Description
Scott Bray, deputy director of naval intelligence, discussed a rise in reports of “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" and how the reports are investigated before the House Select Intelligence Subcommittee on Intelligence Modernization and Readiness (INMAR) Subcommittee.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- CLIP #1: According to Scott Bray, why has there been an "increasing number" of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP)?
- CLIP #1: What are the two "basic issues" that the UAP Task Force addresses, and what is its "main objective?"
- CLIP #1: Based on the clip, what "initial steps" has the UAP Task Force initiated and what has been learned so far?
- CLIP #2: What do you see in the first video? What are the five categories that UAPs fall into once resolved?
- CLIP #2: How many reports has the UAP Task Force database received to date?
- CLIP #2: What do you see in the second video and the photograph that is displayed? According to Bray, what are the "triangles?"
- CLIP #2: Why has the UAP Task Force decided to concentrate on a "data-driven process," and why are some results classified?
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Participants
Ronald MoultrieUndersecretary, Department of Defense4 Videos
Scott BrayDeputy Director, Office of Naval Intelligence1 Videos
Vocabulary
- Airspace
- Anecdote
- Asset
- Atmosphere
- Aviator
- Classified
- Department Of Defense
- Destigmatize
- Director Of National Intelligence
- Flightline
- Metallurgy
- Meteorology
- Nightvision Goggle
- Optics
- Slr Camera
- Unidentified Aerial Phenomena