on UAP activity every 180 days, marking a major legislative shift toward government transparency.

“Off-World Vehicles”: The piece featured highly controversial quotes from astrophysicist Eric W. Davis, who worked as a subcontractor and consultant for the Pentagon’s UAP program. Davis stated on the record that he gave classified briefings to a Defense Department agency regarding retrievals of “off-world vehicles not made on this earth.”

Harry Reid’s Push for Science: Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid explicitly stated his belief that crashes of objects of unknown origin may have occurred, and argued that the government or private defense contractors holding any recovered physical materials must subject them to broader scientific evaluation.