Public Affairs emails with The Debrief

Attendees at the meeting told The Debrief that they were provided information on two previous DoD-backed UFO programs: The
Advanced Aerial Weapons Systems Applications Program (AAWSAP) and the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program
(AATIP). They were also briefed on "highly sensitive categories of UFO investigations." Only two days later on October 23rd, staffers
with the Senate Select Intelligence Committee were provided the same information in a meeting on Capitol Hill.
A former private contractor for AAWSAP and AATIP, Dr. Hal Puthoff, confirmed for The Debrief he was one of a handful of persons
who conducted the October briefings. "I have been invited to brief congressional staffers on the Senate Armed Services Committee
on UAP matters in the last couple of years," Puthoff said in an email, "and have done so on more than one occasion." Dr. Puthoff
described the staffers during these meetings as being "engaged," and provided "positive responses, [and] more details always being
requested."
The Debrief reached out to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Office and DoD Executive Services Office and
formally requested an interview with someone authorized to speak on the UAP briefings with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In an email,
Senior Strategist and Pentagon spokesperson Susan Gough responded, "To maintain operations security, which includes not
disseminating information publicly that may be useful to our adversaries, DOD does not discuss publicly the details of either the
observations or the examination of reported incursions into our training ranges or designated airspace, including those incursions
initially designated as UAP — and that includes not discussing the UAPTF publicly, also."
Official public affairs channels indicate the Pentagon is not interested in sharing any more information on the UAP topic. However,
several current and former officials with the DoD and individuals working for multiple U.S. intelligence agencies told The Debrief that
there was much more going on behind closed doors.
UAP Intelligence Position Reports
Multiple sources confirmed for The Debrief that the UAPTF had issued two classified intelligence position reports, which one
individual described as "shocking." Details provided on these reports suggest both a greater degree of Pentagon involvement, and
that the UAPTF's hunt for unidentified objects isn't confined only to aerial phenomena.
Two officials with the DoD and one from the U.S. Intelligence community were willing to provide details on the contents of the
classified report. An additional three other U.S. Intelligence Officials and a federal law enforcement officer confirmed the report's
existence but were only willing to provide comments on their distribution. Given the report's classification and their discussion of a
"sensitive intelligence matter," the officials we spoke with did so only under strict conditions of anonymity. While The Debrief has
agreed not to provide information on sources, identities, and employers, though everyone we spoke with works within the U.S.
Intelligence Community and under the authority of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence.
One of the intelligence reports, released in 2018, is said to have provided a general overview of the UAP topic and included details of
previous military encounters. According to sources who had read it, the report also contained an unreleased photograph of an
"aerial phenomena" categorized as "unidentified."
The Debrief was told the accompanying photo was captured from within the cockpit of an F/A-18 fighter jet with a pilot's personal
cell phone. According to three U.S. officials who had seen it, the photo showed an unidentified silver "cube-shaped" object. The
report is said to have indicated the object was "hovering" or completely motionless when military pilots encountered it. All three
officials agreed that based on the photo, the object appeared to be at an altitude of roughly 30,000 to 35,000 feet and
approximately 1,000 feet from the fighter jet.
Defense and intelligence officials willing to discuss the report and those who only wished to confirm its dissemination all expressed
shock that it had been so widely distributed amongst the Intelligence community.
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