- The Pentagon’s UFO department could now be forced to give reports to the public every six months
- The Senate Intelligence Committee last month called for greater transparency from the secret unit
- Lawmakers said they ‘support the efforts’ of the ‘Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force’
- The move confirmed that such a program still existsÂ
- In 2017 the Pentagon admitted funding a UFO program but said it ended in 2012Â
- Officials who worked for the program have confirmed it continued
- They also say it discovered objects ‘we couldn’t make ourselves’ and ‘off-world vehicles not made on this earth’
By FRANCES MULRANEY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and WIRES
The Pentagon’s once secret department that hunts and investigates UFOs has continued to operate over the past decade despite previous claims it was disbanded.
The Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force has been tucked away inside the Office of Naval Intelligence, and is now being called on to reveal at least some of its findings to the public every six months, according to the New York Times.
Information on mysterious encounters with unidentified aerial objects has formerly only been discussed in classified briefings, and Pentagon officials are still not at liberty to discuss the program, which deals with classified matters.
The new calls for greater transparency come as officials who previously worked with the unit reveal some of the objects discovered in their investigations were items humans ‘couldnât make ourselves’ and ‘vehicles not made on this earth’
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In April 2020, the Pentagon released footage from three sightings of unidentified objects but may now be forced to reveal more after the Senate Intelligence Committee called for its UFO unit to reveal at least some new information to the public every six months
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is among those pushing for more information
Last month, US senators demanded to see the Pentagon’s UFO files as they pushed for influence over the secretive Navy program.
The Senate Intelligence Committee wanted defense chiefs to publish a report on the Pentagon’s UFO program and any phenomena it observes.
The committee says it ‘supports the efforts of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force’ – appearing to confirm that such a program still existed.
In 2017, the Pentagon acknowledged funding a secret multi-million dollar program named the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program to investigate UFO sightings, although defense chiefs claimed it had ended in 2012.
