[Originally published on Medium.com on September 11, 2022]
On September 8, 2022, the Black Vault published the article “U.S. Navy says ALL UAP/UFO are classified and exempt from release.” In the article, John Greenewald describes a two and half year long FOIA effort to get the U. S. Navy to release all of its videos designated with UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, or more commonly known as Unidentified Flying Objects, UFOs).
The response Greenewald received from the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations was:
The UAP Task Force has responded back to DNS-36 and have stated that the requested videos contain sensitive information pertaining to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) and are classified and are exempt from disclosure in their entirety under exemption 5 U.S.C. § 552 (b)(1) in accordance with Executive Order 13526 and the UAP Security Classification Guide…And furthermore:
The release of this information will harm national security as it may provide adversaries valuable information regarding Department of Defense/Navy operations, vulnerabilities, and/or capabilities. No portions of the videos can be segregated for release.After listening to the Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence (ONI), Scott W. Bray, at the C3 subcommittee hearing on UAP/UFOs in May 2022, I was worried that the ONI had emulated the “Project Blue Book”-attitude toward transparency on the UFO issue. That is, little or no transparency at all.
You can read my analysis of the UFO hearing in May 2022 and what I based my prediction of less official transparence on here. If you scroll down to the last third of that article, you will find some quotes from Scott W. Bray from the UAP/UFO hearing in May 2022 that clearly foreshadows the response from the U. S. Navy to John Greenewald. And that is not in hindsight: if you carefully read (or listen to the hearing) what Scott W. Bray said regarding his view on what data on UFOs that can be declassified, then the UAP Task Force’s response to Greenewald should be no surprise.
Of course, there is a lot to critic on vague and poppycock statements like “No portions of the videos can be segregated for release”, but I will leave it for now.
Well, it depends on what we mean by “official”. First, I believe it is crucial for American citizens to indicate their dissatisfaction with the U. S. Department of Defence’s single-minded view of the UFO issue as a national security threat. The UFO issue is of a great scientific and existential significance, and should as such be explored and investigated openly. A heavy responsibility falls on, especially, the American mainstream media to question the DOD’s stance on what can or cannot be declassified regarding UFOs.
Unfortunately, I do not believe the above mentioned is enough (too small population cares about the UFO issue) or will happen (the mainstream media). So is the fight lost? Not necessarily. We can still put some hope to the U. S. senators and congressional representatives who have been briefed on classified UFO data. It is obvious by some of those senators’ public statements that the classified UFO data they have seen has made a profound impact on them. I do not believe they will sit quit and let the DOD have its way.
Second, there are other official authorities and institutions that can move greater UFO transparency forward. For example, NASA is launching a UFO study. Taken together with potential discoveries of the WEBB telescope, greater official transparency may come from that direction. Or from private initiatives like the Galileo Project and Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU). Of course, some other nation than the U. S. or some private initiative outside the U. S. can become a serious actor in the “transparency scene”.
Third, and most important, are the citizens of the world. What can we do, individually and collectively, to further official transparency on the UFO issue? I believe it is the collective part that is the greatest obstacle to overcome. Many are doing a good job at raising the awareness of the significance of the UFO issue on an individual level. But it will never be adequate to make a “critical mass” of the world’s population care about the UFO issue.
I will leave the reader with two questions. First; how can the people of the world gain control over the UFO issue and make it into an existential issue rather than a national security issue?
Regardless if some UAP/UFOs are manmade or not, some of them exhibit physics and technology that the world could benefit from.
Second; is it morally (and/or legally?) right of the U. S. Department of Defense to state that “No portions of the videos can be segregated for release”?
It is worse than lying. It should be viewed as treason against humanity.
Of course, there is a lot to critic on vague and poppycock statements like “No portions of the videos can be segregated for release”, but I will leave it for now.
Is the fight for greater official UFO transparency lost?
Unfortunately, I do not believe the above mentioned is enough (too small population cares about the UFO issue) or will happen (the mainstream media). So is the fight lost? Not necessarily. We can still put some hope to the U. S. senators and congressional representatives who have been briefed on classified UFO data. It is obvious by some of those senators’ public statements that the classified UFO data they have seen has made a profound impact on them. I do not believe they will sit quit and let the DOD have its way.
Second, there are other official authorities and institutions that can move greater UFO transparency forward. For example, NASA is launching a UFO study. Taken together with potential discoveries of the WEBB telescope, greater official transparency may come from that direction. Or from private initiatives like the Galileo Project and Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU). Of course, some other nation than the U. S. or some private initiative outside the U. S. can become a serious actor in the “transparency scene”.
Third, and most important, are the citizens of the world. What can we do, individually and collectively, to further official transparency on the UFO issue? I believe it is the collective part that is the greatest obstacle to overcome. Many are doing a good job at raising the awareness of the significance of the UFO issue on an individual level. But it will never be adequate to make a “critical mass” of the world’s population care about the UFO issue.
I will leave the reader with two questions. First; how can the people of the world gain control over the UFO issue and make it into an existential issue rather than a national security issue?
Regardless if some UAP/UFOs are manmade or not, some of them exhibit physics and technology that the world could benefit from.
Second; is it morally (and/or legally?) right of the U. S. Department of Defense to state that “No portions of the videos can be segregated for release”?
It is worse than lying. It should be viewed as treason against humanity.
Take care
/J. T
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