The Pentagon has confirmed that it ran a multi-million-dollar UFO investigation program for five years. The Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program (AATIP) was initiated through the urging of Harry Reid, then Senate Majority Leader, influenced by a hotel billionaire and the lead singer of the rock group Blink-182.
Still, there’s justification for interest. The military had detected several unexplained aerial phenomena, including a 2004 UFO sighting by two navy pilots:
More:
“The Pentagon’s Secret Search for UFOs,” Bryan Bender, Politico
“Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program,” Helene Cooper, Ralph Blumenthal and Lelie Kean, New York Times
“Head of Pentagon’s secret ‘UFO’ office sought to make evidence public,” Joby Warrick, Washington Post
“Former Navy pilot describes UFO encounter studied by secret Pentagon program,” Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post
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