Congressman proposes whistleblower safety for UFO spotters | Engadget

A UFO-obsessed Republican Congressman has launched an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act to supply new safety for UFO whistleblowers. Rep. Mike Gallagher has pushed for a brand new rule to determine a course of for receiving stories regarding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). It’s hoped that, with these in place, troopers and contractors will really feel extra comfy sharing particulars of unexplained phenomena they see on the battlefield.

The Drive means that this might be a means of resolving the ever-present rumors that the federal government has proof of extra-terrestrial life. Those who come ahead ought to really feel comfy that they won’t be breaking secrets and techniques legal guidelines, and will likely be protected against reprisals. There are some on the UFO speaker circuit, as an example, who say they’ve proof of alien life however can’t reveal it for concern of imprisonment.

The notion that the US has had secret dealings with alien life is one thing of a hobby-horse for Gallagher. Back in May, Politico reported that Gallagher used a House Intelligence Committee assembly to needle Pentagon officers a few glowing orb floating over Montana that briefly shut down a nuclear weapons facility in 1967. That story apparently comes from the e-book Unidentified: The UFO Phenomenon, from former USAF airman Robert Salas. At the time, Pentagon officers denied that there was any secret trove of proof regarding alien life.

In 2020, the Pentagon launched a collection of movies that it had acquired regarding UAPs, displaying pilots capturing one thing shifting throughout their view. But officers added that there was nothing extra to share, and that it has not been capable of show to anybody’s satisfaction that the occasions featured are the results of alien incursion.