On Aug. 4, 2020, the U.S. Department of Defense approved the establishment of an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force (UAPTF). The mission of the task force is to detect, analyze and catalog UAPs that could potentially pose a threat to U.S. national security, according to the DoD website. HowStuffWorks
There s a reason why you may be hearing a lot about UFOs lately. In June, the Pentagon and the Director of National Intelligence will present to Congress an unclassified report about unusual sightings by U.S. service members of UFOs unidentified flying objects. National security folks, however, refer to them as unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs.