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Pentagon UFO-related program (AAWSAP/AATIP) funding ends

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Defense Intelligence Agency headquarters building, 1988
Defense Intelligence Agency headquarters; DIA ran the AAWSAP contract MSGT KEN HAMMOND, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Dedicated funding for the program began in 2008 and ended in 2012, the Pentagon said in 2017, because other priorities merited the money. A later Pentagon statement said DIA found the contractor's reports of limited value; people who worked on it say UAP study continued informally.

Sources

  1. PressThe Pentagon Has Confirmed Its $22M Program To Investigate UFOsGovernment Executive (via Quartz) / 2017-12-18
  2. OtherThe Pentagon Reacts to Recent Release of Skinwalkers at the Pentagon BookThe Black Vault (quoting Pentagon statement of May 2021) / 2021-11-10

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How the story came out

Happened 2012. First made public 6 years later (16 Dec 2017).

  1. 2012It happened (this event)
  2. 16 Dec 2017AATIP revealed by the New York Times - first made public
  3. 8 Aug 2021Showtime premieres the docuseries 'UFO' from J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot

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