In this fourth episode of "TTSA TALKS," Tom DeLonge, Chris Mellon (former United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence) and Lue Elizondo (former manager of Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, AATIP, a UFO/UAP program in the Pentagon) engage in a conversation about the Intelligence Authorization Act for 2021 that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) recently introduced and that includes an official and public request for a UFO/UAP Task Force and an unclassified UFO/UAP report.
The following link takes you to the fourth episode of TTSA TALKS: https://open.spotify.com/episode/74noR8ViZUCeAgvNv5oAjC. The episode is from July 1, 2020. Duration: 45:26 minutes.
My comments on some of the content of episode four.
As I understand the conversation about the difference between AATIP and the SSCI´s recent request for a UFO/UAP Task Force, is that the latter will be able to access data from different military departments and intelligence agencies. That is, the UFO/UAP Task Force (if adopted) will be able to cut through the bureaucracy and the "stovepipes" (vertical structure/organization) in the U. S. government (USG), and access more sensitive data. In other words, this UFO/UAP Task Force would be a centralized effort to make the collection, analysis and flow of information more horizontally, and "dissolving" the stovepipes surrounding the UFO issue. This would make it easier to get a clearer and more comprehensive picture of what is going on with UFOs, if these unidentified flying objects are a potential threat or not, and so on.
So, the language in the SSCI´s Intelligence Authorization Act for 2021 is crafted in a way to fix all those problems with accessing relevant data on UFOs and making sure that the right people are in the right positions within the USG get to see and become aware of the data. Well, at least that is the intention: more transparency and serious attention on the UFO issue. If that would be the case in real life, I think, is an open question.
I think Chris Mellon, starting at the 25:00 minute mark, points out something important, and that we all have to keep in mind: it is not yet a done deal. Mellon expresses his concern that there "may not be a public report." Mellon explains how the Intelligence Authorization Act (for short, "the Act") for 2021 has to go through a conference between the House and the Senate, and a signature from the President, before the Act (or bill) becomes law. Chris Mellon says that we cannot assume that there will not be some kind of pushback or that things will not change along the way.
Overall I think the content in episode four is informative regarding how the USG works, and in what ways the TTSA has played a crucial role in changing the mindset of some members and parts of the USG concerning the UFO issue. The factor that probably had the most impact on some members in the Congress, according to Chris Mellon, was the testimony from Navy pilots and other military personnel, and the independent technical data that corroborated the human sources.
At the end of the episode (starting around the 38:40 min. mark), Lue Elizondo and Chris Mellon give their educated guesses as to why the US Air Force has been so silent these past three years regarding the UFO issue compared to the US Navy. Now, how should we interpret the following statement from Lue Elizondo (starting around the 40:30 min. mark): "It may also very well be that they (the US Air Force) are involved, that the involvement has not yet come to light. That is also very, very true." Well, of course, the US Air Force is involved and has been for a very long time.
The question is if the US Air Force is for or against the SSCI´s directive to produce an unclassified UFO report? Are elements within the US Air Force going to be a part of the pushback that Chris Mellon is worried about?
Enjoy the episode, and take care!
Janne
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