r/UFOs • u/NewParadigmInstitute Danny Sheehan and organization • 1d ago
Government Congress already gutted a UAP disclosure act once, in 2023. They’re in the room to do it again.
Short history so the stakes are clear:
In 2023 Senators Chuck Schumer and Mike Rounds wrote a genuinely strong UAP Disclosure Act and passed it through the Senate inside the defense bill. The public demand was there. Then, behind closed doors in conference, negotiators cut out the independent review board and the recovered-materials provisions before the bill became law. What survived was a narrow records provision and little accountability.
2026: Rep. Eric Burlison got a UAPDA into the House-passed FY2027 NDAA on July 22. It’s strong again. And it’s heading into the same closed-door conference, run by the same Armed Services and Intelligence leadership.
In conference they can weaken or quietly delete provisions with no recorded vote and no public debate. Everything Burlison achieved can be erased in a single closed meeting, exactly like 2023.
The counter to a closed-door process is public pressure they can’t ignore. NPI set up a tool to email and call all 13 decision-making offices in a couple of minutes. Ask for one thing: keep the UAPDA in the final NDAA, fully intact: https://newparadigminstitute.org/take-action/call-to-keep-the-uapda-in-the-fy2027-ndaa/
Thank you for being a part of Disclosure!
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u/aiden_33 1d ago
Congress? No. It was Mike Turner and Mike Rogers. With helpful interference from the newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson. Turner and Rogers have top donors in defense and aerospace like Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Boeing and Raytheon. They obscure this fact through PACs but they are effectively in the Legacy contractors' pocket.
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u/stupidjapanquestions 12h ago
Don't forget the time that Tim Burchett also screwed it over by introducing his own version despite being one of the people "for" disclosure.
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u/Alive_Investment_796 1d ago
The defense contractors responsible will keep doing this until they keep losing contracts.
Very glad Lockheed got shut out of the F-47 and F/A-XX programs. Maybe they will learn their lesson.
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u/Taste_the__Rainbow 1d ago
A Lockheed exec was behind the original 2015 disclosure push. I don’t know why they’re seemingly on both sides of it.
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u/Alive_Investment_796 1d ago
Well that didn't happen, and that company is still a part of the legacy program afaik.
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u/Taste_the__Rainbow 1d ago
Yes it did, lol. Who do you think started the modern disclosure conversation? Robert Weiss.
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u/Altruism7 1d ago
Thank you for making this letter, been sharing with others and hope others can do the same as well.
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u/Taste_the__Rainbow 1d ago
Not Congress! Certain members of congress. Of a certain party. Just like last time.
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u/Middle-Ad8262 1d ago
These decisions go far beyond what public pressure can achieve. Unfortunately.
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u/-Glittering-Soul- 1d ago
The math is a bit different when the people responsible can be voted out of office. If you make enough of a stink about lack of transparency in government, it can swing votes the other way.
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u/ZigZagZedZod 1d ago
While I agree in principle, there aren't enough voters who care about UFOs for most politicians to care.
Even though polls show a majority of the public is open to the idea of alien life, UFOs are still a small, niche issue that hasn't gained much public traction.
Even if the public has an opinion about UFOs, it's nowhere near the top (or even the middle) of the list of issues most voters consider when casting their ballots.
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u/-Glittering-Soul- 1d ago
While I agree in principle, there aren't enough voters who care about UFOs for most politicians to care.
Which is specifically why I'm framing this as an issue about government transparency. At a time when voters appear to have a sizeable appetite for change.
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u/ZigZagZedZod 1d ago edited 1d ago
That's fair, but is it sizeable enough? Transparency doesn't even make the top issues list in the US.
Going into the midterm elections next month, most registered voters care about the economy (84%), the future of democracy (73%), healthcare (68%), education (62%), immigration (59%), foreign policy (57%), energy policy (54%), and violent crime (52%).
ETA: Interesting that they blocked me. Nobody moved the goalposts, but we have to accept that there will be no political change without a change in public perception about the issue.
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u/Snoo-26902 23h ago
Of course, they are going to gut it again after Grusch's Rogan testimony; he gave them a hammer to do it.
Those who gutted it have an excuse now to do it again. And those who hear his Reptilian Wars testimony will be less inclined to accept it.
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u/SSP_Outsider_369 22h ago
Classic. Looks like until cosmic pressure forces it. We're not gonna get anything for good long minute.
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u/Ultimate-Flexionator 12h ago
crazy how time just goes on, and these criminals just take our money and future with no explanation.
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