Government27 Dec 2021Washington, D.C.

FY2022 NDAA writes a permanent UAP office and annual reports into law

Name: FY2022 NDAA writes a permanent UAP office and annual reports into law
Start: 2021-12-27
Location: Washington, D.C.

President Biden signs the FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act on December 27, 2021 The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The FY2022 defense bill, signed Dec. 27, 2021, ordered the Pentagon and intelligence community to set up an office on unidentified aerial phenomena, with unclassified annual reports and semiannual classified briefings to Congress. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand pushed the provision.

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OfficialPublic Law 117-81, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (sec. 1683) (opens in a new tab)U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo) / 2021-12-27
PressDefense Spending Bill Contains 'Most Significant' UFO Legislation Since 1960s (opens in a new tab)Nextgov/FCW / 2021-12-09
PressNew DOD Group to 'Synchronize' Efforts to Track Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (opens in a new tab)Air & Space Forces Magazine / 2021-11-24

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17 May 2022Government

First public UAP hearing in decades

A House Intelligence subcommittee held an open hearing on UAP with Under Secretary of Defense Ronald Moultrie and Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray, who showed newly declassified video. It was described as the first open congressional hearing on the subject in about 50 years.

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9 Jun 2022Government

NASA announces UAP independent study team

NASA said it would commission an independent team, chaired by astrophysicist David Spergel, to study unidentified aerial phenomena using only unclassified data and recommend how NASA could help. The 16-member team began work in October 2022.

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25 Jun 2021Government

ODNI preliminary assessment

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a preliminary assessment of military UAP reports from 2004 to 2021. It explained one case with high confidence, a deflating balloon, and said limited data left the rest unresolved.

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13 Jul 2023Government

Schumer-Rounds UAP Disclosure Act introduced

Senators Chuck Schumer and Mike Rounds filed the UAP Disclosure Act as an amendment to the Senate defense authorization bill. Modeled on the JFK records law, it would have created a UAP records collection at the National Archives and an independent review board.

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