Person

Brett Feddersen
Former director of aviation security on the National Security Council staff and acting director of the FAA's National Security Programs Office. In The Age of Disclosure he says FAA controllers follow aircraft that transpond, so UAP go unseen unless a pilot reports them, and that we are 'absolutely not alone'.
Claims (1)
The FAA tracks only transponding aircraft as a matter of routine, so UAP go unseen unless a pilot reports them.The Age of DisclosurefirsthandSourced, unconfirmedBrett Feddersen, The Age of Disclosure (2025)
What Brett Feddersen said (1 claims)
Witness testimony 1
“The FAA does not track UAP; it sees only aircraft that squawk.”Witness testimonyThe Age of Disclosure
Matches FAA practice of filtering primary-only returns; not checked further.