U.S. Senators Push Again for Groundbreaking Law to Unveil Non-Human Intelligence
Written by Christopher Sharp - 14 July 2024
Two influential U.S. Senators, Mike Rounds and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, have revived their Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Act, which would directly involve the next President in a process that could reveal Earth is being engaged by advanced non-human intelligence.
This process could reveal that the U.S. Government and defense contractors possess these entities' craft, which are, according to the Act, capable of trans-medium travel, instantaneous acceleration, hypersonic speeds, and positive lift.
Both senators, Schumer from the Democratic party and Rounds from the Republican party, resurrected the bipartisan Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act (UAPDA) following its gutting from last year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference process.
If the Act is passed, the President would appoint nine impartial citizens, with Senate consent, to a newly established UAP Records Review Board.
This board would oversee the collection, review, and public disclosure of UAP records and has the authority to examine materials, solicit testimonies, and gather additional witnesses and whistleblowers.
The establishment of the Review Board would prevent government agencies and individuals accused of involvement with illegal UAP programs from investigating and exonerating themselves. This board would eliminate their direct influence over the government's current UAP office, the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), a practice multiple sources have reported to Liberation Times.
The President would also make final decisions regarding the disclosure or postponement of records related to UAP, provide written justifications for any postponements, and ensure the periodic review and declassification of postponed records.
The reintroduction of the Act, intended to be included within the NDAA for fiscal year 2025, could be considered a major rebuke to the AARO, which concluded in February this year that it had ‘found no empirical evidence for claims that the USG and private companies have been reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology.’
Liberation Times understands that whistleblowers with first-hand knowledge of concealed retrieval and reverse-engineering programs involving advanced non-human intelligence have chosen to engage with Senators Rounds and Schumer, as well as President Biden’s National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, rather than approach the AARO.
It is further understood that Sullivan was consulted for both last year’s and this year’s versions of the UAPDA. Although ultimately last year, Liberation Times sources say that Sullivan failed to provide White House backing when the UAPDA faced opposition from the House of Representatives.
Speaking to Liberation Times, Yuan Fung, Executive Director of the UAP Disclosure Fund, which recently launched a petition calling on Senators Rounds and Schumer to continue working on UAP legislation, stated:
“We are extremely pleased that Senators Schumer and Rounds have kept their pledge to continue working towards greater UAP transparency and disclosure. We are also very thankful to the over 10,000 people who signed our petition supporting the inclusion of UAP legislation in the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act.
“Senator Schumer’s office informed us that he has reviewed the petition and is very appreciative of the support. However, this is just the first of several steps required to successfully pass the UAP Disclosure Act into law. In the coming months, it will be crucial to build even more support from the public and within Congress. We look forward to continuing our efforts on both fronts.”
The new UAPDA must first be voted into the Senate’s version of the NDAA for fiscal year 2025.
Following this, it will undergo the conference process, where the Senate and House versions of the NDAA are negotiated and reconciled to form a single, unified bill.
The language seems to be largely replicated from last year’s proposed Act, but the UAP Disclosure Foundation has been omitted as one of the bodies providing recommendations for members of the UAP Records Review Board; although reference to established nonprofit UAP research organisations is included for this role.
This is noteworthy when considering the emergence of such organisations within the previous two years.
The definition of ‘non-human intelligence’ in the Act is defined as ‘any sentient intelligent non-human lifeform regardless of nature or ultimate origin that may be presumed responsible for unidentified anomalous phenomena or of which the Federal Government has become aware.’
Another noteworthy term is ‘technologies of unknown origin’, defined as ‘materials or meta-materials, ejecta, crash debris, mechanisms, machinery, equipment, assemblies or sub-assemblies, engineering models or processes, damaged or intact aerospace vehicles, and damaged or intact ocean-surface and undersea craft associated with unidentified anomalous phenomena or incorporating science and technology that lacks prosaic attribution or known means of human manufacture.’
Liberation Times understands that there are multiple UAP retrieval operations associated with various circumstances and locations, including at sea and in contested territories.
According to sources, these operations heavily involve the CIA’s Directorate of Operations and Directorate of Science and Technology.
In addition to reinstating the Review Board from last year’s UAPDA, the contentious eminent domain clause has also been reinstated.
Multiple sources have told Liberation Times that this clause has caused significant controversy among defense contractors, which are believed to possess technologies of unknown or non-human origin; it is believed that the clause was a large factor leading to the UAPDA’s gutting last year.
Under the plan, any materials or biological evidence of unknown or non-human origin would be subject to the power of eminent domain exercised by the U.S. Federal Government.
This means that companies like Lockheed Martin or any other defense contractor potentially in possession of such materials would be required to surrender them to the Government.
Although there is already a precedent for eminent domain in U.S. law, Senators Rounds and Schumer may need to compromise on this clause if the UAPDA is to be included in the final Senate version, which will go to conference.
Liberation Times understands from multiple sources, including those within Congress, that last year the UAPDA was significantly gutted from the NDAA following fierce resistance from Representative Mike Turner, Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, who sources allege was lobbied heavily by defense contractors.
Following the gutting of last year’s UAPDA Senators Schumer and Rounds dramatically engaged in a colloquy to voice their dissatisfaction, with Schumer stating:
“It's beyond disappointing that the House has refused to work with us on all the important elements of the UAP Disclosure Act during the NDAA conference.”
He later added:
"We've also been notified by multiple credible sources that information on UAPs has also been withheld from Congress, which if true is a violation of laws requiring full notification to the legislative branch, especially as it relates to the four congressional leaders, the defense committees, and the intelligence committees."
The final NDAA for fiscal year 2025 is expected to be signed by President Biden.
Regardless of who wins an increasingly dramatic election contest, if the UAPDA is included in full within the final NDAA, it will be the responsibility of the next President to implement its actions.
It is understood by Liberation Times that figures close to President Biden and his Republican opponent, former President Trump, were involved with the drafting and resurrection of the latest UAPDA.
The new UAPDA was introduced just days after Senator Richard Blumenthal unveiled the Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act, which aims to protect individuals who report information to Congress from retaliation.
This is crucial because, in the face of increasing hostility, Liberation Times understands that whistleblowers have felt increasingly vulnerable.
Senator Blumenthal’s Act includes several key provisions:
Protection for Covered Individuals: Extending protections to employees, former employees, and applicants for employment with federal agencies, contractors, subcontractors, grantees, subgrantees, or personal services contractors.
Administrative Remedies: Allowing aggrieved individuals to seek corrective actions through established administrative channels similar to those for other prohibited personnel practices. This includes employees of the FBI, intelligence community, and contractors.
Private Right of Action: If a final decision on a whistleblower's complaint is not issued within 180 days, the individual can take their case to a federal district court for de novo review. This provision includes various forms of relief such as reinstatement, compensation for lost wages and benefits, and attorney fees.
Burden of Proof: Applying the same burdens of proof used in cases of prohibited personnel practices, ensuring that whistleblowers are fairly treated and that their allegations are seriously considered.
Broad Definition of Federal Agency: Ensuring comprehensive protection for whistleblowers across different areas of Government work by defining a federal agency to include all branches of the Federal Government.
Speaking to Liberation Times, ex-Watergate and Pentagon Papers lawyer Daniel Sheehan, Chief Counsel of the New Paradigm Institute, stated that the new proposed protections can support UAP whistleblowers but said the provisions could go further:
"The New Paradigm Institute congratulates Senator Blumenthal of Connecticut for his July 11th introduction into the United States Senate of his long-awaited General 'Enhanced' Federal Whistleblower Protection Act.
“Senator Blumenthal’s new bill provides new coverage for federal whistleblowers who were previously explicitly excluded from 'Whistleblower Protection' if they held a 'National Security Clearance'. This new provision of federal whistleblower protection to employees of National Intelligence and Defense Department personnel is long overdue.
"However, The New Paradigm Institute has introduced to Congress, on June 30th, a much stronger 'UAP (UFO) Whistleblower-Specific Enhanced Protection Act' exclusively designed to provide additional protections to 'UFO' (or 'UAP')-related federal whistleblowers who attempt to provide UFO or extraterrestrial information to Congress.
"For example, while Senator Blumenthal’s bill does extend very important access to a 'private civil cause of action in Federal Court' on behalf of all federal whistleblowers against any federal employee or official who threatens to 'retaliate' against any federal whistleblower – and does extend this new protection even to federal whistleblowers within the intelligence community and within U.S. defense agencies who have been granted a 'National Security Clearance.'
“The New Paradigm Institute-proposed bill does not require a UFO-related federal whistleblower, even with a national security clearance, to first seek administrative relief before filing such a federal civil lawsuit against any federal employee or official who 'retaliates against' any such UFO-related federal whistleblower who attempts to provide UFO or extraterrestrial information to Congress.
"And the New Paradigm Institute-proposed bill does not require such a UFO-related federal whistleblower to wait 180 days to file such a federal civil lawsuit seeking a federal court injunction against any government employee or official who is planning to – or who has attempted to – 'retaliate' against any UFO-related federal whistleblower who has attempted to inform Congress about any UFO-related secret program, or any secret Defense Department or intelligence agency program that has been concealed from Congress."
Liberation Times understands that the current whistleblower process is fundamentally flawed, with the implementation of existing protections heavily dependent on the competence and willingness of not only the Intelligence Community’s Inspector General but also the Inspectors General of agencies such as the CIA and the National Reconnaissance Office.
These shortcomings highlight the critical need for robust oversight and consistent enforcement across all relevant bodies to ensure that whistleblowers are adequately protected.
