Jay Stratton Information

Jay Stratton

Former Director
UAP Task Force
USA

Biography:
A highly decorated intelligence officer, John (Jay) F. Stratton Jr retired in early 2022 as a defense intelligence senior executive with over 32 years of combined military and federal service. He worked the topic of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon or UAP on behalf of the U.S. Government, both as a subset to his daily duties and as a full-time position, for over 16 years. This experience culminated in his selection as the first Director of the UAP Task Force, an Interagency "whole of government" team tasked with standardizing collection and reporting of UAP sighting.

Stratton's career spanned across multiple agencies within the National Intelligence Community (IC), including the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, USSTRATCOM, Naval Air Systems Command, diplomatic experience in two U.S. embassies, and multiple military units both stateside and deployed. He was a senior representative for the IC with key Congressional committees, and a Senior Advisor for the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy. Additionally, he spent 28 years in uniform both enlisted and as a commissioned officer in a variety of active duty and reserve positions in both the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Reserve.