House Intelligence subcommittee holds a hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena, 5/17/22

Some UAP are measured by multiple instruments simultaneously (not merely perceived by the human eye) and appear to move in ways inconsistent with known physics or science more broadly.

there is something there measurable by multiple instruments and yet it seems to move in directions that are inconsistent with what we know of physics or science more broadly

The UAP Task Force was established in August 2020, directed by then-Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist, within the Department of the Navy, building on the Navy's earlier efforts to respond to aviator reports of unidentified objects in training ranges.

almost two years ago in august of 2020 deputy secretary defense nordquist directed the establishment of the unidentified aerial phenomena task force within the department of the navy

The UAP Task Force's database has grown to approximately 400 reports, up from the 144 covered in the June 2021 ODNI preliminary assessment.

the uap task force database has now grown to contain approximately 400 reports the stigma has been reduced

ODNI's model for resolving UAP incidents sorts them into five potential explanatory categories: airborne clutter, natural atmospheric phenomena, U.S. government/industry developmental programs, foreign adversary systems, or an 'other' catch-all bin.

if and when individual uap incidents are resolved they likely fall into one of five potential explanatory categories airborne clutter natural atmospheric phenomena us government or u.s industry developmental programs foreign adversary systems or a other bin

Two triangle-shaped-object videos, recorded off different coasts in different years, are assessed with 'reasonable confidence' to be unmanned aerial systems (drones); the triangular appearance results from an artifact of viewing the light source through night-vision goggles recorded by an SLR camera. The second incident was corroborated by other Navy assets that independently observed unmanned systems nearby.

we're now reasonably confident that these triangles correlate to unmanned aerial systems in the area the triangular appearance is a result of light passing through the night vision goggles and then being recorded by an slr camera

A shared concern among committee members is that the executive branch, under administrations of both parties, has focused public attention on easily-explained UAP events while avoiding discussion of events that cannot be explained.

one of congress's concerns is that the executive branch in administration of both parties has been sweeping concerns about uaps under the rug by focusing on events that can be explained and avoiding events that cannot be explained

DoD has a formal reporting protocol for aviators: after landing, the pilot preserves sensor data, files a detailed report (location, altitude, speed, observations, sensor data) with their intelligence officer, and the report routes both to the operational chain of command and to the UAP Task Force database, sometimes triggering aviator follow-up interviews.

the first thing that aviator would do after landing as a part of their normal debriefing is they would contact their intelligence officer... that report is filed it goes two places

A spherical, reflective object was recorded passing near the cockpit of a U.S. Navy F/A-18 in a training range; Bray states DoD has no explanation for this specific object.

what you see here is aircraft that is operating in a u.s navy training range that has observed a spherical object in that area and as they fly by it they take a video i do not have an explanation for what this specific object is

Of the 144 UAP reports in the 2021 ODNI preliminary assessment (2004-2021), roughly 80 were recorded on multiple sensors/instruments.

for the majority of incidents we had in last year's report the majority had multi-sensor data

Our check Confirmed against the actual ODNI Preliminary Assessment (June 25, 2021): of the 144 reports reviewed (Nov 2004-March 2021), 80 involved observation with multiple sensors, which the task force cited as increasing confidence that the objects were physical rather than sensor artifacts.

Sources odni.gov

Of the 144 reports, 18 incidents reportedly exhibited unusual flight characteristics: remaining stationary in winds aloft, moving against the wind, maneuvering abruptly, or moving at considerable speed without discernible means of propulsion.

of those 144 18 of them reportedly appeared to exhibit unusual flight characteristics appear to demonstrate advanced technology

DoD/ODNI is not aware of any foreign adversary capable of moving an object without a discernible means of propulsion.

i would say that we're not aware of any adversary that can move an object without discernible means of propulsion

A small number of unresolved UAP cases show 'signature management', an apparent effort to manage or hide the object's sensor signature, that DoD cannot explain with current data.

there's certainly some degree of something that looks like signature management that we have seen from some of these uap

The UAP Task Force is aware of studies that flew a drone and filmed it with the same night-vision-goggles-plus-SLR-camera setup to test whether the triangular appearance could be reproduced, supporting the drone explanation.

the uap task force is aware of studies that have done that

China has established its own version of a UAP task force, and a number of countries have reported observations of unexplained airspace objects; the U.S. shares data with some allies and receives data from some (not all) foreign parties who have publicly reported such objects.

china has established its own version of a uap task force so clearly a number of countries have observations of things in the airspace that they can't identify

The UAP Task Force has detected no material and no emanations within its holdings that would suggest a non-terrestrial origin for any reported UAP.

we have no material we have detected no emanations within the uap task force that that would suggest it's anything non-terrestrial in origin

Moultrie and Bray are not aware of any official DoD or DoD-contractor UAP-related program between the end of Project Blue Book and the start of AATIP, nor of any current contractual/programmatic technology effort on UAP beyond the Navy Task Force and the incoming new office.

i haven't seen other documented studies that have been done by dod in that regard... not aware of anything that's official that was done in between those two

A publicly circulated account holds that at Malmstrom Air Force Base, 10 U.S. nuclear ICBMs were rendered inoperable at the same time a glowing red orb was observed overhead; Bray states this incident is not within UAP Task Force holdings and that he has only 'heard stories,' with no official data.

one such incident allegedly occurred at malmstrom air force base in which 10 of our nuclear icbms were rendered inoperable at the same time a glowing red orb was observed overhead

A document referred to as the 'Admiral Wilson memo' (or 'EW notes memo'), reportedly describing a former DIA director's account of being denied fuller access to a UAP-related contractor program, was raised; Moultrie and Bray say they are not personally aware of it, and it was entered into the hearing record by unanimous consent.

are you aware of a document that appeared around 2019 sometimes called the admiral wilson memo or ew notes memo in which a former head of dia claims to have had a conversation with the doctor eric wilson

There have been no collisions between U.S. assets and UAP, but at least 11 near misses.

we have not had a collision we've had at least 11 near misses though and maybe we'll talk about those

No communications or signals emanating from UAP have been detected, and the U.S. has not attempted to communicate with any of them.

there's no communications or any kind of communication signals that emanate from those objects that we've detected

The UAP Task Force holds no wreckage that is inconsistent with being of terrestrial origin.

the uap task force doesn't have any wreckage that isn't explainable that isn't consistent with being of terrestrial origin

Most UAP reports 'probably' represent physical objects, but Bray cannot say with 100% certainty that all reported UAP are physical objects; some could be sensor anomalies or meteorological phenomena.

i can say with certainty that a number of these are physical objects okay so there we can't rule out that some of them may not be physical objects

There is no established legal or regulatory deterrent for individuals or groups who spread unsubstantiated or manufactured UAP claims; Moultrie states DoD has no example of anyone held legally accountable for such misinformation.

i can't give you any examples where somebody's been legally held liable for putting something out there

In the roughly three to four months before this hearing, the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense disclosed more information on UAP-related events than in the previous ten years combined.

just over the last three four months i think that the intelligence community and the national defense apparatus have disclosed more information on various events than it has probably see the previous 10 years

The 2004 Nimitz incident remains unresolved and is offered by Bray as the clearest example of a UAP encounter that cannot be attributed to a known human-made or natural object.

the example that i would say that is still unresolved that i think everyone understands quite well as the 2004 incident from nimitz we have data on that and it simply remains unresolved

In a small number of cases, military aircraft sensors detected radio-frequency (RF) energy associated with UAP sightings, and at least some of the RF-emitting cases were not otherwise behaving unusually.

in a small number of cases military aircraft systems processed radio frequency energy associated with uap sightings... at least some that we have detected rf emissions from were not behaving oddly otherwise

DoD maintains a deconfliction process to check whether a reported UAP might actually be a secret/developmental U.S. ('blue-on-blue') platform, and states that in past reporting only 'one or two data points' may have leaked through without being deconflicted.

we're very conscious of the potential blue on blue issue or u.s on u.s and so we've established relationships with organizations and entities... to deconflict activities