PROMISED TO APPEAL TO THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT.
>> Shepard: CLAUDIA COWAN LIVE.
THE U.S. NAVY IS PREPARING NEW
GUIDELINES FOR PILOTS ON HOW TO
REPORT SIGHTINGS OF UFOs.
THE NAVY REPORTS THAT THERE'S
BEEN STRANGE SIGHTINGS IN RECENT
YEARS BUT NO CONFIRMED WITH
ENCOUNTERS FROM SOMEBODY FROM
ANOTHER PLACE.
THE NAVY IS UPDATING ITS PROCESS
SO INVESTIGATORS CAN LOOK INTO
EACH INDIVIDUAL REPORT.
JENNIFER GRIFFIN IS LIVE WITH
MORE.
HI, JEN.
>> THE PENTAGON CLOSED THEIR
OFFICE THAT DEALT WITH UFO
SIGHTINGS IN 2012 WHEN CONGRESS
STOPPED FUNDING IT.
NOW AFTER A SERIES OF UNUSUAL
ENCOUNTERS BY NAVY JETS LIKE
THIS ONE IN 2017 SHOWING AN F-18
SUPER HORNET ENCOUNTERING A UFO,
THE NAVY HAS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY
TO RECORD THE EVENTS IN CASE
THEY'RE SOME KIND OF ADVANCED
AIRCRAFT SENT BY THE RUSSIANS OR
CHINESE TO SPY ON THE U.S.
MILITARY.
THE U.S. NAVY AND PENTAGON ARE
TRYING TO DE-STIGMATIZING OF
REPORTING UFOs.
A NEW MESSAGE TO THE FLEET TO
DETAIL REPORTING IS IN DRAFT AND
RESPONSE FROM MEMBERS AS WELL AS
AVIATORS THAT REPORTED HAZARDS
TO SAFETY.
FOR MANY YEARS IT WAS CONSIDERED
A CAREER ENDER TO REPORT THE
UNEXPLAINED ENCOUNTERS, SO MANY
MILITARY PERSONNEL DOWN PLAYED
THEM, SHEP.
>> Shepard: IS THERE ANYTHING TO
THE TIMING OF THIS?
>> SINCE 2014, THERE'S BEEN AN
INCREASING NUMBER OF ENCOUNTERS.
MOST OF THEM ARE SUSPECTED
DRONES.
AFTER THE 2017 F-18 INCIDENT AND
THE RELEASE OF THIS VIDEO
SHOWING PILOT'S REACTION TO THE
STRANGE AERIAL ENCOUNTER, THE
PENTAGON WANTED TO STUDY THE
RECENT PHENOMENAL AT THE URGING
OF SEVERAL U.S. SENATORS THAT
SET ASIDE $25 MILLION FOR THE
NEW OFFICE.
AMONG THE INCIDENTS, AN AERIAL
INCURSION INVOLVING THE U.S.S.
NIMITZ AND LASTED SEVERAL DAYS
