Thank you to @RepEricBurlison , @RepLuna , @timburchett , @RepMoskowitz , and @RepScottPerry for standing with whistleblowers, journalists, and disclosure advocates today on the Capitol steps.
One document discussed deserves attention: a declassified 1971 Australian government assessment titled “Scientific and Intelligence Aspects of the UFO Problem,” prepared by O.H. Turner, Head of the Nuclear Branch in Australia’s Joint Intelligence Organisation.
While the document’s conclusions should be evaluated carefully and in their historical context, its significance lies in the fact that a government intelligence and scientific official was assessing the UFO issue in these terms more than fifty years ago.
The assessment states that early USAF intelligence analyses found some UFO reports involved flight characteristics beyond known U.S. aircraft, and that the analysts involved could only envisage an extraterrestrial origin for some of those reports. It also describes the issue as one involving air defense, intelligence collection, scientific analysis, and potential advanced propulsion research, including questions related to gravity control.
The document further argues that the U.S. government’s public posture shifted toward debunking and ridicule, even as underlying intelligence and scientific questions remained unresolved.
That historical record is directly relevant to the oversight questions being raised today. If government records exist concerning UAP crash retrievals, biological evidence, advanced propulsion, compartmented programs, or past efforts to mislead the public, Congress has a responsibility to obtain them and the public has a right to an honest accounting.
Today’s press conference was another important step toward that accountability. The next step is enforceable disclosure, credible whistleblower protections, and full congressional access to the records and witnesses needed to resolve this issue.
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