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This document, released as additional information for Australian Senate Estimates, reproduces the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's Preliminary Assessment on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, dated 25 June 2021. It was prepared for congressional committees under Senate Report 116-233 and covers mostly US Government reports from November 2004 to March 2021. It finds that limited data hampers firm conclusions and that most UAP are probably physical objects. It proposes five explanatory categories and concludes that UAP pose a flight safety issue and possibly a national security challenge.
UNCLASSIFIED 9 UNCLASSIFIED 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.
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