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formation of the group comes after the government released a
report in June, encompassing 144 observations, which said there
was a lack of sufficient data to determine the nature of
mysterious flying objects.
The new group, Airborne Object Identification and Management
Synchronization Group, will be overseen by the Under Secretary
Of Defense for Intelligence, the director of the Joint Staff and
officials from the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said in a separate
statement the presence of unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP)
in restricted airspace poses a potential safety of flight risk
to aircrews and raises potential national security concerns.
The new group which will succeed the U.S. Navy's Unidentified
Aerial Phenomena Task Force, will work to detect, identify and
attribute objects, assess and mitigate any associated threats,
the Pentagon said.
The U.S. military have spent decades deflecting, debunking and
discrediting observations of unidentified flying objects and
"flying saucers" dating back to the 1940s.
(Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru; editing by
Philippa Fletcher)
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