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This FOIA release from DoD Washington Headquarters Services collects 2020 Pentagon public affairs and Navy emails about press queries on unidentified aerial phenomena. It includes the August 14, 2020 announcement that Deputy Secretary David Norquist had approved the UAP Task Force, and follow-ups on a CBS query about a claimed F/A-18 cellphone photo of a triangular object. It also reproduces The Debrief and Vice/Motherboard articles, and internal emails on DOPSR's handling of the Navy videos and Luis Elizondo's AATIP role.

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  • p. 3 …military and intelligence officials, as well as Pentagon emails, offer an unprecedented glimpse behind the scenes…
  • p. 4 …On October 21st, 2019, a briefing on UAP was conducted at the Pentagon for several Senate…
  • p. 5 …the UAP briefings with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In an email, Senior Strategist and Pentagon…
  • p. 7 …What is The Pentagon Officially Saying ABOUT UAP? Although The Debrief learned of the issuance and…
  • p. 8 …Though this request was less than six months after The Pentagon's "no responsibilities" statement, spokeswoman…
  • p. 9 …Offering The Pentagon one final opportunity to discuss what we intended to report or comment on…
  • p. 50 …USN Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (I&S)/Congressional Activities Pentagon, Room Comm: 0…
  • p. 52 …military and intelligence officials, as well as Pentagon emails, offer an unprecedented glimpse behind the scenes…
  • p. 53 …Though already acknowledged by the Intelligence Committee, in mid-August, the Pentagon formally acknowledged they had…
  • p. 54 …On October 21st, 2019, a briefing on UAP was conducted at the Pentagon for several Senate…
  • p. 56 The Pentagon Press Briefing Room seal (Credit: DoD/photo by Lisa Ferdinando) The Debrief reached out…
  • p. 62 WHAT IS THE PENTAGON OFFICIALLY SAYING ABOUT UAP? Although The Debrief learned of the issuance and…
  • p. 66 …Offering The Pentagon one final opportunity to discuss what we intended to report or comment on…
  • p. 68 Caution-https://www.thedebrief.org/fast-movers-and-transmedium-vehicles-the-pentagons-uap-task- force/?fbclid…
  • p. 69 …On October 21st, 2019, a briefing on UAP was conducted at the Pentagon for several Senate…
  • p. 71 The Pentagon Press Briefing Room seal (Credit: DoD/photo by Lisa Ferdinando) The Debrief reached out…
  • p. 77 WHAT IS THE PENTAGON OFFICIALLY SAYING ABOUT UAP? Although The Debrief learned of the issuance and…
  • p. 81 …Offering The Pentagon one final opportunity to discuss what we intended to report or comment on…
  • p. 82 …Pentagon Announces Task Force to Study UFOs The mission of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force…
  • p. 83 …Instead of dismissing the idea, the Pentagon continues to bolster credibility that indeed some mysterious unidentified…
  • p. 85 …vice.com/en/article/akwmdk/this-is-the-pentagons-real-men-in-black-investigation-of-tom…
  • p. 87 …In that story, the Times unveiled a secretive Pentagon UFO program called the Advanced Aerospace Threat…
  • p. 88 …However, previous statements by the Pentagon contradict this and seem to indicate that the Office of…
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Monday, November 30, 2020 10:11 AM
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[Non-DoD Source] (Media Inquiry) Opportunity To Provide Comment Ref: Statement
by Ret. USAF Gen.
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Good morning,
The following comments were provided to us by USAF Gen. Bruce McClintock (Ret.) and will appear in an
article related to UAP we will be publishing on Dec. 2nd.
Q: Would it be consistent to see classified aerospace platforms tested or flown against your own unwitting
military assets?
A: "It is unlikely that the U.S. government would intentionally conduct tests against its own unwitting military
assets. To do so would require a very high level of coordination and approval for the potential safety and
operational security risks."
Q: How likely would it be that a foreign government would be willing to employ, by appearances sake, what
seems to be highly-advanced aerospace technologies, within restricted airspace in or around the continental
United States?
A: "It is not outside the realm of the plausible that an adversary would test the ability of the United States to
detect some new capability, although it would be more likely they would only do this after testing the capability
within or closer to their own territory before trying to penetrate U.S. airspace."
1. Would the PAO or DoD like to make any additional comment to the questions asked or comments by
Gen. McClintock?
2. Can the DoD provide an attributable comment in response to anyone in the public who believes the
UAPTF or UAP news in general is really a disinformation or counterintelligence campaign?
Thanks for your assistance,
Best Wishes,
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Senior Investigative Journalist I The Debrief Media
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