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Pentagon's UFO announcement is 'exciting,' raises 'controversies': expert
foxnews.com ^ | Chris Ciaccia

Posted on 08/17/2020 1:59:47 PM PDT by RoosterRedux

The Pentagon's announcement establishing a task force to "detect, analyze and catalog" unidentified aerial phenomena is a welcome addition in the now very public search for UFOs, albeit one with its own controversies, according to one expert.

"I support this initiative, which rightly frames the issue in terms of security," Nick Pope, a former employee and UFO investigator for Britain's Ministry of Defense, said in an email to Fox News. "While there'll be debate about exactly what this entails -- mention of unauthorized aircraft making incursions into training ranges sounds relatively mundane -- UAP [unidentified aerial phenomena] is the official term for what the media and the public refer to as UFOs, so there's no doubt in my mind about the true nature of the mission."

Though excited about the public confirmation, Pope pointed out one major discrepancy with the Pentagon's announcement. "The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 referred to the task force as already being in operation," Pope, who worked for the MoD from 1991 to 1994, added.

It's not yet clear how this new task force relates to the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). Pope cited "former defense officials" with the group who were involved in work relating to UFOs.

The AATIP was formed in 2007 at the behest of former Sen. Harry Reid, Fox News previously reported. It reportedly ceased operations in 2012, but in 2017, the New York Times reported the Department of Defense was still investigating potential episodes of unidentified flying objects.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aatip; astronomy; fringe; nickpope; science; ufo; ufos
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1 posted on 08/17/2020 1:59:47 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Great distraction from Dem Virus ,LOL


2 posted on 08/17/2020 2:01:28 PM PDT by butlerweave
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3 posted on 08/17/2020 2:02:53 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Whatever ET wants — the answer is no.


4 posted on 08/17/2020 2:03:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: bitt
Ping.

I commented on this matter in your last UFO thread. What was the Pentagon's goal if this was old news...unless its goal was to keep the matter in the public eye?

5 posted on 08/17/2020 2:05:11 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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6 posted on 08/17/2020 2:07:47 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
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To: RoosterRedux

Then there are the mysterious drone swarms in several states that no one takes credit for.


7 posted on 08/17/2020 2:11:04 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

Yep. Around a reactor/generator.


8 posted on 08/17/2020 2:11:57 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: butlerweave

“Great distraction from Dem Virus ,LOL”

I was thinking the same thing...


9 posted on 08/17/2020 2:14:39 PM PDT by DEPcom
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To: DEPcom
Interest theory, but the Dem's are taking the opposite side of this issue. Here's Salon's most recent headline on the subject:

Sorry, believers: Skeptics say there are rational explanations for military pilots' UFO videos

10 posted on 08/17/2020 2:19:31 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Hmmm... seem to me this is a way to fund UAV force protection, nothing to do with actual UFO.

Soviets and other experts concurred UFo were not at all likely, but most probably spiritual events


11 posted on 08/17/2020 2:20:54 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: RoosterRedux

Lunacy... distracting the masses with entertainment


12 posted on 08/17/2020 2:20:59 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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seem to me this is a way to fund UAV force protection

That has crossed my mind.

13 posted on 08/17/2020 2:22:54 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: DesertRhino

The Pentagon isn’t usually interested in entertainment...unless perhaps it has psyop value.


14 posted on 08/17/2020 2:24:17 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: freedumb2003
It's a cookbook!😱
15 posted on 08/17/2020 2:28:21 PM PDT by 6ppc (Democrats would have to climb Everest to reach the level of "scum of the earth")
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


16 posted on 08/17/2020 2:33:19 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Want Stalinazism More ? PLUGS-WHORE 2020 !)
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17 posted on 08/17/2020 2:37:48 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: RoosterRedux
Having seen two, structured "things" in the sky that were neither balloons, aircraft nor drones as commonly understood and recognized by pilots and aviation enthusiasts such as myself, I am open to the idea that there are technologies at play that may be of non-human origin. But is that what they are? I have no idea.

If the DOD is coming out and yelling "squirrel" my first inkling is that it is a disinformation campaign to draw attention away from - I don't know - secret antigrav technology we may have developed.

But then there's the whole alien encounter subject. As a Christian I absolutely believe that God sends angels to interract with us (I suspect I may have entertained one unbeknowest at one particular a critical moment in life) so the idea that the adversary has sent demons is a metaphysical leap in belief I am willing to take.

Whatever the phenomenon is, skunkworks, ET, demons, or some combination, they sure don't want the public to see the full picture, but they either screw up from time to time, or have some agenda that includes limited exposure to the public, or else we wouldn't be discussing it now.

18 posted on 08/17/2020 2:37:49 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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It appears that the Pentagon is working toward some kind of disclosure (whatever that is).

Drip, drip, drip...

19 posted on 08/17/2020 2:40:46 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

unless....


20 posted on 08/17/2020 2:44:20 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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