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2017. Elizondo resigned from the DoD in protest because he believed that senior DoD officials were not taking claims of encounters
with strange and unexplained aerial objects seriously.
While the Pentagon has been very cagey in discussing its UFO involvement going back to 2008, additional leaked documents
published by Popular Mechanics show discussions regarding the transfer of responsibilities for AATIP to another unnamed official in
the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence just before Elizondo's departure.
In a statement obtained in May by UFO writer Roger Glassel and reported by the Black Vault, Pentagon spokesperson Susan Gough
acknowledged a "multi-agency task force" led by the Navy and under the cognizance of the Office of the Undersecretary of Defence
for Intelligence has been in operation for some time now.
Some have expressed skepticism or criticism of the DoD's investigations into UFOs. Instead of dismissing the idea, the Pentagon
continues to bolster credibility that indeed some mysterious unidentified objects are soaring through American airspace.
Rather than establishing a new program, the ongoing and existing UAP Task Force's authority will come directly from the top of the
DoD food chain via the Deputy Secretary of Defense's Office.
In addition to the Pentagon's various branches, indications suggest the "multi-agencies" currently working with the UAP Task Force
extend beyond just the DoD. When asked about any potential current involvement, an official with the FBI told Motherboard, "The
FBI has a range of legal authorities that enable it to investigate federal crimes and threats to national security." However,
specifically, when it comes to UFOs, the FBI official said, "We will defer to the Office of Naval Intelligence for comment."
NASA, on the other hand, said that "through its Earth-observing satellites, NASA] collects extensive data about Earth's atmosphere,
often in collaboration with the other space agencies of the world. While these data are not specifically collected to identify atypical
technosignatures, they are publicly available and anyone may use them to search for atypical technosignatures."
The space agency would rely on the broader scientific community to help search for and identify atypical or anomalous
technosignatures, that might offer some answers to the DoD's current UAP problem. When explicitly asked about NASA's willingness
to work with UAP Task Force, New said, "NASA is always open to collaborating with other agencies on areas of common interest."
"Unfortunately, I cannot speak officially as to the current nature of the UAP Task Force, but I have every indication to believe that it
is up and running, and is executing the mission consistent with the fundamental principles of AATIP," Elizondo told Motherboard in
an interview in July of this year. Elizondo then explained that the current task force has better resources and "is far more robust"
than AATIP was while he served with the Pentagon.
This task force and the subsequent Congressional requests for unclassified information regarding unidentified aerial objects have
made many in the UFO community very excited. While there are high hopes for some more public information, an official with the
Office of the Director of National Intelligence told Motherboard, "We will evaluate the proposed provision and how best to respond
to [Senate's] interest."
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