What happens when our leaders lie to us? Are we corrupted as a people and our land defiled? Should we care? If history is an oracle, we should care deeply about government transparency, and the proclivity of our political leaders to lie as casually as they breathe the swamp’s fetid air.
Since a 2019 New York Times article fearing the now famous Tic Tok video, questions surrounding the true nature of the Unidentified Ariel Phenomenon have expanded exponentially, culminating recently in groundbreaking congressional testimony. Beyond the hoped-for answers regarding the extraterrestrial nature of some UAP, one of the most salient questions is about government transparency. This is a question that touches every one of us in very practical ways. You may view the issues surrounding UAP as esoteric, fantastic, and far removed from your routine, but how your government chooses to relate to you matters to your bank account, the exercise of civil liberties, and your ability to pursue happiness.
Though there is mounting evidence for extraterrestrial or non-human theory, much of the direct evidence about UAP continues to be stubbornly guarded by a cabal of professional liars. Though there are legitimate national security concerns surrounding technology which appears to be far beyond the ken of our current material science, the successful engineering of which would catapult any nation-state into not merely global but cosmic dominance. But, there is no conceivable national security interest exigent enough to justify the suppression of information that would answer fundamental questions about the nature of our relationship to the universe.
Corporate interests are directly implicated by the realities of UAP, and there are very deep pockets that exert tremendous influence inside the beltway. And, no doubt that influence extends into every percent and catacomb of the Pentagon. In a previous column, Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) referenced the significant influence of financial interest clouding UAP disclosure efforts.
Recently, the Department of Defense’s (DOD) All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) produced a report that dismisses recent claims regarding the government’s knowledge and possession of non-human origin craft. Ostensibly, AARO is DOD’s investigative mechanism positioned to collect, analyze, and categorize UAP incidents. However, as recently led by Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, AARO is widely regarded as an organ of the state that produces a steady stream of disinformation.
The AARO report begins with Project Saucer, a 1946 government investigation into UFO incidents, and concludes its sweeping analysis with current government X-projects like Darkstar. Section Five of the report, titled “Assessment of Interviewee Claims of USG Involvement in Hidden UAP Programs” is simply a direct assault on the testimony of three highly credible, sworn subject matter experts who testified before Congress last summer.
Without specifically addressing the claims of David Grusch, the AARO report dismisses the allegation that “the USG and industry partners have and are testing off-world technology that has been concealed from congressional oversight…” The AARO report catalogs “interviewee” claims that are analogous to those made by Grusch, but are not the eyewitnesses to which Grusch made veiled reference during his testimony. His sources would not have been compromised by him to AARO, nor do the “interviewee” claims match the details of Grusch’s testimony — the AARO report is a bait and switch.
The report concludes, “To date, AARO has not discovered any empirical evidence that any sighting of a UAP represented off-world technology or the existence of a classified program that had not been properly reported to Congress.”
Former director of DOD’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP and predecessor of AARO), Lue Elizondo told Townhall when interviewed about the AARO report, “Like previous efforts by certain elements within the Pentagon to minimize and obfuscate the importance and reality of this topic, this too will fail.” Elizondo has been a harsh critic of AARO and especially of Dr. Kirkpatrick who has set himself in opposition to government transparency efforts.
Elizondo continued, “What will AARO say when the truth finally comes out? Will they claim ignorance? Will they feign a sense of surprise? Know this…whatever they may say, there will be no excuse for this behavior. What they are doing is the opposite of what our constitution stands for and our understanding of democracy — lest we forget what happens when the people lose faith in their Government. I hope this is not the case. America deserves better.”
In his book, How Do You Kill Eleven Million People?, New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews discusses how displacing the truth and failing to hold political leaders accountable for their lies resulted in the Holocaust. Andrews says, “The danger to America is not a single politician with ill intent. Or even a group of them. The most dangerous thing any nation faces is a citizenry capable of trusting a liar to lead them.”
Though AARO’s acting director is currently Tim Phillips, America deserves better than a cutout agency that shills for the deep state’s interests, infected with a culture derived from Dr. Kirkpatrick’s legacy. National security can be preserved while achieving transparency. The fact that UAP exists is undeniable. It’s a global phenomenon with every major governmental power actively investigating. Most other governments are far more open with the public and with the scientific community. Our government’s refusal to come to terms with its responsibility to the public it serves is an anomaly almost as strange as the UAP itself.
Daniel Sheehan, former Special Counsel to Jimmy Carter, stated on X “I, personally, know that Dr. Kirkpatrick and his associates at AARO are consciously lying when they falsely assert that they have been provided no substantive evidence of the existence of a secret government UFO crash retrieval program.”
We won’t get the truth from AARO, it seems to need the same reformation as other federal agencies that have been weaponized against the interests of the American people. We owe a debt of thanks to people like Lue Elizondo for his courage. We can repay that debt by speaking out and demanding transparency at the ballot box.