DoD Inspector General releases summary of UAP evaluation

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Cover of DoD Inspector General report DODIG-2024-034
The DoD Inspector General's unclassified summary of its UAP evaluation, released in January 2024 Department of Defense, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Defense Department Inspector General released an unclassified summary of its classified 2023 UAP evaluation. It found the department had no overarching UAP policy and that components handled reports in differing ways, and it made 11 recommendations.

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  1. OfficialPress Release: Evaluation of the DoD's Actions Regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (DODIG-2023-109) (opens in a new tab)DoD Office of Inspector General / 2024-01-25
  2. OfficialEvaluation of the DoD's Actions Regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (DODIG-2023-109) (opens in a new tab)DoD Office of Inspector General / 2023-08-15

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