The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a report which created an interest in studying UFOs in June 2021. The report analyzed that 144 UFOs have been detected by the American government since 2004 and almost all cases remain unexplained. Though the likelihood of life outside the Earth wasn't stated in the report, there's a possibility it might happen. The Defense bill established an office to study UFOs. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has announced that the end part of the annual defense policy bill would establish an office to study or investigate UFOs.

Gillibrand introduced the amendment and a bipartisan group of senators co-sponsored it. The defense policy bill would replace the old Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force and establish an office ruled by the Director of National Intelligence and Defense Secretary. This office is charged to study and respond to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) or UFOs. According to Gillibrand, the office can access the information or details concerning UFOs from the Defense Department and Intelligence Community to help offer a “coordinated” response to the sightings.

More so, the office will delve into health effects and national security issues that concern UFOs. The office is needed to offer a yearly unclassified report on its activities to Congress, including biannual briefings to lawmakers, which would be classified. Concerning the national security and UFOs, Gillibrand expressed, “Our national security efforts rely on aerial supremacy and these phenomena present a challenge to our dominance over the air. Staying ahead of UAP sightings is critical to keeping our strategic edge and keeping our nation safe,”

“The United States needs a coordinated effort to take control and understand whether these aerial phenomena belong to a foreign government or something else altogether,” she added.

Pentagon UFO Rapid Response Teams Ordered Up by Congress

The Pentagon UFO Rapid Response Teams have been ordered up by Congress. Pentagon and intelligence community teams and experts will respond to the military UFO sightings while conducting field investigations under the new defense legislation about to pass in Congress. The lawmakers want technical and scientific experts to examine data concerning the objects or UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena), medical effects, and recovered materials. Apart from the rapid response field investigators, Congress equally wants the intelligence community and Pentagon to design a science plan to fully understand the UAP that exceeds the "known state of the art in science or technology."

According to the bill, the information might be investigated to justify demands for future funding to "replicate any such advanced characteristics and performance, or reverse-engineer the UAPs."

More so, the incidents relating to nuclear facilities will be given special attention. Rep. Ruben Gallego gave his insights on the issue to Military.com. For him, "protecting our national security interests means knowing who and what are flying in U.S. airspace."

"Right now, our system of tracking and identifying UAPs is scattered throughout the Department of Defense and other departments and agencies of the federal government," he added.