This past week in Disclosure:
July 11 – Senator Mike Rounds has reintroduced a version of the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act (UAPDA) to the FY25 NDAA, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer as lead co-sponsor
Senator Rounds, who sits on both the Intelligence and Armed Services committees in the U.S. Senate, submitted the UAPDA text as a possible floor amendment to the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Ac (NDAA).
The entire text of the Rounds-Schumer amendment was posted online on July 13 and is available here as part of the Congressional Record.
The text largely correlates to the original amendment proposed last year, with some minor differences I'll be covering in a separate post...
July 11 – The Pentagon's UFO office publishes a summary of findings documenting the official analysis of supposed UFO-related materials
In 2022, AARO (the Pentagon's UFO office) contracted Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to analyze a magnesium alloy specimen alleged to be a component recovered from a crashed extraterrestrial vehicle from 1947, that purportedly demonstrated extraordinary qualities.
The analysis found that:
"Although the origin, chain of custody, and ultimate purpose of this specimen remain unclear, a modern and robust analysis of its chemical and structural composition and properties does not indicate that its origin is non-terrestrial, nor do the data indicate that the material examined ever had the pure single-crystalline bismuth layer that could possibly have acted as a terahertz waveguide."
ORNL Synopsis
AARO's Supplemental Document
July 12 – "Get ready." - Rep. Tim Burchett speaking in regards to an upcoming follow-up UAP Hearing
In a quick exchange with Askapol, Rep. Tim Burchett sidesteps additional questions related to an upcoming (follow-up) hearing on UAP.
Askapol: “Any update on a UAP hearing?”
Rep. Burchett: “I do, and I can’t tell you.”
Askapol: “When are we gonna see it?”
Rep. Burchett:: “I can’t tell you. Get ready!”
Askapol*: “It’s coming?”*
Rep. Burchett:: “Will tell you first.”
July 12 – "the key takeaway is that [AARO] didn’t have answers and they didn’t have data for two of the biggest UAP events in recent history" - Rep. Burlison reflecting on past briefings from AARO
Speaking with Askapol, Rep. Eric Burlison reflected on his experiences with AARO:
Burlison: “the more I reflect on it, the more I realize that the key takeaway is that [AARO] didn’t have answers and they didn’t have data for two of the biggest UAP events in recent history... And so [I feel like] what they did was they showed us a lot of known UAP events and they debunked them. And I felt like they adequately, in my mind, I felt like they adequately did that.”
Askapol: “Yeah?”
EB: “But enough that, like, many of them they were public things that I’ve seen, that you’ve seen. But, and they’ve investigated thousands and thousands of things... I found it interesting that they say that there’s nothing top secret about extraterrestrial UFOs. The only thing that is top secret is any of our technology that might have been involved.”
Askapol: “Yeah? Interesting.”
EB: “And if that technology — so if we had devices that recorded it or, you know, captured the footage or there was radar or whatever, all of that is top secret.”
Askapol: “Yeah?”
EB: “But the item itself is not. And so, I don’t know — they were pretty adamant about that and that their attitude is, ‘Look, if we find something we’re gonna make it public, but so long as it doesn’t compromise our technology.’”
July 14 – Liberation Times source indicates whistleblowers have circumvented AARO and gone straight to top Senators and White House Staff
According to Liberation Times, it seems that whistleblowers with first-hand knowledge of alleged UAP crash retrieval and reverse-engineering programs have chosen to engage directly with Senators Rounds and Schumer, as well as President Biden’s National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, rather than approach AARO.
Things to look out for in the near future:
July/August/September
- According to Senator Gillibrand – a public hearing in line with AARO's latest report can be expected soon, saying –"I’m hoping July, and if not then September. But I’m trying to do July.”
- Speaking with Askapol, Reps. Luna and Burchett indicated that the next UAP hearing is likely to come after the August recess.
- Lue Elizondo has indicated his much-awaited book will be published in August 2024. Elizondo was the former director of the now defunct Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) – a program associated with the release of the Pentagon UFO videos.
Beyond/currently unknown
- Following the UAP hearing on the 26th of July, Members of Congress have called for a select committee with subpoena authority, to “go about the task of collecting information from the Pentagon and elsewhere” on unidentified flying objects. There have been conflicting messages from various Members of Congress on whether this is likely to happen anytime soon. Note – a select subcommittee was formally requested on March 13th.
- Reps. Moskowitz, Luna, and Burchett have repeatedly stated their intent to hold field hearings to overcome stonewalling from the Pentagon and military establishment "I think we [Congress] should try to get into one of these places [housing UAP evidence]...and if they won't let us in I think we should have a field hearing right outside the building...and the military will have to explain why that is." – Rep. Moskowitz (D) It is currently unknown when exactly we might expect that to occur, however as of Jan 12 – Rep. Luna confirmed: "I feel confident that we have enough evidence to move forward with our first field hearing. We will be announcing details soon."
- Several journalists have indicated that first-hand witnesses of the alleged UAP legacy programs are in the process of providing testimony/evidence to the relevant authorities (e.g. the IC IG) and/or are on the verge of making public statements in the near future (Example 1, example 2, example 3, example 4)
- David Grusch has received additional clearances through DOPSR to discuss some of his (alleged) first-hand knowledge of Legacy programs. He has mentioned he may be covering more of this information in an upcoming Op-Ed
- Some commentators have speculated that the architects of the UAPDA (e.g. Sens. Schumer/Rounds et al) are working diligently behind the scenes to continue furthering serious legislative UAP transparency efforts
Skimmed through this post but need a quick refresher on how we got to this point? Check out this handy Disclosure Timeline to get up to speed.
