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The Pentagon is the government body that housed, managed, and eventually confirmed the existence of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), as detailed in [1], [2], and [3]. Furthermore, the Pentagon exercised administrative control over the program by denying requests for Special Access Program status [4], [5] and issuing official reports regarding its findings [6].
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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com 6 facts
claimThe Pentagon confirmed that the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) had existed but stated it was closed in 2012 due to other funding priorities.
claimHarry Reid requested Special Access Program (SAP) status for the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) because he wanted the program to investigate potential retrieved UFO materials, but the Pentagon denied him the necessary clearance.
claimThe Pentagon confirmed that the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) had existed, but stated that it was closed in 2012 due to other funding priorities.
accountIn 2010, Luis Elizondo transformed an outsourced study of Utah cryptids into the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), an in-house Pentagon initiative focused on the national-security implications of military U.A.P. encounters.
perspectiveA former Pentagon official argues that the public fascination with UAP/UFOs, sparked by Leslie Kean's reporting, was more significant than the specific program (AATIP) she disclosed, as it forced the government to actually begin caring about the subject.
claimSenator Harry Reid requested Special Access Program (SAP) status for the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) in an attempt to gain clearance to investigate UAP/UFO materials, but the Pentagon denied the request.
Disclosure movement - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 2 facts
claimThe New York Times published a story on December 16, 2017, titled "Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program," which reported on the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program and popularized speculation that the US government might soon reveal information about UFOs.
perspectiveLuis Elizondo, the former director of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), described a Pentagon report denying that UFOs are extraterrestrial as "intentionally dishonest, inaccurate and dangerously misleading."