A trove of newly obtained government records confirms what many have long suspected: the Pentagon is far deeper into the UFO rabbit hole than it wants to admit.
Officially titled the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF), the group has been briefing top-tier military brass and Intelligence Community leaders since at least 2019.
What they’ve revealed behind closed doors paints a picture of unexplained aerial and undersea activity that appears to defy known technology.
Obtained through FOIA, the documents include internal emails, media queries, investigative briefings, and DoD public affairs guidance.
They outline how the military began reevaluating UAPs as serious national security threats, not science fiction fodder.
In one instance, high-resolution photos taken by military pilots show objects hovering motionless at 35,000 feet.
Others reportedly exit ocean depths at impossible speeds.
🔥 Inside the Briefings: Triangles, Cubes, and Fast Movers
Among the most compelling revelations are two classified intelligence position reports circulated widely within the Intelligence Community.
These reports contain:
- A cockpit photo of a cube-shaped object captured by a Navy F/A-18 pilot at 35,000 feet
- A separate image of a triangle-shaped craft, emerging from the ocean, then ascending straight upward
The reports describe these objects as exhibiting transmedium capability-seamlessly moving between air and water without signs of propulsion.
Several officials who viewed the materials described them as “shocking” and unlike anything known in U.S. or foreign arsenals.
“In decades with the Intelligence Community, I’ve never seen anything like this,” one official said anonymously.
🔜 From AAWSAP to AATIP to UAPTF
Tracing the evolution of these efforts reveals a pattern of denial and rebranding.
Programs like AAWSAP and AATIP, once dismissed as fringe, laid the groundwork for UAPTF.
FOIA documents reveal that:
- AAWSAP was funded through DIA contracts with Bigelow Aerospace
- AATIP continued under the direction of Luis Elizondo, despite DoD attempts to minimize his role
- By 2020, UAPTF briefed Senate Intelligence staff and multiple branches of military leadership
Emails also show infighting among Navy and Pentagon officials about media queries, public statements, and which office would take the fall if evidence leaked.
Former DoD public affairs lead Susan Gough was often the final gatekeeper of what the Pentagon would (or wouldn’t) confirm.
🚨 Photos, Leaks, and Active Investigations
Journalists from CBS and The Debrief pursued stories about:
- A still-classified photo of a triangle-shaped UAP
- Underwater transmedium vehicles tracked by Navy submarines
- Cellphone images taken by pilots during real-time encounters
The Pentagon cited “active investigations” as a reason to withhold release of images.
However, internal emails suggest public affairs officers considered FOIA requests a nuisance-
sometimes stalling replies while coordinating damage control with leadership.
“Jay tells me the photo is part of an active investigation… so it would probably be withheld,” one internal message reads.
🚀 The Ocean Factor: Are UAPs Coming From Below?
Perhaps the most striking new theme is the pivot to ocean-based phenomena.
The second UAP intelligence report focused on transmedium vehicles,
indicating U.S. intelligence is increasingly concerned that unidentified objects are not simply aerial-
they may originate underwater.
Accounts from Navy personnel and submariners reference sonar detections
of ultra-fast, non-cavitating objects moving deep below the ocean surface.
These “USOs” (Unidentified Submersible Objects) are now part of the working analysis.
“On occasion, there are detections made of non-cavitational, extremely fast-moving objects within the ocean,” one surveillance official confirmed.
⚡ What Comes Next?
Though public-facing statements by the DoD remain vague, pressure is mounting.
Multiple congressional mandates have called for full transparency.
However, legislative experts note that reporting requirements often lack legal teeth.
Former military leaders and RAND Corporation analysts say it is unlikely
that these encounters represent secret U.S. tech or foreign adversaries.
“No one of authority is willing to say the source of these UAPs is known,” said one intelligence advisor.
As declassification continues in fits and starts, it is clear the story of UAPs is far from over.
What was once relegated to fringe speculation
now appears to be a very real, very classified priority for the U.S. defense establishment.
