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FOIA release DF-2021-00275: Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued this preliminary assessment on unidentified aerial phenomena, dated 25 June 2021 and released on 24 March 2022 under FOIA case DF-2021-00275. Prepared for congressional committees with the UAP Task Force, it reviews mostly US government reports from November 2004 to March 2021. It finds that limited high-quality data prevents firm conclusions, that UAP clearly pose a flight safety issue, and it proposes five explanatory categories and better standardized reporting.

  • p. 8 …category pending scientific advances that allowed us to better understand them. The UAPTF intends to focus…
  • p. 9 …advancement by a potential adversary. We continue to monitor for evidence of such programs given the…
Approved for release by ODNI on 03-24-2022, FOIA case DF-2021-00275Approved for release by ODNI on 03-24-2022, FOIA case DF-2021-00275

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