The Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) was a US Department of Defense program established to research unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and advanced aerospace technologies.
The Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) was an effort by the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to investigate unidentified aerial objects and phenomena and advanced aerospace technologies. It began in 2007, funded with approximately $22 million over five years. According to agency documents, its purpose was to examine potential threats and unconventional aerospace technologies; one of the key contractual programs, AAWSAP, was managed with Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies.
The Pentagon confirmed the program's existence and announced it ended in 2012, after its allocated funding ran out. Its existence became public on December 16, 2017, following media reports. Reportedly, the effort collected and examined reports, videos, and recordings of military encounters with unidentified phenomena. There has been no official statement from the US government that the objects were extraterrestrial in origin.
Some individuals involved in the program claimed that related work continued after 2012, but according to the Pentagon, AATIP itself concluded that year. Later programs for researching unidentified anomalous phenomena, including UAPTF, are considered separate programs and not an official continuation of AATIP.
It is the English acronym for Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program.
The Pentagon announced that the program ended in 2012 when its allocated funding ran out.
No. There has been no official statement from the US government that the objects investigated were extraterrestrial in origin.
Programs like UAPTF have been described as related or later efforts, but they are officially separate from AATIP.