Editing All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (section)

===UAPTF (2017–2022)===
In December 2017, the [[United States Department of Defense]] confirmed the existence of a defense program used to collect data on military [[UFO]] sightings,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Knuth |first=KH |date=September 25, 2019 |title=Estimating Flight Characteristics of Anomalous Unidentified Aerial Vehicles. |journal=Entropy |volume=21 |issue=10 |pages=939|doi=10.3390/e21100939 |pmc=7514271 |doi-access=free }}</ref> despite the disbandment of the [[Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program]] in 2012. Like its predecessor program, the UAP Task Force is managed by the [[Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence]] in collaboration with the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]].

After the June 2020 Senate hearing, Senator [[Marco Rubio]] requested the release of video footage of [[Unidentified flying object|unexplained aerial vehicles]] collected by the [[United States Navy]], including the [[Pentagon UFO videos]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senators want public to see Pentagon UFO reports, citing "inconsistent" information sharing|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ufo-pentagon-reports-senators-want-regulate/|access-date=July 23, 2020|website=www.cbsnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Senate Intelligence Committee Confirms the US Navy Has a UFO Task Force|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgx573/senate-intelligence-committee-confirms-the-us-navy-has-a-ufo-task-force|access-date=July 23, 2020|website=www.vice.com|language=en}}</ref>

On June 24, 2020, the [[United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence|Intelligence Committee]] voted to require [[United States Intelligence Community]] and the [[United States Department of Defense]] to publicly track and analyze data collected on unexplained aerial vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Erika|date=June 24, 2020|title=Senate Panel Votes to Let Public Access UFO Records|url=http://www.courthousenews.com/senate-panel-votes-to-let-public-access-ufo-records/|access-date=July 23, 2020|language=en-US}}</ref> A report from the task force will be issued to the Intelligence Committee 180 days after the passage of the intelligence authorization act.<ref>{{cite news |last=Spocchia|first=Gino|title=Pentagon UFO unit to publicly release some findings after ex-official says 'off-world vehicle' found|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ufo-pentagon-statement-findings-vehicle-research-a9636481.html|date=June 24, 2020|work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=July 2, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Blumenthal">{{cite news |last=Blumenthal |first=Ralph |title=No longer in the shadows, Pentagon's UFO unit will make some findings public|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-pentagon-ufo-unit-20200723-b3akzzy44zdgxc3bmhgko6nkgm-story.html|date=July 23, 2020|work=[[The New York Times]]/[[The Baltimore Sun]] |access-date=July 23, 2020}}</ref>

The program was officially approved on August 4, 2020, by the [[Deputy Secretary of Defense]] [[David Norquist]] and announced on August 14, 2020. "The mission of the task force is to detect, analyze and catalog UAPs that could potentially pose a threat to U.S. national security."

Brennan McKernan was the director of the UAPTF.<ref>{{cite news |title='We've got to get an answer': UFOs catch Congress' interest |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/23/ufos-catch-congress-interest-lawmakers-495778 |work=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref>