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UAPs UFOs (FOIA 24-F-0636)

Office of the Secretary of Defense · 2024 · 6 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release (24-F-0636), dated 2024, contains redacted pages from Joint Staff J33 daily operations updates from 2020 and 2021. Most entries cover counter-narcotics interdictions, logistics, and security events. Public Affairs notes record press queries about a "cruise-missile-type object" reported near an American Airlines flight over New Mexico, which were referred to American Airlines or the FBI. They also record questions about the release date of the UAP report to Congress, which were referred to ODNI.

  • p. 3 …carrying the Starlink-17 mission from Kennedy Space Center, FL. This will be the 20th batch…

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(U) IE Assessment	(U) Top US commander warns of the rebirth of ISIS, Russian and Chinese adventurism, Taliban violence, and the ticking time bomb of refugee and prison camps. General McKenzie remarked upon the resurgence of ISIS that despite its "territorial defeat," ISIS remains "a learning and adaptable" extremist organization and is far from defeated. (The Washington Times)
(U) Somali National Army attacked and killed 50 Al-Shabaab terrorists including a senior leader for intelligence in the area. SNA reports that during the operation they destroyed 20 terrorist camps. (Middle East Monitor)
(U) Iraq has requested support from NATO to attack the remaining ISIS cells operating within Iraq borders. (Middle East Monitor)
(U) Clashes between ISWAP and Boko Haram groups are increasing along the Nigerian-Niger border. ISWAP members have kidnapped Boko Haram women. Tensions between the groups escalated resulting in scores of terrorists dead between the two groups. (Nigerian Guardian)
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