Joe Rogan Experience #2560 - David Grusch · Aired Sep 30, 2026
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China publicly announced that they have a UAP task force in a June 2020 article in the South China Morning Post.
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The South China Morning Post did report that China's military uses AI to analyze a rising number of UFO sightings, but that story ran in June 2021, not June 2020. It was based on papers by researchers at a PLA air force academy, not an official Chinese announcement of a task force. The Pentagon's UAP Task Force was set up in August 2020, so the two were not announced at the same time either.
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Is it true that China publicly announced that they have a UAP task force in a June 2020 article in the South China Morning Post?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The South China Morning Post did report that China's military uses AI to analyze a rising number of UFO sightings, but that story ran in June 2021, not June 2020. It was based on papers by researchers at a PLA air force academy, not an official Chinese announcement of a task force. David Grusch said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2560 - David Grusch, aired Sep 30, 2026, at 34:17. The supporting source is thedebrief.org, linked below.
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