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"This is a thing that's been around for a great many years," says the Secretary of the Air Force about UFOs
2021-08-26 00:00:00
Bryan Bender is a senior reporter at Politico who covers the Pentagon, NASA, defense, and aerospace. This week, he had an opportunity to speak with Frank Kendall, the new Secretary of the US Air Force. As the leader of the Department of the Air Force, Kendall "directs strategy, policy, acquisitions, technology, personnel, and risk management." Bender asked Kendall about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and whether the Air Force should be "defending American airspace against unidentified aircraft."
"If asked to do that then we will do it," Kendall said. "This is a thing that's been around for a great many years."
Here's the rest, from Bender's Twitter:
"I've given a great deal thought to defending American airspace but not against UFOs."
"I know a lot people take it very seriously and I think we should take the phenomenon seriously and try to investigate it." 3/ — Bryan Bender (@BryanDBender) August 24, 2021
"I would have to see evidence that it was something worthy of the attention of the…Air Force as a threat. Our job is to protect…against threats. I have a lot of known threats out there that we're working very hard to protect the [US] against. I'd like to focus on those." 5/5 — Bryan Bender (@BryanDBender) August 24, 2021
(Thanks, UPSO!)
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