UFO Sighting Briefing in Washington, DC (2019)

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📝 Description

This briefing describes a June 2019 classified Pentagon briefing to three U.S. senators about a series of encounters reported by U.S. Navy pilots with unidentified aircraft. Since then, the U.S. government established the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) and has published annual UAP reports detailing hundreds of incidents, with no evidence of extraterrestrial origin. The briefing itself was reported to have occurred at the Pentagon (with Capitol Hill briefings also noted in contemporaneous coverage), and it spurred ongoing congressional interest and requests for declassified information. As of late 2024 and 2025, the U.S. government continues to study UAPs through AARO, releasing unclassified summaries that indicate many cases are explained by mundane phenomena, while a subset remains under investigation.

🔍 Circumstances

June 19, 2019: Three U.S. senators received a classified Pentagon briefing regarding Navy encounters with unidentified aircraft. The briefing was part of heightened congressional oversight into UAPs following Navy disclosures and prior reporting; some sources note briefings occurred at the Pentagon, while Politico described Capitol Hill briefings as part of ongoing oversight discussions. The briefing signaled growing congressional attention to flight safety and national security concerns around unidentified aerial phenomena.

ℹ️ Additional Details

The Navy had publicly noted an increase in UFO sightings in 2019 and later updated reporting procedures for Navy personnel. Subsequent official disclosures established the UAP-related governance (UAP Task Force, then AARO) and produced annual reports (including the 2023 consolidated and the 2024 annual UAP reports) that document hundreds of reports, many resolved or explained, with some remaining under investigation. Notably, the 2024 DoD/ODNI annual report states 757 UAP reports received between May 1, 2023 and June 1, 2024, with the total cases under review surpassing 1,600, and confirms no confirmed extraterrestrial involvement.

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