●The DebriefやPOLITICOの報道によれば、国防総省の監察局（DoD Office ｏｆ The Inspector General）が、”未確認の空中現象”又はUAPに関するペンタゴンの行動に対する正式な評価の開始を発表したという事である。
以下、Debriefからの一部抜粋記事：
INSPECTOR GENERAL LAUNCHING EVALUATION INTO THE PENTAGON’S ACTIONS WITH UFOS
TIM MCMILLAN AND MJ BANIAS·
In December 2017, the New York Times published an article revealing a secretive study within the Pentagon known as the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) as well as the “unofficial” release of three videos captured by the Navy in 2004 and 2015, which showed indistinct airborne objects claimed to be UAP.
More recently, in 2020, the Department of Defense officially released the three videos, acknowledging that the aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as “unidentified.” In mid-August of 2020, the Pentagon formally acknowledged they had established a task force looking into UAP. Recently, with the passing of the FY 2021 Intelligence Authorization Act earlier this year, the UAP Task Force was given the task to produce a report about its findings. The report is due in June of this year. Ahead of this upcoming report, the Office of the Inspector General is now looking into the issue of UAP.
As an independent, objective agency, the Office of Inspector General functions as the official Pentagon watchdog, providing administrative and criminal investigations, audits, and oversight for programs and operations falling under the Department of Defense.
Two sources familiar with the matter tell The Debrief the IG Office’s decision to launch the evaluation was prompted by complaints from congressional leadership regarding the DoD’s handling of the UAP topic.
While the Senate Select Intelligence Committee is responsible for directing June’s highly anticipated Advanced Aerial Threats Report, sources say it was representatives of the Senate Armed Services Committee who prodded the Inspector General Office’s recent involvement. The IG Office did not immediately respond to questions by The Debrief regarding the inspiration behind the evaluation.
The IG Office says the current probe of the DoD’s handling of encounters with unidentified aerial phenomena is not an investigation into alleged criminal or administrative violations. Instead, the mission of the evaluation is to “promote the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of DoD programs and operations.”
Because the inquiry is an evaluation and not an investigation, the IG Office will likely not be getting involved with some of the most contentious aspects of UAP news that has been coming out of the DoD in the last three years. Namely, the chaotic, often contradictory, messaging on UAP by DoD Public Affairs, and disputed claims by former Director of the National Programs Special Management Staff for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, Luis Elizondo.
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