DoD and DNI given 180 days to disclose what they know about UFOs
When President Trump signed the $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief bill on Sunday, it kicked off a 180-day countdown for the Pentagon and other agencies to disclose everything they know about UFOs.
This provision was largely overlooked in the focus on stimulus checks and extended unemployment, partly because it was not part of the actual text of the 5,593-page legislation. Instead, it appeared as a “committee comment” that was attached to the yearly Intelligence Authorization Act that was rolled inside the bill.
In the comment, Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Senator Marco Rubio directs “the [director of national intelligence], in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of such other agencies … to submit a report within 180 days of the date of enactment of the Act, to the congressional intelligence and armed services committees on unidentified aerial phenomena.”
The report must discuss “observed airborne objects that have not been identified,” along with “detailed analysis of unidentified phenomena data collected by a.) geospatial intelligence; b.) signals intelligence; c.) human intelligence; and d.) measurement and signals intelligence.”
The committee said the report should also include a detailed analysis of FBI data derived from investigations of any unidentified aerial phenomena found over restricted air space and an assessment of whether such activity could be related to foreign adversaries.
The New York Post reports that former legislative and Pentagon officials have confirmed that the package begins a countdown on UFO-related disclosures. A Defense Department spokesperson acknowledged that the committee requires such a report.
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Chris Mellon told The Debrief: “Assuming the Executive Branch honors this important request, the nation will at long last have an objective basis for assessing the validity of the issue and its national security implications. This is an extraordinary and long overdue opportunity.”
Mellon, who was also a staff director for the Senate Intelligence Committee, added that concerns by military personnel and the public have been “ignored by a complacent national security bureaucracy for far too long.”
Just how forthcoming will the report be?
This provision was largely overlooked in the focus on stimulus checks and extended unemployment, partly because it was not part of the actual text of the 5,593-page legislation. Instead, it appeared as a “committee comment” that was attached to the yearly Intelligence Authorization Act that was rolled inside the bill.
In the comment, Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Senator Marco Rubio directs “the [director of national intelligence], in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of such other agencies … to submit a report within 180 days of the date of enactment of the Act, to the congressional intelligence and armed services committees on unidentified aerial phenomena.”
The report must discuss “observed airborne objects that have not been identified,” along with “detailed analysis of unidentified phenomena data collected by a.) geospatial intelligence; b.) signals intelligence; c.) human intelligence; and d.) measurement and signals intelligence.”
The committee said the report should also include a detailed analysis of FBI data derived from investigations of any unidentified aerial phenomena found over restricted air space and an assessment of whether such activity could be related to foreign adversaries.
The New York Post reports that former legislative and Pentagon officials have confirmed that the package begins a countdown on UFO-related disclosures. A Defense Department spokesperson acknowledged that the committee requires such a report.
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Chris Mellon told The Debrief: “Assuming the Executive Branch honors this important request, the nation will at long last have an objective basis for assessing the validity of the issue and its national security implications. This is an extraordinary and long overdue opportunity.”
Mellon, who was also a staff director for the Senate Intelligence Committee, added that concerns by military personnel and the public have been “ignored by a complacent national security bureaucracy for far too long.”
Just how forthcoming will the report be?
