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WASHINGTON, DC – Early this month, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist approved the establishment of a task force on UFOs.

The Pentagon prefers the name UAPs as opposed to UFOs and has named the new body, the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Task Force (UAPTF).

The Pentagon’s moves to make public footage and information about previous UFO sitings have been well documented.

The setting up of the task force however was only announced on Friday, despite it being established on 4 August.

The U.S. Navy, under the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, will lead the UAPTF.

The Department of Defense says it established the task force “to improve its understanding of, and gain insight into, the nature and origins of UAPs.”

The mission of the task force is to detect, analyze and catalog UAPs that could potentially pose a threat to U.S. national security.

“As stated previously, the safety of our personnel and the security of our operations are of paramount concern. The Department of Defense and the military departments take any incursions by unauthorized aircraft into our training ranges or designated airspace very seriously and examine each report. This includes examinations of incursions that are initially reported as UAP when the observer cannot immediately identify what he or she is observing,” the Pentagon said in its statement on Friday.