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The United States Department of Defense reported Tuesday evening that will establish a new group to investigate reports on the presence of UFOs in restricted airspace.
The formation of the group occurs after the government released a report in June, covering 144 sightings, where it admitted that it lacked sufficient data to determine the nature of the mysterious Flying objects.
The new Group for the Synchronization, Management and Identification of Airborne Objects (AOIMSG), will be supervised by the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, the director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and officials from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Undersecretary of Defense, Kathleen Hick s, said in a separate statement that the presence of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) in restricted airspace represents a potential risk to flight safety, crews, and poses potential safety concerns.
The new group that will succeed the United States Army Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force will work to detect, identify and attributing objects, evaluating and mitigating any associated threats, the Pentagon said.
The United States military has spent decades diverting and discrediting the observations of unidentified flying objects and “flying saucers” dating back to the decade of 1940.
The Department of Defense announced on Tuesday its plans to streamline the collection and analysis of UFO reports across the government, following the government’s recognition earlier in the year. this year that these reports are worth studying and may pose a threat to national security.
The issue of UAPs has fueled years of infighting in Washington, including bureaucratic battles within the Pentagon and pressure from Congress, over how seriously reports should be treated.
Most of the 144 sightings of UAPs were recorded by Navy pilots.
The process for reporting UAP incidents, as well as “identifying approaches to prevent or mitigate any risks posed by airborne objects of interest; and other activities that the Director deems necessary, ”wrote Assistant Secretary Hicks in a memo.