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US Gov’t Agencies May Be Slapped With Deadline to Declassify 'UFO' Files
US Gov’t Agencies May Be Slapped With Deadline to Declassify 'UFO' Files
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The US Senate wants to set a 300-day deadline for government agencies to turn over records related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to a specially established UAP Records Review Board.
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The US Senate wants to set a 300-day deadline for government agencies to turn over records related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to a specially established UAP Records Review Board. The nine-member panel, appointed by President Joe Biden and subject to Senate approval, in turn, would have 72 hours to decide whether to release the records or shelve them. POTUS could then subsequently opt to agree or overturn the panel's decision. The legislation, the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Disclosure Act, states that, "All federal government records concerning Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (government-derived word for UFO) should carry a presumption of immediate disclosure." It further says that legislative action was required "to restore proper oversight over UAP records" that have "otherwise been lacking."The bipartisan legislation which passed the Senate on Friday was introduced as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) - the annual defense policy bill. It was authored jointly by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., with support from Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. The Act was modeled after the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collections Act, dating to 1992. Besides the Review Board, it will also result in the creation of a UAP Records Collection.Debate on the proposed amendment is scheduled to start next week.Earlier, on July 12, the US House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Congress, pushed forward its own legislation proposed to be added to the annual defense bill. The latter would require the Pentagon to "declassify any Department of Defense documents and other Department of Defense records relating to publicly known sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena that do not reveal sources, methods, or otherwise compromise the national security of the United States."Interest in so-called Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) had soared after previously leaked bombshell videos were released by the Pentagon in 2020. The videos were originally submitted by US personnel. One of those videos, leaked in 2017, showed a jet pilot spotting a tic-tac-shaped UAP (or UFO) with his targeting array. At the time, it was revealed that the US Department of Defense even had a special task force dedicated to gathering reports pertaining to UAP. However, further transparency on the part of the government agencies was not forthcoming, despite the formation of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) and an independent NASA research team.Earlier this month, US Air Force whistleblower David Grusch alleged in the media that the government is in possession of non-human spacecraft and its pilots, but has been withholding this information from Congress. Grusch told two US media outlets that he filed a complaint with the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) about the ostensible coverup.In response to Grusch’s claims, Defense Department spokesperson Sue Gough told Sputnik that AARO has not discovered any verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed or currently exist. However, after Grusch's statements were reportedly corroborated in classified hearings with other witnesses from the defense sector ranks, Senator Rubio voiced concerns these classified UFO programs are "accountable to no one."
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US Gov’t Agencies May Be Slapped With Deadline to Declassify 'UFO' Files
08:42 GMT 15.07.2023 (Updated: 08:58 GMT 15.07.2023) When coauthoring the bipartisan legislation, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., insisted that it was “long past time” that Americans “get some answers" on the mysterious and unexplained Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) that have intrigued people for decades.
The US Senate wants to set a 300-day deadline for government agencies to turn over records related to
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to a specially established UAP Records Review Board. The nine-member panel, appointed by President Joe Biden and subject to Senate approval, in turn, would have 72 hours to decide whether to release the records or shelve them. POTUS could then subsequently opt to agree or overturn the panel's decision.
The legislation, the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Disclosure Act, states that, "All federal government records concerning Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (government-derived word for UFO) should carry a presumption of immediate disclosure." It further says that legislative action was required "to restore proper oversight over UAP records" that have "otherwise been lacking."
The bipartisan legislation which passed the Senate on Friday was introduced as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) - the annual defense policy bill. It was authored jointly by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., with support from Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. The Act was modeled after the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collections Act, dating to 1992. Besides the Review Board, it will also result in the creation of a UAP Records Collection.
"For decades, many Americans have been fascinated by objects mysterious and unexplained, and it’s long past time they get some answers... The American public has a right to learn about technologies of unknown origins, non-human intelligence, and unexplainable phenomena. We are not only working to declassify what the government has previously learned about these phenomena but to create a pipeline for future research to be made public," Schumer said in a statement.
Debate on the proposed amendment is scheduled to start next week.
Earlier, on July 12, the US House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Congress, pushed forward its own legislation proposed to be added to the annual defense bill. The latter would require the Pentagon to "declassify any Department of Defense documents and other Department of Defense records relating to publicly known sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena that do not reveal sources, methods, or otherwise compromise the national security of the United States."
Interest in so-called
Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) had soared after previously leaked bombshell videos were released by the Pentagon in 2020. The videos were originally submitted by US personnel. One of those videos, leaked in 2017, showed a jet pilot
spotting a tic-tac-shaped UAP (or UFO) with his targeting array. At the time, it was revealed that the US Department of Defense even had a special task force dedicated to gathering reports pertaining to UAP. However, further transparency on the part of the government agencies was not forthcoming, despite the formation of the
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) and an independent NASA research team.
Earlier this month, US Air Force whistleblower David Grusch alleged in the media that the government is in possession of non-human spacecraft and its pilots, but has been withholding this information from Congress. Grusch told two US media outlets that he filed a complaint with the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) about the ostensible coverup.
In response to Grusch’s claims, Defense Department spokesperson
Sue Gough told Sputnik that AARO has not discovered any verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed or currently exist. However, after Grusch's statements were reportedly corroborated in classified hearings with other witnesses from the defense sector ranks, Senator Rubio voiced concerns these classified UFO programs are "
accountable to no one."
"There is a lot we still don’t know about these UAPs and that is a big problem... We’ve taken some important steps over the last few years to increase transparency and reduce stigmas, but more needs to be done. This is yet another step in that direction, and one that I hope will spur further cooperation from the executive branch," Rubio said, in reference to the UAP Disclosure Act.
