Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program

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The Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program was a secretive U.S. Department of Defense initiative focused on investigating reports of unidentified aerial phenomena and assessing their potential national security implications.

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Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. government defense program
UFO investigation program
abbreviation AATIP
associatedPhenomenon Nimitz Carrier Strike Group UFO encounters
Tic Tac UFO incident
linked to: Nimitz UFO incident
associatedWith Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies
linked to: Bigelow Aerospace

Harry Reid
Luis Elizondo
Robert Bigelow
classification secret at time of operation
confidentiality classified program at time of operation
contractedTo Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies
linked to: Bigelow Aerospace
country United States
dataSource U.S. military sensor data
pilot eyewitness reports
radar tracking information
endTime around 2012
focus UFO reports
unidentified aerial phenomena
fundingSource U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
U.S. Department of Defense budget
governmentBranch U.S. Department of Defense executive branch program
initiatedBy U.S. Senator Harry Reid
linked to: Harry Reid
investigated military UFO sightings
unidentified aerial phenomena incidents involving U.S. military personnel
location Pentagon
mediaExposureDate December 2017
operatedBy United States Department of Defense
oversight U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
partOf United States Department of Defense black budget programs
produced reports on advanced aerospace threat capabilities
publicPerception controversial UFO research program
purpose assessment of potential national security threats from unidentified aerial phenomena
investigation of advanced aerospace threats
relatedTo All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force
reportedBudget approximately 22 million U.S. dollars
reportedBy The New York Times
reportedDirector Luis Elizondo
startTime 2007
status defunct
subjectOf 2017 New York Times article on Pentagon UFO program
successor All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force
supportedBy Senator Daniel Inouye
linked to: Daniel Inouye

Senator Ted Stevens
linked to: Ted Stevens
topic advanced aerospace technologies
national security implications of unidentified aerial phenomena

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2004 USS Nimitz incident investigatedBy Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program
Nimitz UFO incident associatedProgram Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program
Tic Tac (UFO) investigatedBy Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program
subject linked to: Tic Tac
FLIR1 investigatedBy Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program
GoFast UFO incident associatedWithProgram Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program
David Fravor associatedProgram Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program