The UAP Task Force
The Pentagon's UAP Task Force was approved by Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist on 4 August 2020 and announced on 14 August, under the Office of Naval Intelligence, with Jay Stratton as its first director. It gathered the reports behind the June 2021 ODNI assessment. Stratton says it began quietly at the direction of the Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence, that he briefed Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who asked about the economic impact of disclosure, and that the Legacy Program blocked its approved funding.
Evidence, in date order (1)
- 14 Aug 2020U.S. Department of Defenseofficialrelease of 14 August 2020 establishing the task force, approved by Deputy Secretary David Norquist on 4 August DoD release
How plausible · High
An official DoD body whose first director speaks firsthand.
- ●●Access Direct observation or instruments.
- ●●Cost of speaking Named on record.
- ●●Character record Trained professionals.
- ●●Checkable details check out Released official records.
- ●●Fits the documented skeleton Fits the documented record.
- ●●Fits secrecy practice Fits documented secrecy.
Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-23.