Disclosure not Denial: Toward Truth and Transparency on UAPs

 

For many years, the discussion around unexplained flying objects (UFO) or UAPs (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena), as they are now called, consisted of complete rejection by downplaying their reported existence, explaining sightings by reference to weather glitches, alleged military operations, or overly excited imaginations. However, disclosures from newly declassified military documents and testimony from trustworthy military personnel who are often firsthand eyewitnesses, are demanding that the presence of these UAPs be treated more seriously and investigated more thoroughly.

The whole landscape of this field changed in 2017 when the New York Times published an article that detailed the existence, purpose and findings of a hitherto unknown organisation named the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). Funded and executed by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the main goal of the covert program was to evaluate the various claims of UAP's through data collection, the examination of  eyewitness testimonies, and a detailed analysis of video, radar, sonar and other forms of telemetry, so as to ascertain whether these phenomena posed any kind of threat to national security.

Despite decades of official denials of UFO activity, the findings of the programme were unprecedented. AATIP recorded multiple UAP incidents primarily involving pilots and members of the US military, where aerial phenomena were able to demonstrate flying behaviours that often defied physics such as reaching  previously unattainable speeds, abrupt acceleration and deceleration, in addition to the capacity to travel at such speeds in craft with no discernible system of propulsion, such as the now famous Tic Tac video. AATIP were unable to offer any credible theories for the phenomena, finding anomalous weather events and the possibility of cutting-edge foreign technologies insufficient to explain the encounters. Although AATIP did not reach any firm conclusion on the intent or origin of the UAP’s, they did state the superior technological capabilities of the aircraft meant that they should be regarded as a potential threat  given how they enter and leave restricted military airspace at will. 

So how is this relevant to my blog?

It does appear that the release of  declassified information may indicate a willingness to break from the longstanding practice of secrecy and withholding evidence in favour of a more open and transparent relationship with the public. This blog hopes to report on the latest information releases, inquiries, research and discoveries as they arise while relying entirely on credible, mainstream news services and government departments, in a way that that will encourage a more informed discussion of the phenomenon of UAP.









References

 

Crawford, J. (2017, December 19). Pentagon study of UFOs revealed | CNN politics. CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/16/politics/pentagon-ufo-project/index.html

 Elizondo, L. (2024, August 20). I Investigated UAPs at the Pentagon—Americans Can Handle the Truth. Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/i-worked-pentagon-americans-have-right-know-about-uaps-1941089

Gabbatt, A., & Chao-Fong, L. (2023, July 26). UFO hearing key takeaways: cover-up claims and Pentagon denials. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/26/ufo-hearing-update-congress-whistleblower

Guardian News. (2020, April 28). Pentagon officially releases “UFO” videos [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auITEKd4sjA





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