Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
An unclassified June 2021 assessment from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence examining 144 U.S. government reports of unidentified aerial phenomena from 2004 through 2021, limitations in the available data, potential explanatory categories, and implications for flight safety and national security.
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- 2021-06-25
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