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• Page 1 UNCLASSIFIED OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena 25 June 2021 UNCLASSIFIED
• Page 2 UNCLASSIFIED SCOPE AND ASSUMPTIONS Scope This preliminary report is provided by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in response to the provision in Senate Report 116-233,…
• Page 3 UNCLASSIFIED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The limited amount of high-quality reporting on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) hampers our ability to draw firm conclusions about the nature or intent of UAP. The…
• Page 4 UNCLASSIFIED AVAILABLE REPORTING LARGELY INCONCLUSIVE Limited Data Leaves Most UAP Unexplained... Limited data and inconsistency in reporting are key challenges to evaluating UAP. No standardized…
• Page 5 UNCLASSIFIED But Some Potential Patterns Do Emerge Although there was wide variability in the reports and the dataset is currently too limited to allow for detailed trend or pattern analysis, there…
• Page 6 UNCLASSIFIED Other: Although most of the UAP described in our dataset probably remain unidentified due to limited data or challenges to collection processing or analysis, we may require additional…
• Page 7 UNCLASSIFIED The majority of UAP data is from U.S. Navy reporting, but efforts are underway to standardize incident reporting across U.S. military services and other government agencies to ensure all…
• Page 8 UNCLASSIFIED APPENDIX A - Definition of Key Terms This report and UAPTF databases use the following defining terms: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP): Airborne objects not immediately identifiable.…
• Page 9 UNCLASSIFIED APPENDIX B – Senate Report Accompanying the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 Senate Report 116-233, accompanying the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year…