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Post by auntym on May 23, 2022 13:37:47 GMT -6
thehill.com/opinion/technology/3495855-house-subcommittee-asks-is-the-truth-out-there-about-uaps/House subcommittee asks: Is the truth out there about UAPs?BY MARK R. WHITTINGTON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR 05/22/22 While UFOs and the possibility of them being alien spacecraft have been a thing for decades, renewed interest in the phenomenon arose with the recent revelation that military pilots have been spotting objects in the sky, now dubbed Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP). Last year, the Office of National Intelligence issued a report on UAPs that left more questions than answers. In a quest to find answers, the House Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation (C3) Subcommittee of the House Intelligence Committee held hearings on what may or may not be evidence of alien visitations. The open hearing, available to the public, featured Scott Bray, director of naval intelligence activity, and Ronald S. Moultrie, undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security. Publicly, at least, neither man disclosed any definite conclusions about what these UAPs might be. We know no more than we did when last year’s report was issued. A small number of the UAPs that have been observed defy conventional explanation. They sometimes seemed to contravene the laws of physics as applied to physical objects in the air, hovering, suddenly accelerating and demonstrating no discernable method of propulsion, as understood by current science. The open hearing seemed to be all about process. The lawmakers on the subcommittee sought to assure themselves that the reports of military pilots and other observers were being taken seriously without stigma. They also were keen to understand that the UAP phenomenon was being investigated with regard to science and without preconceptions. The desire for the investigation to be conducted with due transparency was also expressed. Whatever these objects are, they have some serious national security implications. If the objects are of foreign but terrestrial origin, say from China, then clearly the United States and its allies are in trouble, unless the American military possesses similar technology. The classified portion of the hearings may or may not provide some illumination on that question, although hiding that knowledge from the public would tend to run against the expressed need for transparency. The question of whether some of the unexplained UAPs are extraterrestrial in origin was barely touched upon in the hearing. The implications would be almost beyond evaluation. The revelation that an alien civilization exists that can cross the interstellar gulfs to visit an obscure, isolated planet like Earth would be one of the most wonderful, hopeful events in human history. Recently, according to Livescience, a paper was published in the journal Royal Society Open Science that seeks to explain why Earth has not come into contact with aliens. The paper suggests that every civilization is doomed to one of two fates. The first fate is civilization collapse, either by a global thermonuclear war or some kind of environmental catastrophe brought on by unrestrained growth. The second fate is something called “homeostasis,” in which a civilization undertakes to restrict unrestrained growth, seeking instead to prioritize sustainability and social wellbeing. The system might resemble some of the proposals offered by American politicians under the brand name Green New Deal. Either path would seem to preclude widespread space travel of the sort that would make such civilizations easily detectable, not to mention capable of making a first contact. However, if at least some of the UAPs are aliens, the theory described above is rendered hokum. In that case, at least one alien civilization would’ve escaped the choice between collapse and homeostasis and chose a third way, likely by expanding out into space to use its abundant natural and energy resources to maintain economic and technological growth. If Earth is being visited by aliens, why have they not made first contact yet? Possibly they are bound by some version of the “Star Trek” Prime Directive in that they would not interfere with Earth’s natural development. However, since they have offered clues to their existence, they could be sending a message. The message, if some UAPs are aliens, is likely: We’re here. We’re watching you. Someday, when you’re ready, we’d like to talk. When would we be ready? Thanks to NASA’s Artemis Program, plus separate efforts by the Chinese, human civilization is preparing to expand beyond the home planet, to the moon, then Mars, then beyond. At some point, when human civilization has ensured its long-term survival by spreading out into space. ET will call us. That’s the theory, anyway. It’s a much more pleasant theory than the choice of dooms offered in the Royal Society Open Science Journal. It’s an argument — and hope- — for the exploration and economic development of space. thehill.com/opinion/technology/3495855-house-subcommittee-asks-is-the-truth-out-there-about-uaps/
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Post by auntym on May 26, 2022 11:23:29 GMT -6
www.mysterywire.com/ufo/more-ufo-hearings-congress-might-consider-hearing-from-these-2-men/More UFO hearings? Congress might consider hearing from these 2 men
by: George Knapp / www.mysterywire.com/author/george-knapp/Posted: May 23, 2022 LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Since January 2018, members of Congress and senior staff have been receiving classified briefings behind closed doors about the UFO mystery. Now, after 54 years, a congressional subcommittee held the first public hearing on the matter. Two high-ranking Pentagon officials appeared before the committee, and in the view of many, their testimony was a bit underwhelming. WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 17: A video of unidentified aerial phenomena is played as U.S. Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray testifies before a House Intelligence Committee subcommittee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on May 17, 2022 in Washington, DC. The committee met to investigate Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, commonly referred to as Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) So, if Congress proceeds with additional UFO hearings in public, who should be called to tell what they know? There are two names to toss in the hat. Both are scientific investigators who’ve had personal experiences pursuing strange phenomena and are now employed by the same defense contractor. “If you’re supposed to be a trained scientist or engineer, you’re supposed to be asking these questions, you know, instead of running away and hiding from these questions, and I think the perception has changed,” said Dr. Travis Taylor, a physicist/engineer. BALTIMORE, MD – NOVEMBER 11: Travis Taylor speaks onstage at Ancient Aliens: Alien Engineering during day 3 of AlienCon Baltimore 2018 at Baltimore Convention Center on November 11, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for HISTORY) He has become one of the highest-profile scientists in the world, not because he has two Ph.D.’s and spent two decades working for NASA and the Department of Defense, but rather, because of his role as a scientific investigator on the History Channel’s TV show “The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch.” Taylor was an arch skeptic when his work at the infamous Utah ranch began a few years ago. Not anymore. “You know, I’d never seen a UFO until I got out there. Now, I’ve seen more UFOs now than you can count.” Taylor doesn’t just play a scientist on TV. Skinwalker Ranch In late April, a cutting-edge defense contractor named Radiance Technologies announced it had hired him, but for what? The release used somewhat generic language to describe what it does — “systems engineering, strategic intelligence, cyber security” and more. The company’s release didn’t hide Taylor’s involvement with UFO investigations at Skinwalker Ranch. Rather, it touted it. John F. Stratton joins Radiance Technologies. (Credit: Radiance Technologies) In January 2021, just when the UAP task force started work on a congressionally mandated UFO report, Stratton was surprisingly transferred out of the job. His unexpected reassignment was seen as a major blow to the work of the task force. Now that he’s left the Pentagon altogether, what are he and Travis Taylor up to, working for Radiance Technologies? Reporter George Knapp: “The two of you, working together, is the kind of news that will get people’s imaginations working overtime. What are those guys building down there? Are they making spaceships, alien technology?” Travis Taylor: “Well, so, John, Jay as we call him, Stratton, he and I have been colleagues for a long time. I’ve known him in defense industry circles and we’ve worked together and I’ll leave it out for now.” Much of Stratton’s work remains classified. He achieved the equivalent rank of a flag officer and used his clout to form the UAP Task Force, long before it was called that. The task force was an interagency effort that included the U.S. Navy, NASA, Homeland Security, the FAA, and more. During Stratton’s tenure, a comprehensive and classified briefing presentation was created for members of Congress, intelligence agencies, and higher-ups in the Pentagon. That document included photos and videos of UFOs collected by military personnel, including the tic tac case as well as the strange images of pyramid-shaped UFOs buzzing navy ships, which Stratton and his team described as genuine unknowns. Stratton has never spoken publicly about his work and is not commenting now. His colleague Travis Taylor thinks that if Congress ever holds another public hearing about UFOs, it should include witnesses who have worked as boots-on-the-ground investigators. “They need to hear from real scientists like myself that these phenomena are real, are being measured and in my mind, there is a potential for a disruptive technology to be free,” Taylor said. Skinwalker ranch A view of Skinwalker ranch in Utah. (Photo courtesy Jeremy Corbell) Knapp said in his wide-ranging interview with Dr. Travis Taylor, he discussed his work as a scientific investigator at Skinwalker Ranch, how close encounters can cause physical harm to humans, incidents of the so-called “hitchhiker effect”, and the role of science in the pursuit of the unknown. The possibility of disruptive technology might be the main reason for the ongoing secrecy surrounding UFOs. Whichever nation is able to figure out and duplicate what we’ve been seeing in the skies for decades, wins. Period. www.mysterywire.com/ufo/more-ufo-hearings-congress-might-consider-hearing-from-these-2-men/
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Post by auntym on May 28, 2022 13:28:55 GMT -6
www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/it-is-now-irresponsible-not-to-talk-about-ufos/ar-AAXPBj0?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=7aa3312d4a514d42e7db88790b44f2caIt is now irresponsible not to talk about UFOsOpinion by Douglas MacKinnon, Opinion Contributor 5-28-2022 © Provided by The Hill When I was 11 years old and living in the small town of New Boston, N.H., a friend and I saw something that was not only never explained, but actually denied. It was the middle of summer and we were walking up Meeting House Hill Road, toward our homes, after buying a couple of sodas at the general store. Suddenly, flying fairly high above us, a pure white, cigar-shaped object zipped across the cloudless blue sky, in complete silence. My friend and I looked at each other in shock, and ran the few hundred feet remaining to our houses to tell our parents. They came outside, as did several neighbors, and as if on cue, this strange object whipped back across the sky. This time, however, it was being chased by a couple of Air Force fighter jets — until it accelerated to a seemingly impossible speed. By strange coincidence, there was an Air Force tracking station (now part of the Space Force) in New Boston, as well as what was then Pease Air Force Base about 60 miles away. My father called both places and was promptly — and officially — told that there were no Air Force jets in the area and it must have been a figment of our imagination. Two days later, still upset by the denial of something we all saw, the child sleuth in me decided to walk the five miles to the Air Force tracking station and — I hope the statute of limitations has run out on this — break into the facility by digging a small tunnel under the fence. But after finding no Area 51/Roswell-like smoking gun evidence, I dejectedly walked home and then mostly forgot about it. That is, until last week. For the first time in more than five decades, Congress held a hearing on the possibility of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs — now wisely renamed unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs. More specifically, the hearing was held by the House Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence and Counterproliferation Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.). Carson wasted no time cutting to the chase by calling out the Department of Defense (DOD) for ignoring a potential threat: “For too long, the stigma associated with UAPs has gotten in the way of good intelligence analysis. Pilots avoided reporting, or were laughed at when they did,” he said. “DOD officials relegated the issue to the back room, or swept it under the rug entirely, fearful of a skeptical, national security community. Today, we know better. They are real; they need to be investigated, and the many threats they pose need to be investigated.” Related video: Should Congress spend time discussing UFOs? Americans weigh in (FOX News) Should Congress spend time discussing UFOs? Americans weigh in Carson could not be more correct, and should be applauded for dragging this subject out of the shadows. Whether UAPs are advanced foreign weapons systems or something infinitely more complicated, there have been too many sightings, from too many credible witnesses, to pretend they don’t exist. From this moment forward, turning a blind eye to these sightings would be not only irresponsible but a dereliction of duty. Of course, part of what has made witnesses hesitant to come forward and the DOD to “sweep these reports under the rug” is the reaction from many in the news media. Often, reporting on UFOs — or UAPs — is accompanied by artwork depicting a little green man in a flying saucer, the old-fashioned view of “life” from elsewhere in space. It’s as if editors include these illustrations as a wink and nod to other news outlets to say, “We may have to cover this nonsense, but we will cheapen the reporting to let you know we are in on the joke.” Now there is a chance that the joke is on those condescending skeptics. With top Pentagon intelligence officials sitting before him, Carson told them that UAP sightings represent “a potential national security threat and need to be treated that way.” And — no surprise to those paying attention — both Ronald Moultrie, the under secretary of defense for intelligence and security, and Scott Bray, the deputy director of naval intelligence, agreed with the congressman. Both men are overseeing the newly created Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group. The group’s creation came about because, over the past 15 years, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reported last year that there have been at least 144 credible yet unexplainable sightings of UAPs. Again, are these aerial phenomena highly advanced foreign aircraft, unknown weapons systems, or something beyond that? It is the Pentagon’s responsibility to find out — and quickly. Bray agreed with Carson that UAPs “represent serious hazards.” More than that, he acknowledged that the Pentagon must do more to remove the stigma associated with reporting such sightings. “We also spent considerable efforts engaging directly with our naval aviators to help destigmatize the act of reporting sights and encounters,” Bray said. “The direct results of those efforts have been increased reporting.” Both Bray and Moultrie said they are not aware of any technological advances among our foreign adversaries or other nations that could explain any of the sightings. Military pilots have recorded some of the encounters. As Bray showed footage of one such sihttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/it-is-now-irresponsible-not-to-talk-about-ufos/ar-AAXPBj0?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=7aa3312d4a514d42e7db88790b44f2caghting during the hearing, he commented, “I have no explanation for what this specific object is.” We need an explanation, and we need the media to stop using patronizing caricatures and start getting back into real journalism to help our government get to the bottom of it.
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Post by swamprat on Jun 7, 2022 15:34:52 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Jul 13, 2022 18:15:40 GMT -6
www.politico.com/news/2022/07/13/house-votes-easier-report-ufos-00045640DEFENSE House votes to make it easier to report UFOs“This legislation may open the floodgates,” said a former Pentagon official responsible for investigating the sightings.Mike Gallagher speaks at the U.S. Capitol. “I believe it’s possible that folks may be precluded from being fully transparent with Congress due to their being bound by non-disclosure agreements,” Rep. Mike Gallagher said. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images By BRYAN BENDER and LAWRENCE UKENYE 07/13/2022 The House on Wednesday voted to create a secure government system for reporting UFOs and to compel current and former officials to reveal what they might know about the mysterious phenomena by promising to protect them from reprisal. The bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, passed by voice vote without debate, is part of an aggressive effort to exert more oversight over an enduring intelligence-gathering challenge that has gained more attention in recent years. It was proposed by Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), who have been among a vocal bipartisan bloc of lawmakers pressing Pentagon and intelligence officials to take the issue more seriously — and to be more transparent with Congress and the American people. Gallagher couched the effort in national security terms, saying his “primary interest … is to ensure that our military and intelligence community are armed with the best possible information, capital, and scientific resources to defeat our enemies and maintain military and technology superiority.” But he also wants “to further Congress’ ability to fact gather and further prove or disprove the origin and threat nature of whatever seems to be flying in our skies.” “I believe it’s possible that folks may be precluded from being fully transparent with Congress due to their being bound by non-disclosure agreements,” Gallagher added in a statement to POLITICO. “If that’s true, I want to make sure that there’s no technical reason preventing them from speaking to us.” The amendment would require a dedicated internal reporting system for the “immediate sharing” of information related to unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAP, “previously prohibited from reporting under any nondisclosure written or oral agreement” or order. The measure is aimed at current and former military personnel, government civilians and contractors. The “amnesty” provision covers “any event relating to unidentified aerial phenomena,” as well as “any government or government contractor activity or program related to unidentified aerial phenomena.” It makes an exception for data that officials conclude reveals objects that might be part of top secret U.S. programs that only very few are privy to, or events “that likely relate to a special access program or compartmented access program.” The bill would also require the DoD inspector general, one year after final passage, to conduct an independent assessment of compliance with the provision “and efficacy of the system established.” Congress in recent years has mandated that the Pentagon and intelligence agencies more aggressively investigate UFOs, including unexplained sightings of highly advanced aircraft violating protected military airspace, some appearing to defy known aerodynamics. Following a series of bills, the Pentagon has set up the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group to collect and analyze more reports. But at the first public hearing on UFOs in more than 50 years in May, lawmakers expressed frustration that the Pentagon effort is not robust enough. Officials have also complained that the national security agencies have more information that is not being reported up the chain, or shared with Congress. Ronald Moultrie testifies next to other officials during a House hearing. Luis Elizondo, the former Pentagon official who went public in 2017 asserting a lack of concern among top leaders, called the Gallagher-Gallego amendment “one of the greatest efforts in recent history to foster transparency on this topic.” “This legislation may open the floodgates,” added Elizondo, who is now a consultant to the U.S. Space Command on UAP. The House is set to continue debating amendments to the defense bill with the aim of passing it by the end of the week. Final legislation will have to be reconciled with the Senate’s version this year. The Senate has also been exerting greater oversight on the UFO issue. The Senate Intelligence Committee’s version of the fiscal 2023 Intelligence Authorization Act, calls for “enhancing oversight of [intelligence community] and Department of Defense collection and reporting on Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena,” the panel said. Elizondo said he has been briefed by congressional staffers who say similar UFO “amnesty” language is also being drafted in the Senate. www.politico.com/news/2022/07/13/house-votes-easier-report-ufos-00045640
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Post by auntym on Jul 14, 2022 16:48:46 GMT -6
#Politics #Congress
House Votes To Create A Secure System For Reporting UFOs
Jul 14, 2022 The House approved a measure on Wednesday to create a secure system for reporting UFO’s. The system would allow for immediate sharing of information with scientists, analysts and government personnel.
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Post by auntym on Jul 15, 2022 13:17:29 GMT -6
douglasjohnson.ghost.io/probes-for-hidden-government-ufo-data-proposed-in-defense-and-intelligence-bills-now-advancing-in-congress-with-bipartisan-backing/Congressional Intelligence and Armed Services Committees Advance New Measures to Probe for Possible Hidden UFO Databy DOUGLAS DEAN JOHNSON / douglasjohnson.ghost.io/author/douglasjohnson/Jul 14, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 14, 2022, 10 PM EDT) – Members of the U.S. Senate committees on intelligence and armed services are pressing forward with multi-pronged new legislation to expand searches for government-held data on UFOs – proposals that reflect the lawmakers' deep dissatisfaction with the sluggish response of the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community to enactment of the sweeping Gillibrand-Rubio-Gallego UFO law in December, 2021. Defense and intelligence authorization bills that are now advancing in Congress would create multiple new mechanisms to probe for possible past or current government-affiliated programs, archives, or witnesses that may possess significant information or material relating to what the new legislation re-labels as "unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena" (UAP). The fullest expression of the potential legislative response is on display in the Fiscal Year 2023 Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) (S. 4503), posted online July 14, 2022 by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI). The committee approved the bill on June 23, 2022, in a closed-door session. The 138-page bill contains 31 pages of revamped and expanded UAP-related requirements. These include provisions crafted to elicit fuller cooperation by the Director of National Intelligence and all intelligence agencies, and creation of a "secure system" to encourage current or past government and contractor employees with UFO data to channel that information to the central UAP office, and ultimately to Congress, without incurring legal jeopardy or risking job reprisals. The bill would also order a government-wide search for UAP-related Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), and a comprehensive study of government UFO involvement going back to 1947, to be conducted by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), an organ of Congress. The UFO-related material is found on pages 87-117 of the PDF version of S. 4503. Searchable text of the UAP-related sections (Sections 703, 704, and 705) is also accessible on Congress.gov here. www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4503/text?r=1&s=6#id20014132DA124EE2BA66DFF493572715This article is an initial examination and analysis of the full package of proposed new UAP language. It is not intended as a comprehensive treatment of every provision in the 31 pages of proposed statutory text. Even among congressional sources with extensive knowledge of the developing issue, there are somewhat differing interpretations regarding how some provisions will be interpreted or applied. Undoubtedly some provisions will be modified as the legislation advances through further stages in the bicameral legislative process. As time allows, I will cover further developments as they occur, through this blog and through my Twitter account @ddeanjohnson. SENATE COMMITTEES INITIATE NEW LANGUAGE It appears that this array of new congressional UAP-related proposals were initiated within the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and the SSCI, which have coordinated to a degree with their counterparts on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI). The proposals are advancing with bipartisan support in both houses. The SSCI is chaired by Senator Mark Warner (D-VA); the ranking Republican is Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL). CONTINUE READING: douglasjohnson.ghost.io/probes-for-hidden-government-ufo-data-proposed-in-defense-and-intelligence-bills-now-advancing-in-congress-with-bipartisan-backing/
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Post by auntym on Jul 19, 2022 12:55:21 GMT -6
UFOs are becoming a much bigger priority for Congress
Jul 19, 2022
The US House of Representatives voted to encourage the sharing of more UFO sightings by adopting a bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. In today’s episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza looks at how Congress has been looking at crafts of unknown origins more seriously in recent years.
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Post by auntym on Oct 22, 2022 12:32:31 GMT -6
LESLIE KEAN ON UAP CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS, WHISTLEBLOWERS AND UNDERSTANDING CONSCIOUSNESS EP. 102 Oct 16, 2022
New York Times Best Seller, and Investigative Journalist Leslie Kean joined us to discuss the recent U.S. Congressional hearings, as well as future whistle blowers and events coming down the pipeline.
Leslie Kean has been publishing works relating to UFOs since 2000, and has been a guest on Coast to Coast AM. Her book "UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go on the Record", was a New York Times best seller. Leslie also belongs to the UFO organization "UFODATA"
On 16 December 2017, the New York Times featured an article written by Helene Cooper, Ralph Blumenthal and Leslie Kean, which revealed the fact that the US Department of Defense had spent $22.5M on a secret program titled the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) that investigated UFOs.HOSTED BY: JASON GUILLEMETTE and LOUIS BORGES Visit our Website: uapstudiespodcast.com/
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