Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

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APPENDIX B – Senate Report Accompanying the Intelligence Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2021
Senate Report 116-233, accompanying the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021,
provides that the DNI, in consultation with the SECDEF and other relevant heads of USG
Agencies, is to submit an intelligence assessment of the threat posed by UAP and the progress
the UAPTF has made to understand this threat.
The Senate Report specifically requested that the report include:
1. A detailed analysis of UAP data and intelligence reporting collected or held by the
Office of Naval Intelligence, including data and intelligence reporting held by the
UAPTF;
2. A detailed analysis of unidentified phenomena data collected by:
a. Geospatial Intelligence;
b. Signals Intelligence;
c. Human Intelligence; and
d. Measurement and Signatures Intelligence
3. A detailed analysis of data of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which was derived
from investigations of intrusions of UAP data over restricted U.S. airspace;
4. A detailed description of an interagency process for ensuring timely data collection
and centralized analysis of all UAP reporting for the Federal Government, regardless
of which service or agency acquired the information;
5. Identification of an official accountable for the process described in paragraph 4;
6. Identification of potential aerospace or other threats posed by the UAP to national
security, and an assessment of whether this UAP activity may be attributed to one or
more foreign adversaries;
7. Identification of any incidents or patterns that indicate a potential adversary, have
achieved breakthrough aerospace capabilities that could put U.S. strategic or
conventional forces at risk; and
8. Recommendations regarding increased collection of data, enhanced research and
development, additional funding, and other resources.