United States Department of the Navy

The US military department encompassing the Navy and Marine Corps. The Navy has a long history of UAP encounters, from early Cold War sightings to modern incidents involving carrier strike groups (e.g., the 2004 Nimitz encounter). It recently spearheaded the military's Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF).

A primary military branch involved in both historical UFO sightings and modern UAP investigations.