Why Congress Must Focus On UFO Retrieval Programs
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Liberation Times Opinion
Written by Christopher Sharp - 21 October 2024
The path to UAP transparency through legislative means remains blocked by political disruption.
With the full Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act (UAPDA) seemingly set to fail for the second consecutive year, a small group of politicians—possibly swayed by the Intelligence Community, defense establishment, and defense contractors—appears to be playing a significant role in its downfall.
One can only speculate why certain politicians continue to prioritise special interests over the very people who elected them.
Is it the flood of donations from defense contractors, or perhaps the fear that the Intelligence Community holds compromising information?
Either way, their loyalties seem disturbingly misplaced, and jeopardise the safety of courageous UAP whistleblowers who have come forward.
As we await the election of a new President, it may ultimately fall to the incoming commander-in-chief to take the bold steps needed to push UAP transparency forward, especially given the deep entanglement of vested interests within Congress.
For now, all eyes turn to two upcoming Congressional hearings expected in November—one in the Senate, led by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and another in the House, spearheaded by Representative Nancy Mace.
These hearings and those which may follow provide an opportunity to finally address the core of the issue: unravelling the retrieval programs conducted by elements within the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense (DoD) and their involvement with UAP.
Note that DoD components operate under Title 10 authorities, while Intelligence Community functions fall under Title 50 authorities. Crucially, when joint missions blur the lines between these two frameworks, the CIA’s Associate Director for Military Affairs plays a key role in adjudicating the overlapping responsibilities.
Nonetheless, the existence of retrieval programs is not the stuff of conspiracy, nor should it be controversial to discuss.
They are a fundamental part of any capable nation’s defense strategy. Even the UK, despite its government’s frequent inefficiencies, has managed to establish such a program.
Earlier this year, a Telegraph journalist visited Pathfinder at RAF Wyton, described as “the largest Top Secret, 5-Eyes by design, military intelligence fusion and assessment facility in the world.”
The journalist noted the presence of foreign drones, including a Russian Orlan-10 reconnaissance drone and an Iranian Shahed-131 attack drone, somehow retrieved from the battlefields of Ukraine and brought to this highly secure facility in Cambridgeshire.
So, in the U.S., the existence of such programs is beyond dispute for any logical person with any basic grasp of how great powers operate in the shadows.
Previous reports from Liberation Times and the Daily Mail allege that land and undersea retrieval missions are actively underway, primarily targeting adversarial materials and downed satellites.
These operations reportedly involve elements of the CIA, the U.S. Navy, United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), and Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).
Given the undeniable existence of these retrieval programs, Congressional hearings should prioritise investigating them and their involvement in UAP.
Subpoenaing key witnesses with direct knowledge of retrieval operations is essential.
The focus must be on the recovery of materials, craft, and biologics of unknown or non-human origin.
A key element of this investigation must be establishing the chain of custody for exotic recovered materials.
Which defense contractors and national labs have received these materials?
What agreements are in place for their handling and analysis?
After the initial analysis is conducted to determine the potential origin, what are the next steps for deeper study and reverse engineering?
What technologies have successfully been replicated and can they be released for the public good?
This level of questioning is essential if true transparency is to be achieved on the UAP topic.
Another critical, yet often overlooked, component is the tracking of UAPs before their crash or landing locations are confirmed.
Investigating this aspect would likely require coordination between the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
A haunting possibility—and perhaps a large reason behind the UAP cover-up—is the alleged deliberate downing of non-human crafts.
Two sources have told Liberation Times that non-human crafts are being brought down using a specific radar waveform repeater, a method which is also used to attract them.
Independent confirmation of shootdowns through Congressional hearings would serve as a reckoning for the secret keepers. It would be in their best interest to reach a compromise on UAP transparency before such information is verified and released.
But to get to this position, Congress must focus.
To achieve any meaningful transparency through hearings—rather than legislation, which Congress seems ill-equipped to handle at the moment—Congress must concentrate its efforts and hold frequent, focused hearings on retrieval missions.
In other words, we can no longer settle for yearly hearings that generate a few headlines and then fade away. What we need are Church-style committee hearings with real depth and accountability.
To truly uncover the core of these retrieval programs, Congress must begin by focusing on the CIA.
Testimony under oath should be obtained from current and former officers in key divisions involved in retrievals of alleged non-human materials, including:
The Directorate of Science and Technology, particularly the Office of Global Access
The Directorate of Operations, Special Activities Center - especially its Maritime Department, previously known as the Maritime Branch
The Directorate of Analysis - previously known as the Directorate of Intelligence
The Weapons and Counterproliferation Mission Center.
Key witnesses, such as former CIA Directors and Deputy Directors of the Directorate of Science and Technology—like Dawn Meyerriecks—could provide crucial insights into alleged exotic material retrievals, enabling congressional hearings to cut through the layers of secrecy surrounding these programs.
Congress must now take bold, decisive action if its members are truly committed to uncovering verifiable answers and breaking through the intricate layers of secrecy.
A thorough, forensic investigation into retrieval programs is necessary, examining them from top to bottom while protecting sensitive national security platforms from public exposure.
Once the details of these programs are exposed—such as the transfer of materials to defense contractors and national labs—the full scope of material analysis and reverse engineering efforts can be revealed.
This transparency would allow us to delve into the analysis of exotic materials, moving from the question of unknown origin to the possibility of non-human origin.
Furthermore, it would address a critical flaw: by limiting these programs to small, insulated groups of insiders, progress has been stifled, while adversarial nations may be advancing in secret on a much larger scale.