Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) Security Classification Guide (SCG), ID# 04-030

This document is the Security Classification Guide (SCG) ID# 04-030, issued by the Naval Intelligence Activity on April 16, 2020. It serves as the official directive for identifying and protecting information associated with the Office of Naval Intelligence and the Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) Task Force. The guide is issued under the authority of SECNAV M-5510.36 and Executive Order 13526. It outlines the procedures for the classification, regrading, and declassification of material related to UAP collection and analysis. The document explicitly defines the mission of the UAP Task Force as the detection, analysis, cataloging, consolidation, and exploitation of advanced non-traditional aerospace vehicles that pose an operational threat to U.S. National Security and the avoidance of strategic surprise. The guide provides specific instructions regarding public release, foreign disclosure, and the handling of classification challenges. It notes that information pertaining to UAP obtained through classified sources or methods must be classified according to the highest level dictated by those sources. The document includes a classification authority block signed by Mr. Scott Bray, Director of the Naval Intelligence Activity, and specifies a declassification date of April 16, 2045. It also contains a detailed table of end items, categorizing various aspects of UAP identification, pilot reports, and the ongoing efforts of the Office of Naval Intelligence to gain knowledge regarding the nature and origins of UAP.