Update: The House held its first public hearing on UAPs today, marking the first such hearing in half a century. Testimony came from former National Reconnaissance Office member Maj. David Grusch (USAF Ret.), who told the committee that the US has been investigating "non-human" activity since the 1930s. He also claimed that US is in possession of alien "biologic material". He refused to provide details in public session. Representatives want to establish a SCIF (secure compartmentalized information facility aka a 'secret room') for further details from Grusch. The Pentagon has denied a cover-up and that there is no evidence of alien craft in US airspace. It said that it has received several hundred reports of UAPs since re-starting official inquiry into the phenomenon.
{18.07.2023} Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is raising a whole bunch of eyebrows with his proposed legislation requiring the government to publicly disclose information it has collected of "non-human intelligence". According to the statement released with the bipartisan bill, the proposal was prompted by the undisclosed UFO data collection program revealed in 2017, which prompted a congressional investigation of UAPs, as they are now referred to (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena). That investigation has revealed a vast network of groups and individuals claiming knowledge of secret UAP programs and information. {We Are Not Alone, Officially 09.06.2023} Are these just fanatics seeking limelight, or are they telling the truth? Inquiring minds want to know! Stay tuned for the congressional hearing slated for July 26th featuring both Democratic and Republican "stars" who will testify.
Schumer's bipartisan bill, introduced July 13th, is perhaps a recognition that revelations concerning tangible evidence of extra-terrestrial technology or even biology is credible enough to warrant mandatory disclosure to the public. According to former director of national intelligence, UFO's take "actions that are difficult to explain. Movements that are hard to replicate, that we don’t have the technology for, or are traveling at speeds that exceed the sound barrier without a sonic boom.” Schumer's bipartisan bill sets up a nine-person review board tasked with reviewing the evidence submitted to it and deciding which information to release. The bill is written in favor of disclosure. It makes the President the sole decision-maker after receiving a recommendation from the board. Any information not deemed immediately disclosable will be subject to a benchmark plan that establishes a time for eventual disclosure. |
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Condon's report has been criticized as flawed, notably by two respected scientists involved in UFO investigations over the years, Hynek and McDonald. Fifty years on, the stigma against scientific research of the "anomalous phenomena" remains. Hynek wrote in his book about twenty years of work on UFOs as part of USAF's Project Blue Book and later, "So powerful and all-encompassing have the misconceptions among scientists been about the nature of UFO information that an amazing lethargy and apathy to investigation has prevailed. This apathy is unbecoming to the ideals of science and undermines public confidence.” It should be noted that both Hynek and McDonald began as confirmed skeptics of UFOs. Perhaps that stigma will be absolved with public congressional hearings of expert witnesses on the subject. The truth is out there.