This is the sort of news headline I'd expect to see in one of those original X-Files episodes with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson:
Pentagon establishes new task force to investigate UFOsThe Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force elevates research in recent years by the Navy into unexplained encounters with high-performance craft.The Pentagon, under growing pressure from Congress, said Friday it has established a new high-level body to investigate reports of "unidentified aerial phenomenon" following multiple incidents in recent years of UFOs reportedly intruding into military airspace.
The Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force was created by Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist on Aug. 4, elevating an effort that since 2018 has been under the purview of the Office of Naval Intelligence, officials said.
The Department of Defense established the UAPTF to improve its understanding of, and gain insight into, the nature and origins of UAPs," Pentagon spokesperson Susan Gough said in a statement. "The mission of the task force is to detect, analyze and catalog UAPs that could potentially pose a threat to U.S. national security."
The new high-level attention was heralded by Lue Elizondo, who was involved in a previous Pentagon UFO research program known as the Advanced Aerospace Threat Intelligence Program, or AATIP, that was wound down in 2012.
