Bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) aimed to establish a process with the ostensible goal of revealing the existence of “non-human intelligence” to the public. But the legislation, which is co-sponsored by three Republican and two Democratic senators, is now in jeopardy.
In comments yesterday on the Senate floor, Schumer stated that “House Republicans are also attempting to kill another commonsense, bipartisan measure passed by the Senate, which I was proud to cosponsor… to increase transparency around what the government does and does not know about unidentified aerial phenomena.”
According to reports, Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, are leading efforts to prevent any meaningful version of this provision from being added to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act.
Members of Congress generally clamor for enhanced government oversight — a core function of the legislative branch — and transparency. So what could cause a small group of influential lawmakers to suddenly resist it?
What technology do these corps supposedly have?
Gee, I wonder why chairs of the Intelligence and Armed Services committees would want to prevent the release of information about heretofore unrevealed aircraft?
If that’s what these UAPs are, wouldn’t they want people to know they have it as deterrent?
The amendment makes a very clear distinction between things we create and things we don’t and only deals with the latter. So, those projects would not be lumped into what gets released to the public. I’d sure like to know why our government has spent millions upon millions on these things if they don’t exist. It’s our tax dollars paying for it!
I’d sure like to know why our government has spent millions upon millions on these things if they don’t exist.
To get a near-peer adversary to spend even more money on nonsense.
UFOs definitely don’t exist. First time round we pretended otherwise to get the russians to waste time and money researching bunk.
This time round it’s directed at the Chinese.
The distinction will be harder to make in real life than in legislation.
You’re right! Which is why there’s a prededentially appointed panel containing a national security official, foreign service official, sociologist, economist, a scientist or engineer, and professional historian to help make these determinations and whether the information is deemed safe to release. Many great minds to make the decision rather than a single individual.
Until the DoD can account for the 2 trillion dollars they can’t account for this audit, I have 0 interest in entertaining the obstruction of these officials.
That’s American taxpayer money and we don’t even get “classified aerospace research” as a line item
They can account for it, but the government can’t just make all of their defense spending public knowledge.
They still don’t account for it, they just get free money from US tax payers. The DoD is getting free hand outs.
I know a Marik von whatever opinion article headline when I see it.
Notably, the legislation calls for the U.S. government to reassert control over “recovered technologies of unknown origin” currently held by defense contractors. Some analysts suspect that corporations potentially holding such exotic technology are exerting undue pressure and influence to oppose the provision in Schumer’s legislation.
Found why. It’s absolutely amazing how consistently bad and stupid the financialization of everything has been. The apparent* government conspiracy to hide UFOs and aliens isn’t down to a nefarious plot to control the world or keep the peace, it’s to protect the investors. Jesus wept.
*I’ll be on the side of the evidence, wherever it points, but I’d like for it to be released. The claims mean nothing without some proof.
UFOs were a plot by the US government - but just to get the Russians to waste money researching something we knew was nonsense. Yet another cold war deception.
This current UAP nonsense is probably us seeing if China will buy the same ploy. Chuck Schumer does seem to be a UFO true believer though.
I’d love to read some more about this if you have some recommendations that I can go look for. I don’t buy that it’s all a ruse, but am open to it if the data points that way. So, recommended reading for that please!
Right now we have many senior government officials stating there are “things” that do not belong to us or our adversaries but are interfering with flight trainings on a routine basis, well respected intelligence and military officials under oath saying the same and more. I get it’s still not “proven” but the movers and shakers are taking it seriously, so there’s something to it - whether that’s purely government corruption or “something else” remains to be seen.
That’s nice.
Can I have some Healthcare now?
No, you can have a pharmaceutical shortage and unending inflation!
Isn’t UFO transparency just a fancy way of saying Cloaking Device?
