Forecasting the Unidentified: The Pentagon’s Data-Driven UFO Prediction Protocol

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The Pentagon's UFO Prediction Protocol uses long-running data from Project Sign to forecast when new unidentified aerial phenomena will appear, turning defense response from reactive to proactive, and is supported by 1948 cross-service alerts, Charles P. Cabell's warning of an imminent wave while internal conclusions were still forming, Col. H. M. McCoy's hint that planetary movements might help explain cycles, NICAP's finding of a four-month pattern that accounts for about 41% of sightings, and the RB-47 July 17, 1957 case illustrating proactive tracking despite Blue Book debates led by Philip Klass.