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……But despite breakthroughs in government transparency about these sightings, there’s one thing the Pentagon and the intelligence community have so far not addressed, and that is whether they have had any direct contact with these objects. There are persistent rumors that the U.S. government recovered “crash materials” from UAP, and even that the government has been working secretly to reverse engineer the technology……
…..Since AARO was established, I have referred four witnesses to them who claim to have knowledge of a secret U.S. government program involving the analysis and exploitation of materials recovered from off-world craft. Other sources who, rightly or wrongly do not trust AARO’s leadership, have also contacted me with additional details and information about an alleged secret U.S. government reverse engineering program. Some have supplied information to the intelligence community’s inspector general, others directly to staff of the congressional oversight committees. As this process has progressed, and the credibility of these claims has grown, so too have my concerns. What if I’m helping to pry open a genuine Pandora’s box, releasing information that might prove destructive, destabilizing or for many simply terrifying? I’ve repeatedly had to ask myself: “Is disclosure in the best interest of the public? Am I doing the right thing working to bring what could be America’s most deeply buried secret to light?”…..
…….In conclusion, I believe it is in our interest to follow the facts of the UAP issue wherever they lead. All living things, all nations and corporations, can only survive by continuing to adapt to changing circumstances. But to do so we must know the facts. We can’t adapt to what we don’t perceive. Concealing such vital information, if indeed we are not alone, poses a huge barrier to understanding and successfully adapting to the world around us. Lies and disinformation are already polluting public discourse. We can’t have meaningful debates on policy if we cannot even agree on the basic facts…..
originally posted by: crayzeed
I think you're wrong. The government might have initially had recovered materials, but through wanting exclusivity they passed the materials to "private" companies. Ergo, the government are not working on any material and they can truthfully claim that they don't have any.
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Robert Bigelow, a billionaire entrepreneur and longtime friend of Mr. Reid, received most of the money allocated for the Pentagon program. On CBS’s “60 Minutes” in May, Mr. Bigelow said he was “absolutely convinced” that aliens exist and that U.F.O.s have visited Earth.
Contracts obtained by The Times show a congressional appropriation of just under $22 million beginning in late 2008 through 2011. The money was used for management of the program, research and assessments of the threat posed by the objects.
The funding went to Mr. Bigelow’s company, Bigelow Aerospace, which hired subcontractors and solicited research for the program.
Under Mr. Bigelow’s direction, the company modified buildings in Las Vegas for the storage of metal alloys and other materials that Mr. Elizondo and program contractors said had been recovered from unidentified aerial phenomena.....
Glowing Auras and ‘Black Money’: The Pentagon’s Mysterious U.F.O. Program
Will Mellon’s crusade bare fruit? or die on the vine?
originally posted by: Ophiuchus1
a reply to: quintessentone
I’m somewhat surprised Avi wasn’t a speaker at the NASA meeting…….or even at a minimum Garry Nolan……both representative of Academia and in collaboration with NASA or so I thought.
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originally posted by: mirageman
Wait what?
The same Chris Mellon who was on the TTSA Board of Directors who oversaw the turning over of materials to the army in a CRADA agreement?
Since which there has been no public development.
Or did we all forget?
originally posted by: quintessentone
a reply to: Ophiuchus1
Will Mellon’s crusade bare fruit? or die on the vine?
If Mellon or anyone else knows of a "secret" U.S. government program involving the analysis and exploitation of materials recovered from off-world craft, then it really isn't a secret now is it. So where are the whistleblowers?
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originally posted by: 1947boomer
originally posted by: quintessentone
a reply to: Ophiuchus1
Will Mellon’s crusade bare fruit? or die on the vine?
If Mellon or anyone else knows of a "secret" U.S. government program involving the analysis and exploitation of materials recovered from off-world craft, then it really isn't a secret now is it. So where are the whistleblowers?
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Here ya go:
www.dailymail.co.uk...
EXCLUSIVE: Six whistleblowers who claim they worked on military UFO programs retrieving and analyzing crash material have come forward to spill their secrets to senior members of congress
originally posted by: 1947boomer
originally posted by: quintessentone
a reply to: Ophiuchus1
Will Mellon’s crusade bare fruit? or die on the vine?
If Mellon or anyone else knows of a "secret" U.S. government program involving the analysis and exploitation of materials recovered from off-world craft, then it really isn't a secret now is it. So where are the whistleblowers?
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Here ya go:
www.dailymail.co.uk...
That’s all nice, but how is that a response to what I’ve posted? Are you simply putting forth your faith the US government is the holder of truth and while simultaneously lying to you and denying you from said truth is also telling g you what you want to hear?
originally posted by: Ophiuchus1
a reply to: ITSALIVE
The only thing different in this long 70+ year UFO saga since Roswell……is that NASA is now congressionally mandated to participate in UAP studies…and reporting from a Science based effort.
Some say they won’t do crap …..some say they will do crap……some say they better not do crap if they know what’s good for them… or else.
Time will tell…
Next reporting period should be July+……
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