A still from a previously released unclassified U.S. government video appearing to show unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), as featured on the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) website. PHOTO BY AARO/SWNS
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Forget Independence Day-style heroics, America would not be able to defend itself against aliens, according to a damning official government report.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released a statement on Thursday (January 25) regarding a previously classified report examining the effectiveness of the nation to respond to otherworldly threats.
In July 2022, the Pentagon set up the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), to handle reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), the official term for UFOs.
However, the Office of Inspector General (OIG), has questioned the abilities of the nation to organize and defend itself in a summary of the classified report, “Evaluation of the DoD’s Actions Regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena”, previously issued August 2023.
The statement says the DoD OIG “found that the DoD’s lack of a comprehensive, coordinated approach to address UAP may pose a threat to military forces and national security.”
It further adds: “The DoD OIG found that the DoD does not have a comprehensive, coordinated approach to address UAP.
“For example, the DoD OIG determined that DoD Components developed varying processes to collect, analyze, and identify UAP incidents.
“For instance, the DoD OIG determined that the DoD has no overarching UAP policy and, as a result, it lacks assurance that national security and flight safety threats to the United States from UAP have been identified and mitigated.”
Inspector General Robert P. Storch said: “Given the significant public interest in how the DoD is addressing UAPs, we are releasing this unclassified summary to be as transparent as possible with the American people about our oversight work on this important issue.”
To address the issues identified in the report, the DoD OIG say they have made eleven recommendations to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, in coordination with the Director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office; the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
They said: “For example, the DoD OIG recommended that the DoD issue a policy to integrate roles, responsibilities, requirements, and coordination procedures regarding UAP into existing intelligence, counterintelligence, and force protection policies and procedures.”
Produced in association with SWNS Talker
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