Powerful members of Congress are dead-set on killing UFO transparency
thehill.com
Schumer stated that “House Republicans are also attempting to kill another commonsense, bipartisan measure passed by the Senate…to increase transparency around what the government does and do…

Bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) aimed to establish a process with the ostensible goal of revealing the existence of “non-human intelligence” to the public. But the legislation, which is co-sponsored by three Republican and two Democratic senators, is now in jeopardy.

In comments yesterday on the Senate floor, Schumer stated that “House Republicans are also attempting to kill another commonsense, bipartisan measure passed by the Senate, which I was proud to cosponsor… to increase transparency around what the government does and does not know about unidentified aerial phenomena.”

According to reports, Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, are leading efforts to prevent any meaningful version of this provision from being added to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act.

Members of Congress generally clamor for enhanced government oversight — a core function of the legislative branch — and transparency. So what could cause a small group of influential lawmakers to suddenly resist it?

  • Hegar
    2•1 year ago

    I’d sure like to know why our government has spent millions upon millions on these things if they don’t exist.

    To get a near-peer adversary to spend even more money on nonsense.

    UFOs definitely don’t exist. First time round we pretended otherwise to get the russians to waste time and money researching bunk.

    This time round it’s directed at the Chinese.

    • @Organichedgehog
      4•1 year ago

      UFOs definitely don’t exist.

      You mean “probably”

    • @EatYouWell
      3•1 year ago

      UFOs absolutely do exist, but they’re definitely not from an alien species.

      UFO just means there’s a flying object that we don’t know what it is. That Chinese spy balloon was a UFO at first.

      • @Organichedgehog
        4•1 year ago

        but they’re definitely not from an alien species.

        You mean “probably”

        • @EatYouWell
          -3•1 year ago

          Nope. The chances of an alien civilization knowing we exist is infinitesimal.

          • @Organichedgehog
            3•1 year ago

            So we agree, UFO’s are probably not extraterrestrials

      • Hegar
        -1•1 year ago

        Sure, but when people say UFO they don’t mean an unidentified flying object, they just mean a UFO.