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This is a Joint Staff J3 GENADMIN message from the J36 Homeland Defense Division, dated 19 May 2023 and released by the Office of the Secretary of Defense under FOIA 24-F-0067. It tells the combatant commands and the Services to report all UAP incidents, incursions and engagements to AARO on a standard template, to notify counterintelligence within 24 hours, and to transfer UAP data and material to AARO within 30 days. It also defines UAP terms and sets reporting deadlines.
P 4I II PAGE 4 OF 9 (U) UAP OBJECTS are corporeal artifacts of unidentified anomalous phenomena. UAP may contain one or more UAP objects (e.g., airborne craft exhibiting apparent anomalous capabilities). UAP material are samples, in whole or in part, of UAP objects (e.g., debris). 3.B.3. (U) UAP DATUM is any record of UAP detection, observation, identification, effects (on persons or equipment), mitigation, and material-exploitation. UAP datum includes but is not limited to observer, debriefer, and investigator notes and reports; still photographs and full-motion video; audio recordings; and platform- and sensor- instrument recordings. 3.8.4.A. (U) A UAP INCIDENT is any occurrence where UAP is detected by persons or sensors. 3.B.4.8. (U) A UAP INCURSION is any UAP incident in, on, or near US military installations, operating areas, training areas, special use airspace (SUA), proximity operations, and/or other areas of interest. Other areas of interest include but are not limited to US critical infrastructure and national defense equities of Allied military and intelligence coalitions (e.g., FIVE EYE). 3.8.4.C. (U) A UAP ENGAGEMENT is a kinetic or non-kinetic response to a UAP, intended to deny, disrupt, or destroy the phenomenon and/ or its object(s). 3.B.5. (U) A UAP INTERROGATION is the elicitation of UAP location, capabilities, characteristics, and/or intent using passive and/or active sensing capabilities-including but not limited to electro? optical/imagery, infrared/thermal, radiofrequency/radar, light/laser/lidar/ladar, electromagnetic, gravitational, and radioactive means. 3.6.6. (U) UAP ATTRIBUTION is the assessed natural or artificial source of the phenomenon and includes solar, weather, tidal events; US government, scientific, industry, and private activities; and foreign (allied or adversary) government, scientific, industry, and private activities. 3.6.7. (U) A UAP HAZARD is a safety risk to persons, materiel, or information (e.g., from collision) by UAP that do not demonstrate hostile intent. 3.B.8. (U) A UAP THREAT is a force-protection and/or national- security risk to persons, materiel, or information by UAP that demonstrate hostile intent. 3.B.9. (U) A UAP-REACTION is the apparent UAP response to stimuli, including but not limited to UAP detection, observation, interrogation and/or engagement. 3.6.10. (U) DATE(S) OF DETECTION is the period when the UAP was detected by persons and/or sensors. 3.6.11. (U) DATE OF ACQUISITION is the date when the UAP data and/or material was made available to the reporting element. When the reporting element, itself, detects the UAP, then the date of detection corresponds with the date of acquisition. 3.C. (U) UAP REPORTING 3.C.1. (U) UAP INCIDENT AND INCURSION REPORTS are completed and securely transmitted to Combatant Command Joint Operations Centers and Service Watch Centers no later than 96 hours after the event. Details of UAP-related health incidents (e.g., physiological, psychological effects and whether persistent or transitory) will be retained in service members medical records but shall not/not be transmitted with the UAP report. 3.C.2. (U) UAP ENGAGEMENT REPORTS are completed and securely transmitted to Combatant Command Joint Operations Centers and Service el II ,110 , 1hor •
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