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United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
Also known as: U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, Senate Armed Services Committee, United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com Apr 30, 2021 5 facts
accountBriefings regarding unidentified aerial phenomena were presented to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, the director of National Intelligence, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the Senate Armed Services Committee, and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
accountLuis Elizondo failed to brief Secretary of Defense James Mattis on UAP, but his successor successfully briefed Mark Esper, the Director of National Intelligence, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the Senate Armed Services Committee, and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
claimA member of the Senate Armed Services Committee inserted language into the classified annex of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, passed in August 2018, requiring the Pentagon to continue UAP investigations.
claimA member of the Senate Armed Services Committee inserted language into the classified annex of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, passed in August 2018, that obligated the Pentagon to continue UAP investigations.
accountLuis Elizondo's successor successfully secured briefings on UAP/UFOs for Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, the director of National Intelligence, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the Senate Armed Services Committee, and several members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Strategic Rivalry between United States and China swp-berlin.org 2 facts
accountThe U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services held a hearing on February 12, 2019, to receive testimony regarding the United States Indo-Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea.
accountThe United States Senate Committee on Armed Services held a hearing on February 12, 2019, to receive testimony regarding the United States Indo-Pacific Command and United States Forces Korea in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2020.
How the Pentagon learned to start worrying and investigate UFOs nationalgeographic.com Jun 25, 2021 2 facts
quoteBill Nelson stated to Politico: "A couple of years ago, as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I was briefed on what those Navy pilots saw, and I have talked to the Navy pilots. These are pilots who locked their radar on it. They tracked and then they saw it move so fast that they couldn’t believe it. And then they went and tracked it again, locked their radar on it in a new position."
claimBill Nelson, the administrator of NASA, was briefed on UAPs while serving as a Florida senator on the Senate Armed Services Committee between 2013 and 2017.
The Evolution of the U.S. Intelligence Community-An Historical ... govinfo.gov 1 fact
accountIn 1956, the House and Senate Armed Services Committees and the Senate Appropriations Committee established intelligence subcommittees, while the House Appropriations Committee formed a 'special group' under its chairman.
An Integrated U.S. Strategy to Address Iran's Nuclear and Regional ... carnegieendowment.org Oct 26, 2017 1 fact
accountThe U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services held a confirmation hearing for James N. Mattis regarding his nomination to be Secretary of Defense on January 12, 2017.