The Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP): A Pentagon Initiative to Study UAP, Public Disclosure in 2017, and 2021 DNI Findings
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Pentagon created AATIP in 2007 to study unidentified aerial phenomena for national security, using military reports and sensor data, and it had funding, was publicly acknowledged in 2017 with Navy pilot videos, and its findings fed into a 2021 report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.