While the rest of the world was dealing with Covid-19 the Pentagon did a thing. The official declassification and release of three Navy encounter UAP videos by the Pentagon is a highly significant event. Let’s break down the signifigance of the event.
- It signals Pentagon acknowledgement of UAP, not just from the Navy. This is an escalation of the veracity of the videos and testimony of the events that occurred.
- This didn’t need to happen – there wasn’t a huge demand from researchers or the press that the Pentagon officially release these videos, the previous acknowledgement from the Navy was enough to satisfy most people. Thus, the question is why didn’t the Pentagon feel the need to let a sleeping dog lie? Why did they choose to continue to feed this long running news item surrounding the videos, Navy, To The Stars Academy, Cmdr. David Fravor, et al?
- The Pentagon’s statement makes it clear all the objects in these videos are classified as “unidentified.” Note, this does not mean extraterrestrial, foreign or any other designation. No such words were used in the statement. What it does mean, significantly, is that the Pentagon, the United States governing body of the military superpower of the free world, considers all three of these objects, after intense scrutiny and formal investigation, to be of a nature in which they are not capable of identifying any facet or attribute of said objects. This includes propulsion, design, shape, maneuvering capabilities, radar signature and any other attributes by which they study and observe craft within the Navy’s operating air space. Yes, unidentified is a loaded word. One need only review the Blue Book material to gain an understanding of that word’s connotations.
- This is, “disclosure lite.” The Pentagon now admits there are unidentifiable aircraft interacting with its fighter jets and ships that display observables that are inexplicable to known maneuvering and propulsion characteristics of any craft. It is not a leap of logic to conclude these ships are something other than what has been built by human engineering. And if they are, the implications around the required level of secrecy and the type of power they display has profound existential implications for the future of humanity.
- Said implications open the door to further independent inquiry and investigation of the three encounters. This is a huge win for journalist Leslie Kean and the New York Times along with To The Stars Academy and their very public spokesmen, Tom DeLonge and Luis Elizondo. And can serious ufology think of a better time to be alive?
- The story went global in the mainstream news sites fast. The UFO/UAP reality is continuing to emerge out of the shadows of fringe and ridicule. Serious people are speaking about it now. The story appeared on every major news website the day the videos were released. Both politically left and right news outlets ran the story. Indeed, even casual consumers of news would have been hard pressed to have at least missed the headline link in social media. From those of us who have been relegated to obscurity while talking rationally about this topic for years, you’re welcome.
- The Pentagon release was commented on by former Senator Harry Reid of Nevada in a Tweet: “I’m glad the Pentagon is finally releasing this footage, but it only scratches the surface of research and materials available. The U.S. needs to take a serious, scientific look at this and any potential national security implications, the American people deserve to be informed.” Harry Reid’s statement is so packed with subtext it likely will garner its own post on this blog in the near future.
- Thursday, President Trump, who is the only president to admit publicly that he has been briefed by the Pentagon on UAP encounters, specifically the same UAP videos that are now declassified, commented to a reporter at the end of the interview, “That’s a hell of a video. I just wonder if it’s real.” Reports I have read seem to indicate that President Trump brought up the video during small talk at the end of an interview regarding Covid-19 and other matters with a Reuters reporter. President Trump, who previously expressed skepticism that the Navy encounters were extraterrestrial now seems to be moving toward an open-minded stance.
- Domino effect – ufology, both good and bad, can now view the mainstream acceptance of the existence of unidentifiable phenomena operating in our air space as a rallying point to spur further investigation, commentary, reporting and theorizing. Surely there must be some level of vindication felt by many this week. But let not small victories hinder our zeal. For the universe is vast and there is still much work to be done.
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