Compilation of Correspondence and Briefing Materials Regarding UAP Task Force and Congressional Engagements (2019-2020)

This document is a comprehensive collection of internal Navy email correspondence, briefing materials, and administrative records spanning from June 2019 to July 2020. The primary focus of the documentation is the establishment and operational activities of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) within the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI). The records detail the Navy's efforts to respond to increasing Congressional interest in UAP, specifically from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC). The correspondence highlights the administrative burden of coordinating these briefings, the development of a formal Security Classification Guide (SCG) for UAP-related information, and the internal discussions regarding how to handle media inquiries, including a specific instance involving a production company, Pineapple Street Media, attempting to contact aircrew members. The document includes several 'Task Force Overview' briefing slides that outline the mission of the task force: to detect, analyze, catalog, consolidate, and exploit advanced non-traditional aerospace vehicles that pose an operational threat to U.S. national security. The records also document the formalization of the UAPTF following the FY20 NDAA Senate Report 116-48, which directed the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (USD(I)) to stand up a task force to investigate UAP activity. Throughout the correspondence, officials such as Joseph F. Gradisher and Scott W. Bray discuss the necessity of maintaining security protocols while fulfilling Congressional requests for information. The document also contains specific references to UAP encounters, including a storyboard regarding a USS Stout UAV interaction and mentions of 'Tic-Tac' objects encountered by aircrew in 2015. The collection concludes with administrative notes regarding the funding of the task force and the ongoing requirement to provide updates to Congressional members and staff.