Christopher Mellon is a former United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (the third highest intelligence position at the Pentagon). In an article entitled "A Threat Unmet," published by The American Legion, Mellon states the following:
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Source: https://www.legion.org/magazine/248354/threat-unmet
("UAP" is the military designation for what we colloquially refer to as "UFOs.")
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Joseph Gradisher, spokesman for the deputy chief of naval operations, admitted that the vehicles in the declassified Navy videos are neither a hoax nor secret U.S. test aircraft: “The Navy designates the objects contained in these videos as unidentified aerial phenomena,” or UAP. In other words, they might be Russian, Chinese or even alien spacecraft. Whatever they are, they are real, they aren’t ours, and they continue to violate U.S. airspace with impunity...Fravor’s wingman told me, and Fravor agreed, “We didn’t stand a chance against it.” I cannot imagine Navy F-18 pilots saying that about any Russian or Chinese fighter. These sobering words from...Navy combat pilots should be taken to heart by DoD officials and Congress.
.Source: https://www.legion.org/magazine/248354/threat-unmet
("UAP" is the military designation for what we colloquially refer to as "UFOs.")