Unveiling the Truth: UFOs, Legislation, and Accountability
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In the current climate, we find ourselves anticipating the outcomes of a concealed power struggle within the U.S. Government.
Once again, Congress is revisiting UFO disclosure, introducing new legislation for 2023. They are calling upon the Department of Defense and intelligence agencies to clarify what knowledge has been withheld regarding the newly coined term: Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena.
While we have just begun to get acquainted with Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), one might humorously consider rebranding it as UAUP (which could whimsically be pronounced as "oops").
Rest assured, terms like UFO and flying saucer are here to stay.
An entity that might become obsolete is the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG), which the Pentagon created to sidestep previous inquiries from Congress. The upcoming legislation aims to disband AOIMSG and establish a new “Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena Joint Program Office.”
UAUPJPO? Let’s just refer to it as ‘the Office’ or simply JPO.
The sections of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 discussing UFOs include terminology that one might have never imagined seeing in a government document, let alone something that could potentially become law.
Section 703, titled “Modification of requirement for office to address unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena,” and Section 704, titled “Unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena reporting procedures,” amend Section 1683 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373) with detailed and stringent requirements.
However, Section 705, which mandates a compilation of unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena records by the Comptroller General of the United States, stands out as particularly significant.
Congress is eager for a thorough understanding of the UFO cover-up.
The background events leading to this legislative push are well-articulated in an article from the Liberation Times, which is a recommended read for its insightful commentary.
As a side note, it’s worth mentioning that Elizondo is reportedly serving as a consultant for the Space Force.
The Liberation Times article highlights a lingering concern regarding the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (OUSD(I&S)), which had previously obstructed transparency through the AOIMSG. It is imperative to remove OUSD(I&S) from overseeing the new JPO.
This office suffered embarrassment due to the actions of the now-dismissed Director for Defense Intelligence, Gary Reid. Lue Elizondo was reportedly targeted by Reid, which likely influenced the Pentagon press office’s misleading portrayal of Elizondo’s involvement with the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). The Department of Defense Inspector General’s report on these matters remains unpublished.
More significantly, there are doubts about OUSD(I&S)’s suitability for the responsibilities intended for the JPO. As Liberation Times author Christopher Sharp succinctly notes:
“Insiders also express concerns about OUSD(I&S)’s capability to lead the new JPO due to its nature as a staff oversight organization lacking operational and analytical expertise.”
We must ensure that the proverbial fox is kept away from the henhouse.
Everything else outlined in the 36 pages of UFO-related content in this new legislation encompasses a comprehensive overview of the UFO landscape.
Packages Under The Tree
Unwrapping gifts is always a delight, but how do you select just one?
For those interested in the detailed organizational, authority, and administrative requirements for the JPO, the Act's Sections 703–704 provide insight. It’s somewhat reassuring to think that accountability rests with the civilian Secretary of Defense, who, during Elizondo's time at AATIP, was reportedly unable to receive a UAP briefing. The Director of National Intelligence is also tasked with oversight.
The legislation includes provisions for access to sensitive technical collections, incorporation of data from special access programs, release from government non-disclosure agreements, and protections for whistleblowers coming forward. And there’s much more.
Our gratitude for this comprehensive approach is owed to former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, Christopher Mellon. His expertise in intelligence gathering and understanding of command structure has paved the way for potential substantive disclosures, even for those without security clearances.
The historical significance of this legislation has been likened to the work of the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, often referred to as the “Church Committee” after its chair, Senator Frank Church. In 1975, the Church Committee uncovered alarming domestic abuses by agencies such as the CIA, NSA, FBI, and IRS, revealing numerous black hats among critical government entities.
Now, the focus shifts to the historical actions of the Pentagon and intelligence agencies concerning UFOs in all their forms. Section 705 deserves careful reading. Here’s a notable excerpt:
SEC. 705. Comptroller General of the United States compilation of unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena records.
The Comptroller General refers to the General Accountability Office (GAO), the entity Congressman Steven H. Schiff approached in the 1990s to investigate the Roswell incident. Their thoroughness is well-known, and they possess expertise in records retention and document management within the security classification system. They will undoubtedly know which issues to investigate.
- Definition of unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena. — This term is defined in section 1683(o) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (50 U.S.C. 3373(o)), as amended by section 703.
Just to clarify, we are discussing flying saucers appearing in the air, sea, or space, including those that have crashed and been recovered.
- Compilation required. — Within one year of the Act’s enactment, the Comptroller General shall:
Only a year to wait for results. Reserve your copy in advance.
- Begin reviewing records and documents from the intelligence community, conducting oral history interviews, analyzing open-source information, interviewing current and former government officials, and examining both classified and unclassified national archives (including records obtained via the Freedom of Information Act), and any other relevant historical sources deemed appropriate.
In other words, every piece of information from any source is on the table.
- From January 1, 1947, until the completion of the above activities, compile a complete historical record of the intelligence community’s engagement with unidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena, including both successful and unsuccessful attempts to identify and monitor these phenomena, as well as any efforts to obscure, manipulate public perception, or disseminate misinformation.
Badda bing! No skipping decades of UFO history; we start at the beginning.
- IN GENERAL. — Within 180 days after compiling the required record, the Comptroller General must submit a report to Congress summarizing this historical record.
- RESOURCES. — The report shall include references to the sources used and instructions on how to access them.
- FORM. — The report will be submitted in unclassified format but may include a classified annex if necessary.
WE THE PEOPLE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESULTS, complete with sources and references. Prepare your FOIA form letters!
- Cooperation of the intelligence community. — The heads of the intelligence community’s elements deemed necessary by the Comptroller General must fully cooperate and provide any information required to fulfill the above mandates.
OUSD(I&S) is explicitly mentioned as needing to cooperate.
- Access to records of the National Archives and Records Administration. — The Archivist of the United States must provide the Comptroller General with all relevant information, including classified data.
In other words, every box, folder, and file within government archives will be available for investigation. Perhaps the GAO will finally uncover the infamous “Estimate of the Situation” created by the Air Force in 1948. What is considered relevant will be determined not by those being asked but by the GAO’s investigators.
All the horses are in the corral.
Corvus Fricassee
Many individuals may find crow on the menu.
As mentioned earlier, we are at a crucial juncture. For 75 years, certain factions within U.S. Government agencies have conspired to maintain control over a secret that affects all of humanity. Enough documentation has surfaced over the years via Freedom of Information Act requests and credible eyewitness testimony to confirm that there is, indeed, a reality regarding UFOs — and a cover-up designed to lead the American public to overlook the topic.
Bryan Bender recently published an insightful insider quote that, like Dr. Eric Davis’s comments in The New York Times in 2020 about “off-world vehicles not made on this earth,” has largely been ignored. In a Politico article, Bender recounted a conversation with a Pentagon intelligence officer:
The intelligence official described another faction within military and intelligence agencies “that ... takes this subject very seriously” and is protective of UAP-related data.
“They fetishize their secret society,” the official stated. “It’s a kind of Skull and Bones-type vibe. They take it seriously, but they have no accountability. Zero. There’s a whole group of us who know this subject in great detail, much of which has not been reported to Congress due to security concerns.”
The new legislation aims to target these individuals and uncover their hidden enclaves. They may have initially donned white hats back in the 1940s, but their colors changed rapidly.
As the Church Committee demonstrated in the 1970s, there has long been a dark underbelly to American intelligence operations, which often disregard the democratic values of our society. The approach of destroying the village to save it seems to be their modus operandi. The covert world is a bubble of individuals whose actions rarely face scrutiny, and accountability is even scarcer. Protecting one’s position appears to be a high-priority security classification.
Yet here we stand, faced with a meticulously crafted legislative demand from the U.S. Congress for specific and comprehensive disclosure of all UFO information ever held by military and intelligence communities. They intend to assign the most skilled personnel to the task of uncovering it.
Ultimately, this may lead to a reduction in the number of black hats masquerading as white hats within the defense sector.
Additionally, many have criticized and dismissed those attempting to highlight the clandestine management of the UFO issue over the years. This includes substantial segments of the scientific community, academia, and a significant portion of the public who have, for decades, swallowed these manipulations whole.
A factual accounting (if that is what we actually receive) of the UFO cover-up will now challenge these individuals to consider how they would like their portion of crow served. Hand them a napkin and let them dig in. Just desserts are on the horizon as we advance together into a world-altering reality that has always been represented by the Phenomenon.
Sometimes, the good guys do emerge victorious in the end.
Trail of the Saucers is published by Stellar Productions and edited by Bryce Zabel, co-host of the new UAP/UFO podcast, “Need to Know with Coulthart and Zabel.”