FAA Admits to Documenting Reports of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
A 3-D photo illustration of an unidentified aerial phenomenon flying beneath an airplane. (Credit: KTS Image/Getty Images)
by Roger Norquist
The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has admitted to documenting unidentified aerial phenomena reports from pilots and passengers.
This information comes after the release of the Navy’s UAP Task Force (UAPTF) in June. In the report, the navy concluded that a large percentage of sightings could be explained as explainable sky phenomena. The report also stated that a decent amount of sightings were unexplainable with the current set of protocols and evidence.
The report had one section of it reads as follows, “The UAPTF is currently working to acquire additional reporting including from the U.S. Air Force (USAF), and has begun receiving data from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).”
As the report reads, the FAA (as of June 17, 2021) is turning away from its traditional stance of hiding or brushing off UAP reports and making reports of strange things in the sky part of its procedure. FAA Order JO 7110 — Ari Traffic Control took effect just days before the UAPTF report. The FAA order states:
9-8-1. GENERAL
Persons wanting to report UFO/unexplained phenomena activity should contact a UFO/ unexplained phenomena reporting data collection center, such as the National UFO Reporting Center, etc.
If concern is expressed that life or property might be endangered, report the activity to the local law enforcement department.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) wrote in a statement about the FAA:
“The FAA captures data related to UAP during the normal course of managing air traffic operations. The FAA generally ingests this data when pilots and other airspace users report unusual or unexpected events to the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization.”
The Debrief reached out to the FAA for comments responding, “The Federal Aviation Administration documents Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) sightings whenever a pilot reports one to an air traffic control facility,.”
“If the pilot report can be corroborated with supporting information such as radar data, it is shared with the UAP Task Force.”
With the FAA now making active reports on unknown phenomena in the skies, UAP research will hopefully be able to take major steps to identify what people, from pilots to amateur astronomers, are seeing.
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