Is A UFO Church Committee Coming To Congress? Lue Elizondo Says He Would Support Creation Of New Committee To “Get To The Bottom Of This Enigma”
The Church Committee was created in 1975
Written by Christopher Sharp - 8 January 2023
Following the signing into law of the Fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and its Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) provisions, former AATIP director, Lue Elizondo, has told Liberation Times that he would support the idea of establishing a committee which could quickly and accurately get to the bottom of the enigma.
Liberation Times understands that various branches, agencies and offices within the Department of Defense (DoD) and the intelligence community have previously and continue to operate UAP programs, currently unknown by Dr Sean Kirkpatrick, director of the UAP office, known as the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).
Lue Elizondo, who Liberation Times understands has worked with the U.S. Space Force regarding its own UAP investigation, commented:
"I believe that certain members of Congress are not only aware of the importance of this topic, but are aware of previous U.S. Government efforts to collect and study UAP-related information and incidents.
“Now that AARO is no longer under the chain of command of my old office, the OUSD(I), I would support increased authorities to Dr. Kirkpatrick in order to identify all U.S. Government equities, both past and present who may have been/are involved in UAP studies.
“During my time at AATIP we were made aware of previous efforts so it is only logical that Congress and AARO be made aware too.
“I would support the idea to establish a committee to quickly and accurately get to the bottom of this enigma.”
Liberation Times understands the idea of something akin to the Church Committee of 1975 (which investigated abuses by U.S. intelligence agencies) has been contemplated by some members of Congress since UAP whistleblower language was published in July 2022’s version of the Intelligence Authorization Act.
The new Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, is now reportedly ready to support a ‘Church-style’ committee to investigate alleged government abuses, including the FBI’s relationship with social media companies. Fellow House Republican, and incoming House Intelligence Committee Chair, Mike Turner (who represents Wright-Patterson Air Force Base), has recently been damning of the FBI’s resistance to turn over files regarding its relationship with social media companies and is contemplating the use of subpoena power if necessary.
Behind the scenes, those advocating for an effort to identify government equities and possibly illegal secretive programs relating to UAP, would call for such a committee to extend and uncover further alleged abuses by intelligence agencies.
Such a trajectory could reflect the revelations which emerged from the Church Committee, that started with the U.S. Army’s spying on civilians and led to the uncovering of the CIA’s Operation MKULTRA, involving the drugging and torture of unknowing U.S. citizens as part of human experimentation on mind control.
A Lack Of Resources To Uncover Other UAP Efforts And To Meet The Intent Of Congress Has Led To AARO’s Failures
Within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security (OUSDI&S), it is understood by Liberation Times that AARO’s director, Dr Kirkpatrick, has few resources. According to sources, this lack of resources contributed towards the delay of the scheduled annual UAP report, as it failed to match the intent of Congress, as set out within NDAA 2022.
In late February 2022, DoD spokesperson Susan Gough told Liberation Times that guidance was still being implemented so that the Office previously known as AOIMSG could meet Congressional intent. Gough also confirmed that almost three months following the signing of 2022’s UAP provisions into law, UAP incursions were continuing to be examined and analysed at fiscal 2021 year levels.
With such slow progress, it comes as no surprise that AARO’s UAP report has been delayed.
However, with Dr Kirkpatrick now largely unbuckled from the OUSDI&S, progress is hoped to accelerate, with Congress left unamused with efforts up until now.
New Hearings On The Horizon?
Despite the slow progress up to date, Lue Elizondo has told Liberation Times that he would not be surprised if new UAP Congressional hearings took place, commenting:
“I would not be surprised at all if more witnesses are called to testify before Congress before this new year is over.”
Despite optimism regarding progress behind the scenes, Elizondo has expressed some concern over the public tone of the UAP conversation, stating:
“My only caution would be to ensure the integrity of the effort is maintained and not derailed by attention seekers or sensationalists within the UFO community who rather falsely claim credit and sensationalize their involvement rather than truly facilitate and help Congress and our Government get to the bottom of the issue.
“This is currently our greatest challenge which only increases the stigma and taboo of the UAP topic. Hopefully, the carnival side shows and hucksters will become increasingly irrelevant as we move forward towards true disclosure."