AATIP / AAWSAP and the 2017 UAP Disclosures

The claim

The existence of Pentagon programs studying unidentified aerial phenomena was confirmed in 2017 reporting and later official statements. What the recorded encounters actually represent remains an open question.

State of the evidence

NYT December 2017 reporting, Navy authentication of FLIR/Gimbal/GoFast videos, 2021 ODNI preliminary assessment, AARO reports