Former director of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force at the Office of Naval Intelligence (2019-21). Has publicly stated under oath-equivalent settings that UAP cases evaluated by the task force exhibited characteristics not attributable to known U.S. or adversary technologies.
Jay Stratton is a former senior intelligence official who directed the UAP Task Force for the Office of Naval Intelligence. He has an extensive background in reverse-engineering foreign aerospace threats and formally investigating anomalous phenomena for the United States government. Stratton's key contribution was structuring the military's approach to tracking UAP incursions, transitioning the effort from informal networks to recognized interagency task forces. He played a crucial role in drafting the preliminary assessments on unidentified aerial phenomena delivered to Congress in 2021. Since transitioning to the private sector, he has remained involved in aerospace consulting while advocating for rigorous, classified analysis of the phenomenon.