Tom Thompson🛸 (ＣＯＲＴＥＸ ＺＥＲＯ)

UFO & anomalous phenomena researcher. YouTuber. Host of @anompod. Musician. Co-founder Anomalous Media.

[Tom Thompson🛸 (ＣＯＲＴＥＸ ＺＥＲＯ) @Cortex_Zero]

Imagine what would get done in Ufology if the amount of energy spent on insulting and arguing with people was used on research and field work. #ufox #ufotwitter

[Tom Thompson🛸 (ＣＯＲＴＥＸ ＺＥＲＯ) @Cortex_Zero]

Jay Stratton alleges that fabricated UAP accounts have reached congressional testimony, and that some people presenting themselves as whistleblowers are helping undermine credible witnesses.

In Out of the Shadows, the former director of the Pentagon’s UAP Task Force describes supposed whistleblowers gaining influence through podcasts and social media, sometimes encouraged by people he alleges are acting on behalf of the legacy program.

“These planted phonies undermine the impact of the real deal whistleblowers and confuse the public.”

The damage he describes extends well beyond an individual making an unreliable claim. Sensational stories attract attention, their storytellers become recognized authorities, and an audience eager for answers helps amplify them. When those accounts eventually unravel, the public may dismiss the entire subject, including testimony and evidence that had nothing to do with the discredited story.

In Stratton’s telling, that broader loss of credibility is sometimes the intended outcome.

He describes different motivations among the people involved. Some pursue attention or financial gain. Others believe they are advancing Disclosure, then become so invested in their public claims that admitting they were wrong becomes increasingly difficult. Alongside this, he explicitly acknowledges credible whistleblowers doing significant work, often privately with Congress.

His allegation that false information has entered congressional testimony deserves particular attention. The passage does not identify specific witnesses, hearings, or statements. It says that fabricated material has reached testimony, which leaves open questions about who originated it and how it was presented.

For anyone immediately thinking of David Grusch, the original post points to Stratton’s favorable treatment of him elsewhere in the book and his selection for Stratton’s team. This excerpt itself names no targets.

What concerns me most is the cost to people coming forward in good faith. If Stratton’s account is accurate, their credibility can be damaged by stories they never told, endorsed, or had any involvement with.

That makes clarification essential. Which claims does he believe are false? What led him to that conclusion? What can he share that would help Congress and the public examine the allegation?

People who have taken real risks to provide information deserve a fair hearing. If their testimony is being undermined deliberately, we need enough detail to understand how, and to prevent unsupported accusations from creating further confusion. #ufos #uap

[Christopher Sharp @ChrisUKSharp]

With the exception of Ross and a handful of other journalists, I don't think many people fully appreciate the potentially historic developments I believe are unfolding behind the scenes at the White House.

Whether they ultimately come to fruition remains anyone's guess.

In a few years, we may find ourselves reading about what could have been. Or we may be on the verge of witnessing something extraordinary.

Either way, hold on tight.

[neandrewthal @disgustipated42]

Here’s the Reptilian incident story from the podcast linked in the article

[Ian Curtis @XRarchitect]

Portal jumping through gaussian splat worlds with WebGPU. real time. sound on.

[Neil Goodman @Neil__Goodman]

💥Ross Coulthart claims that Donald Trump is now fully aware of the existence of the UAP Legacy Program, and that Devin Nunes is overseeing it at the highest levels of the White House.
"It's being overseen by people at a very high level...particularly a guy called Devin Nunes"

[Tom Thompson🛸 (ＣＯＲＴＥＸ ＺＥＲＯ) @Cortex_Zero]

Ufology heading into 2027. #ufox #ufotwitter

[Carl Crusher @Carl_Vibe]

Exposing the dark side of the UFO Community and making it a safe space for everyone

[Marik vR @MvonRen]

Stratton: “Raytheon’s own engineers confirmed” that the “GIMBAL” UAP’s rotation is *NOT* a camera artifact.

The ATFLIR patent holder told me the same, *and* that the system’s operation is the *opposite* of what @MickWest claims.

The UAP’s flight path also rules out an artifact:

[Tom Thompson🛸 (ＣＯＲＴＥＸ ＺＥＲＯ) @Cortex_Zero]

Empires, historically, move through 5 stages before they collapse.

The United States is sitting at stage 4, right now.

This is another reason why we need Disclosure.

America needs a future more compelling than an endless argument over its decline. I believe Disclosure could help us find one.

The five-stage model in questionfollows a familiar progression: conquest, commerce, affluence, decadence, and collapse. It’s a simplified framework, and placing the United States at stage four is an interpretation. What concerns me is the condition that stage describes: a society with enormous resources whose institutions have become increasingly difficult to correct.

Powerful interests protect their positions. Public confidence erodes. People struggle to see how their efforts contribute to a future they actually want.

If governments or private organizations possess credible evidence of nonhuman intelligence, keeping that evidence beyond public scrutiny could carry a cost much larger than the secrecy itself. It could deny us an opportunity to reconsider our priorities.

Disclosure should mean evidence that independent researchers can examine and the public can evaluate. Access would allow people outside a restricted circle to ask questions, challenge interpretations, and contribute knowledge of their own.

That could give a divided society something consequential to work on together.

We would still have political disagreements. But imagine discovering that someone you disagree with has the expertise needed to solve a problem you both care about. Shared purpose becomes more substantial when people have actual work to do together.

There is a historical example of an extraordinary event changing a country’s ambitions. Sputnik helped spur an American response that included increased support for education and the creation of NASA. The discovery of nonhuman intelligence would present very different circumstances, but it could similarly change what people considered possible and worth investing in.

A young person could see a reason to pursue science. An experienced tradesperson could help build the instruments and facilities that research requires. Communities could gain a place in an undertaking whose significance extended beyond the next election.

The question of trust would be harder.

If concealment, unlawful conduct, or mistreatment were established, the public would deserve accountability. An announcement alone would do little to repair the damage. A transparent investigation, with evidence available for scrutiny and consequences for proven wrongdoing, could demonstrate that institutions remain capable of correction.

As an experiencer, I also think about the people who have spent years trying to understand what happened to them. Their accounts deserve careful investigation and humane treatment. Any serious disclosure process would have to make room for that.

There could also be technological opportunities, depending on what the evidence revealed. Useful advances might eventually improve ordinary lives. That would require extensive research, practical development, and decisions about who gets access to the benefits.

A discovery that enriched a small group while leaving everyone else excluded would deepen the very problems we are hoping to address.

The more constructive possibility is an America that earns leadership through what it contributes: credible research, useful knowledge, and partnerships others have reason to trust.

For me, that is why Disclosure belongs in the conversation about national renewal.

It could give us an opportunity to rebuild our capacity to act together. It could make the future feel open again, with questions worth pursuing and work that people could see themselves doing.

The outcome would depend on what we chose to build around the discovery.

If we are worried about a society losing its ability to renew itself, we should also ask what it costs to keep potentially transformative knowledge beyond public reach.

If credible evidence exists, the public deserves the chance to see what it could make possible. #ufox #ufotwitter

[That UFO Podcast @ufouapam]

Is the White House Bypassing the UFO Gatekeepers? https://t.co/Sx0z4zn4gL

[Holly Wood @thatuapgirl]

Enjoy this little gem from the archives! 🛸

Jacques Vallée discussing UFO waves and flaps.

Here’s a question worth asking: Are UFO flaps genuinely periods of increased activity, or are we simply getting better at noticing what’s always been there?

[Tom Thompson🛸 (ＣＯＲＴＥＸ ＺＥＲＯ) @Cortex_Zero]

@kimmono All part of being a Ufologist. You have to be willing to debunk. Hats off for sharing in good faith.

[Tom Thompson🛸 (ＣＯＲＴＥＸ ＺＥＲＯ) @Cortex_Zero]

This is really cool material. An extraordinary photograph of an alleged massive black triangular UFO, reportedly captured near Tucson, Arizona, in late 1998, has surfaced on Reddit.

The image was discovered by an individual sorting through their late father's belongings, approximately three months after his passing. Among his possessions were old CD-ROMs containing digitized 35mm photographs, transferred from film at a local photo shop around 2003–2004.

According to the account, his father was traveling through Arizona for construction work when he witnessed something unusual over the Catalina Mountains.

Initially, he noticed several distant lights moving so slowly that they appeared almost stationary. After watching for some time, he reportedly began making out a faint, dark structure connecting the lights. What he originally thought were separate objects appeared to be a single, enormous aircraft.

He observed it for approximately five minutes before briefly turning toward his truck. When he looked back, the object was gone.

Interestingly, his father never seemed particularly troubled by the encounter. In later conversations, he suggested it was probably an experimental military aircraft operating out of Davis-Monthan or Luke Air Force Base.

The photograph's original negative was reportedly lost during a family move in 2000, leaving only the low-resolution digital scan recovered from the CD-ROM.

The image and its history have not been independently authenticated, but the account bears a striking resemblance to descriptions of enormous, slow-moving triangular objects reported throughout the 1990s. Not to mention the fact that I witnessed a similar craft in the Spring of that same years, at close range. #ufox #ufotwitter

[Manda Gershon, Alaska Whisperer @GershonManda]

@Cortex_Zero I'd love to know where the craft found at archeological sites were.

[Paul Stonehill @RussianUFOlogy]

@The_Astral_ @Cortex_Zero Ask these guys. They know how to investigate UFOs. No hype, no spectacles. Steady and diligent work.

https://t.co/GI9tOYf0Qx

[New York Basketball @NBA_NewYork]

Cover of The New Yorker: “Make It Two”

[Astral🛸 @The_Astral_]

New video is up!

UAP Science vs. UFO Disclosure.

Is a rift brewing between scientists demanding evidence and the insiders driving disclosure?
https://t.co/XDzWaIFu8f

[Astral🛸 @The_Astral_]

The UFO disclosure movement’s biggest fear is the community realizing we don’t need insiders gatekeeping information and controlling the narrative.

We can investigate the UFO phenomenon ourselves without waiting for someone to tell us the truth.

[Astral🛸 @The_Astral_]

Going LIVE in an hour with @Cortex_Zero to break down all things UFO science and disclosure.

Stop by and join the conversation!
https://t.co/0OHiS6wlYx

[Tom Thompson🛸 (ＣＯＲＴＥＸ ＺＥＲＯ) @Cortex_Zero]

Going live with @The_Astral_ around 1:30 EST to discuss all the UFO happenings. Your presence would be greatly appreciated. #ufox #ufotwitter

[Chris Lehto @LehtoFiles]

Yalcin Yalman passed away a few weeks ago. He filmed the Kumburgaz videos of unidentified objects over the Sea of Marmara. I never spoke with him, but I followed his story for years and he felt like a friend. Rest well, Yalcin.

Photo via IHA