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Public Affairs emails with The Debrief

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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.

  • p. 1 …Norquist approved the establishment of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force (UAPTF). The Department of…
  • p. 3 …Vehicles — The Pentagon's Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force The Debrief, 2 December 2020... by Tim…
  • p. 4 …photographic evidence of UAP. The reports also explicitly state that the Task Force is considering the…
  • p. 6 …All sources interviewed by The Debrief confirmed that the Task Force issued an updated second UAP…
  • p. 22 …Additionally, the UAP Task Force is now being managed in a Navy billet out of OUSDI…
  • p. 24 …portion of UAP information to be made public by the UAP Task Force? Will the UAPTF…
  • p. 34 …After CNN's recent article hinting that a new press release regarding the UAP Task Force…
  • p. 53 …photographic evidence of UAP. The reports also explicitly state that the Task Force is considering the…
  • p. 58 …All sources interviewed by The Debrief confirmed that the Task Force issued an updated second UAP…
  • p. 60 …The three officials we spoke with said the report suggested the UAP Task Force appears to…
  • p. 66 …Can Norquist comment on creation of UFO task force? (b)(6) (b)(6) use of classified…
  • p. 68 Caution-https://www.thedebrief.org/fast-movers-and-transmedium-vehicles-the-pentagons-uap-task- force/?fbclid…
  • p. 73 …All sources interviewed by The Debrief confirmed that the Task Force issued an updated second UAP…
  • p. 75 …The three officials we spoke with said the report suggested the UAP Task Force appears to…
  • p. 81 …Can Norquisf comment on creation of UFO task force? (b)(6) (b)(6) USN use of…
  • p. 82 …USA) Categories: UAP AATIP Elizondo UFO MJ's article: Pentagon Announces Task Force to Study UFOs…
  • p. 83 …Rather than establishing a new program, the ongoing and existing UAP Task Force's authority will…
  • p. 88 …Publicly, the Department of Defence established a new UAP Task Force on August 4th, 2020 to…
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Subject: RE: [Non-DoD Source] Comment on Debrief article on UA
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Subject: RE: [Non-DoD Source] Comment on Debrief article on UAP?
All,
I would not comment one way or the other on the accuracy/inaccuracy of the article.
Sticking to our standard language seems to be the best course.
Here's what we've used previously in response to Qs about Congressional engagement:
Navy officials provided a classified briefing to the House Armed Services Committee on March 11, 2020. Navy officials, as
part of the UAPTF, have and will continue to meet with interested Congressional members and staffers to provide
classified briefings on the progress of our efforts to understand and identify these threats to the safety of our aviators
and security of our operations. Follow-up discussions with other interested members and/or staffers will also continue
as necessary or requested. We will not comment on the specific information provided in these Hill briefings.
Regards,

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