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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ