Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are once again calling out the Pentagon over its lack of transparency surrounding unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) research, and are demanding stronger protections for whistleblowers coming forward with UAP-related information.
During a hearing held on Sept. 9 by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, Chairwoman Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., sharply criticized the federal government and intelligence community for maintaining secrecy over UAP incidents and investigations.
“For too long, the issue of [UAPs] has been shrouded in secrecy, stigma, and in some cases outright dismissal,” Rep. Luna said in her opening remarks. “Today, I want to state clearly: this is not science fiction or creating speculation. This is about national security, government accountability, and the American people’s right to the truth.”
For several years, lawmakers have been calling on the Department of Defense (DOD) – which the Trump administration has rebranded as the Department of War – and the intelligence community to not just investigate but to disclose information about UAPs, which is the modern term encompassing not just UFOs but also trans-medium objects that operate across air, sea, and space.
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