Senate Select Committee on Intelligence officially states it is disappointed with Pentagon’s UAP efforts

This is what the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) has said:

“At a time when cross-domain transmedium threats to United States national security are expanding exponentially, the Committee is disappointed with the slow pace of DoD-led efforts to establish the office to address those threats and to replace the former Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force as required in Section 1683 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.”

The SSCI have also made it clear they’re going to rename the task force as the Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena Joint Program Office (UAP JPO) - in other words, the UAP Office. And that’s despite the Pentagon just changing it’s preferred choice of AOIMSG to the AARO, as we reported a few days ago.

US Senate Floor (Credit: US Government)

If the current proposals are passed, there’ll be a core group with representatives from the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, Department of Energy, National Reconnaissance Office, Air Force, Space Force, Defense Intelligence Agency, and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

The SSCI explanatory report also supports former and current employees speaking out on the UAP issue, regardless of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs). This mirrors the Gallagher Amendment recently proposed by the House of Representatives.

The SSCI wants “focus on addressing technology surprise and unknown unknowns”, with any reported unknown objects subsequently identified as man-made to then be dealt with by others. So, by a process of elimination, this wording appears to acknowledge that the attention should be on non-man-made technology.

Lue Elizondo, former Director of AATIP - an earlier program within the Pentagon looking at UAP - responded to the news with obvious pleasure:

“Our Senators, Representatives, and their staff who proposed this language should be commended. This historic bill serves the best interests of the American people and should be an indicator of the level of commitment and resolve these Congress persons have. Let this be a warning shot to those in the Pentagon who remain defiant against the will of the American people. The time has arrived for truth and reconciliation and for those who remain obstinate, let it be known you are on notice.”

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is on the SSCI, and we are always pleased to report developments on her no-bullshit approach concerning the need for systematic investigation of UAP.

Written by Jessica Nelson & Callum Cushen, 27th July 2022