About that Recent AARO Report…

Coulhart’s use of the word, “feeble” is apt. The Pentagon doesn’t even try to do plausible cover-ups anymore. It is no surprise. The gutting of the disclosure act inside the defense budget a couple months ago emboldened the powers that be to mimic the ghost of Condon and go into dismissive mode – despite the contradiction of their own admissions in the past few years and of course, the overwhelming body of evidence brought to the public by independent researchers.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/coulthart-pentagon-report-feeble-coverup/

The linked document is a report from the Department of Defense’s Office of Prepublication and Security Review, covering the U.S. Government’s historical involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) as detailed by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Volume I of this report dated February 2024, provides a comprehensive review of US government investigatory programs concerning UAP since 1945, leveraging classified and unclassified archives, USG research, and interviews with approximately 30 individuals.

The document outlines various investigatory programs since 1945, including Project SAUCER, Project SIGN, Project GRUDGE, Project TWINKLE, the CIA Special Study Group, The Robertson Panel, The Durant Report, Project BLUE BOOK, and several others up to contemporary efforts such as the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program (AAWSAP), Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), and the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF).
Key findings from the summary include:

  • No confirmed evidence that sightings of UAP represented extraterrestrial technology.
  • Most UAP sightings could be attributed to misidentification of ordinary objects or phenomena.
  • A persistent lack of high-quality data has hindered the conclusive resolution of many UAP cases.
  • No empirical evidence supports the claims of reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology by the USG or private companies.
    Several named and described alleged hidden UAP reverse-engineering programs either do not exist, are misidentified authentic, highly sensitive national security programs not related to extraterrestrial technology, or are baseless.
    The report underscores a consistent theme in popular culture around the belief that the USG has recovered off-world spacecraft and extraterrestrial biological remains, operating programs to reverse engineer this technology while keeping it secret from the public and Congress. However, AARO’s rigorous investigation into these claims, applying scientific and intelligence analysis, found no empirical evidence to support these beliefs. The document’s goal is not to prove or disprove any particular belief set but to analyze past USG-sponsored UAP investigation efforts using a robust analytic and scientific approach.
    Pages 21 – 40 cover a broad spectrum of topics, including debunked claims of UAP nondisclosure agreements, assessments of alleged materials recovered from UAP crashes, and the analysis of claims regarding U.S. government involvement in hidden UAP programs. It also discusses the findings from investigations into named and unnamed sensitive programs alleged to involve UAP exploitation.
    The document outlines the primary and secondary narratives emerged from the interviews with about 30 individuals, categorized based on their insights into alleged U.S. government possession and testing of off-world technology, and claims of UAP sightings in proximity to U.S. nuclear facilities causing malfunctions. It thoroughly investigates these narratives, providing detailed findings on various claims such as the authenticity of a Special National Intelligence Estimate on UFOs from 1961, involvement of former CIA officials, and alleged reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial technology.

Additionally, the summary touches on historical context, drawing comparisons between past and present UAP investigations, emphasizing common themes such as secrecy, public interest, and the influence of popular culture. It also highlights the technological and political factors influencing sightings and reports of UAP, suggesting that many sightings can be attributed to misidentifications of new or secret technological advancements rather than extraterrestrial origins.


The document continues to detail the United States’ extensive history with reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering projects, providing context to many UAP sightings. This section specifically delves into numerous high-profile projects from the mid-20th century to the present day, illustrating how advancements in technology, particularly in aerial and space reconnaissance, likely contributed to the increase in UAP sightings.


* Project Aquatone/Dragon Lady: Development of the high-altitude U-2 reconnaissance aircraft, responsible for a significant number of UFO reports in the 1950s and 1960s.
* WS-117L/CORONA: A satellite reconnaissance program initiated in 1956 with film-return capabilities, leading to numerous launches that could have been mistaken for UAPs.
* VZ-9AV Avrocar/Project Silver Bug: An effort to develop a supersonic, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, which bore a “flying saucer” appearance.
* Project Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo: The United States’ early manned space programs, which undoubtedly contributed to unidentified sightings given their historical and technological significance.
* Advanced Aerospace Projects: Including Oxcart/A-12/SR-71, the stealth aircraft programs (e.g., HAVE Blue and the B-2 Spirit), and the Strategic Defense Initiative, all of which involved technologies that could easily be misconstrued as UAP.
* Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): The development and deployment of UAVs, like the GNAT 750, Predator, Reaper, Dark Star, Polecat, Sentinel, and Global Hawk, have capabilities and appearances that may lead to UAP reports.

The concluding remarks highlight that, to date, there is no empirical evidence that any UAP sighting represented off-world technology or that there was a classified program related to UAPs that had not been properly disclosed to Congress. Most sightings are attributed to the misidentification of human-made objects and natural phenomena. The document suggests that given sufficient quality data, most unresolved cases could also be explained similarly.

This detailed recounting underscores the complexity and breadth of technological advancements in reconnaissance and surveillance, suggesting that what is often perceived as unidentified or anomalous may, in fact, be well within the realm of human ingenuity and secretive military projects.

Some hot takes from Metron Deep Research:
The report falls back on the tried and true, “witnesses mistook our super-secret spy planes as UFOs” trope that has been in use since at least the 50’s. Remember, the U2 spyplane was blanketly blamed for UFOs in a tweet from the CIA a few years back. No, seriously. Prior to 2017 they actually attempted to chalk all UFO sightings up to the U2 or SR71.

Project Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo were mistaken as UFOs. Pardon my French but are you fucking kidding me? This point doesn’t even warrant further comment.

WS-117L/CORONA: A satellite reconnaissance program initiated in 1956 : Does this satellite hover at low altitudes and make sudden 90-degree turns at speeds of Mach 27? Didn’t think so…

I think the report clearly indicates some “adult” in the Pentagon got ahold of the situation and decided to shut it all down. The UAP talk must’ve gotten out of hand and official disclosure got a little too close for comfort. Too many Congressfolks asking too many questions. In short, the government lies to you on an industrial scale. It has been doing so on this topic for close to 100 years now. Understandably, there are legitimate national security concerns. I believe the public was appreciative of the efforts to discuss the UAP situation since the 2017 reveal of the AATIP program by the New York Times. Information was coming out incrementally and by way of government channels of bureaucracy that I don’t think were a surprise to anyone. Sensitive information has to be analyzed, scrutinized, and approved before it is leaked or revealed. We all get it. But a total about-face reversal on the subject in such a reckless fashion in an attempt to undo the progress that was made demonstrates ultimately a disdain for the opinions and demands of the very citizens whose tax money funds this government and its military. I don’t think anyone thought actual disclosure would pass in Congress. But a continued measured drip of information regarding what the Pentagon knows, including periodic data dumps, would be greatly appreciated by a majority of the citizens.

Would it be so hard to announce yes, these things exist but we can’t say much more than that due to national security? They have ostensibly already admitted this in previous reports and statements. Professor Gary Nolan made the best case for this in an interview with Ross Coulhart. Think of your crazy neighbor getting access to this technology. Who is to stop him from nudging a meteor toward Earth because some men just want to see the world burn? It’s understandable much of this information needs to be under lock and key for the time being. However, moving back toward a dismissive attitude is counter-productive for society.

You Have Big Data, But Do You Have Big Knowledge?

Given that I have read, by my estimation, nearly 200 books, plus articles, viewed hundreds of videos, and conducted extensive NLP analysis of thousands of pages of corpus containing documents, books, and articles pertaining to the UFO phenomenon I have gained a large body of knowledge on the subject including a substantial number of what I consider to be key cases and events.

This knowledge is incomplete. Or, more aptly put, subject to errors in my memory recall. But my surface memory of events, cases, and concepts is widespread and thus serves as vital nodes in which I can drill down into the more concrete facts at any time.

I state this as it pertains to the apparent problem of too much information in the field of UFO/UAP research. An example is when you hear government officials talking like the discovery of orbs exhibiting highly unusual propulsion and behavior is a more recent phenomenon when most individuals with a casual interest in the subject are aware of the “Foo Fighter” phenomenon of WWII that befuddled all sides of the war.

In other words, these objects have been confounding us for a very long time. The researcher peering into deeper levels would know objects of this nature have been recorded in history going back to pre-industrialization eras of human history.

The phenomenon is multi-faceted, anthropologically expansive and reaches corners of history that precede Christ by more than a thousand years, possibly more if we were to definitively understand primordial cave art.

Taken as a macro whole of data and information it represents a field of study of a voluminous nature on par with higher academia concentrations in the humanities, history, and the sciences. It does in fact encompass all these areas of study and one may make the case that it is a subject that requires a more assiduous approach. But when last looked upon, no colleges are offering majors in UFO Phenomenon.

As such, silos of information can become pipelined to certain parties looking into certain subsets of cases, history, and data unbeknownst to others researching their own subsets. Never the twain shall they meet in most instances along the research path.

UFOlogy is not a field of study known for its efficient knowledge-sharing and cooperation. Past government shenanigans have not helped grease the gears of knowledge attainment.

Research teams or individuals are frequently operating inside reality-boxes different than their peers but then share some common knowledge, usually pooled around the more common and popular cases such as Roswell, Rendleshem Forest, Cash-Landurum, The Phoenix Lights, The 2014 Nimitz Encounters, and so forth. Think of a Venn Diagram that intersects only in the middle along a slim line of cross-over. And there we have the issue of the distortion and degradation of data and facts over time as the “copy machine” effect is amplified by sensationalist reporting, the Internet and radio/podcasting, and peer-to-peer hearsay.

This is the largest, inherent challenge in Ufology. Secrecy & misinformation probably being the second. And they work in tandem to distort the facts, sometimes through honest errors and omissions, sometimes not.

Cognitive and confirmation biases are also a large problem in the research. On one end it can be photos of flares in a triangular formation being presented as full-stop UFO sighting by military personnel who took a photo. Digital artifacts lend a certain volume giving the appearance of an object with girth. At the extreme end of bias, this is how we wind up with alien baby bodies that look like ice cream cakes presented to governmental panels. Hoaxes may actually not be so much hoaxes, but more along the lines of a deep psychological need to manufacture validation of belief.

Given that I have read, by my estimation, nearly 200 books, plus articles, viewed hundreds of videos, and conducted extensive NLP analysis of thousands of pages of corpus containing documents, books, and articles pertaining to the UFO phenomenon I have gained a large body of knowledge on the subject including a substantial number of what I consider to be key cases and events.

This knowledge is incomplete. Or, more aptly put, subject to errors in my memory recall. But my surface memory of events, cases, and concepts is widespread and thus serves as vital nodes in which I can drill down into the more concrete facts at any time.

I state this as it pertains to the apparent problem of too much information in the field of UFO/UAP research. An example is when you hear government officials talking like the discovery of orbs exhibiting highly unusual propulsion and behavior is a more recent phenomenon when most individuals with a casual interest in the subject are aware of the “Foo Fighter” phenomenon of WWII that befuddled all sides of the war.

In other words, these objects have been confounding us for a very long time. The researcher peering into deeper levels would know objects of this nature have been recorded in history going back to pre-industrialization eras of human history.

The phenomenon is multi-facted, anthropologically expansive, and reaches corners of history that precede Christ by more than a thousand years, possibly more if we were to definitively understand primordial cave art.

Taken as a macro whole of data and information it represents a field of study of a voluminous nature on par with higher academia concentrations in the humanities, history, and the sciences. It does in fact encompass all these areas of study and one may make the case that it is a subject that requires a more assiduous approach. But when last looked upon, no colleges are offering majors in UFO Phenomenon.

As such, silos of information can become pipelined to certain parties looking into certain subsets of cases, history, and data unbeknownst to others researching their own subsets. Never the twain shall they meet in most instances along the research path.

Ufology is not a field of study known for its efficient knowledge-sharing and cooperation. Past government shenanigans have not helped grease the gears of knowledge attainment.

Research teams or individuals frequently operating inside reality-boxes different than their peers but then share some common knowledge usually pooled around the more common and popular cases such as Roswell, Rendleshem Forest, Cash-Landurum, The Phoenix Lights, The 2014 Nimitz Encounters, and so forth. Think of a Venn Diagram that intersects only in the middle along a slim line of cross-over. And there we have the issue of the distortion and degradation of data and facts over time as the “copy machine” effect is amplified by sensationalist reporting, the Internet and radio/podcasting, and peer-to-peer hearsay.

This is the largest, inherent challenge in Ufology. Secrecy & misinformation probably being the second. And they work in tandem to distort the facts, sometimes through honest errors and omissions, sometimes not.

Cognitive and confirmation biases are also a large problem in the research. On one end, photos of flares in a triangular formation can be presented as full-stop UFO sightings by military personnel who took a photo. Digital artifacts lend a certain volume giving the appearance of an object with girth. At the extreme end of bias, this is how we wind up with alien baby bodies that look like ice cream cakes presented to governmental panels. Hoaxes may actually not be so much hoaxes, but more along the lines of a deep psychological need to manufacture validation of belief.

There is no “bible” for the UFO phenomenon. Attempts have been made to create them. Richard Dolan and Jermone Clark have made very admirable efforts. However, those works are mostly focused on the historical events, definitions, and timelines of notable phenomenon instances. Prehistoric or pre-Industrial era information has been admirably tackled by Jacques Valle, Chris Aubeck (mentored by Vallee), and others. But we cannot ignore the scientific aspects and yes, spiritual and consciousness aspects of the phenomenon. Here, there is a plenitude of subject matter, who is to say yet which of it is definitive?

Thus, this goes back to reading 200 books and supplemental material and still counting the accumulated page totals of new information, theory, cases, news, ideas, current, and historic discoveries. Ufology is so big that it requires a big solution. A “Big Knowledge” absorption solution.

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AARO/US Military: Metallic Orb UAPs Exist

The US military’s AARO unit publishes material that treats metallic orbs as fact. And this is widely under-reported in the US media for reasons that are beyond the scope of this post. Of proper import in this matter is the fact that AARO obviously admits that metallic orbs exist and they are actively “hunting” them in order to determine their origin and propulsion systems. To even the layperson, these craft demonstrate what one could consider antigravity capability. They display no propulsion system that fits our known physics. Nor is their typical size such that they would have any means to feature an engine capable of generating propulsion to keep them airborne and extremely maneuverable. They operate totally beyond the grasp of our current known systems as they relate to our models of comprehensible physics.

For UFO researchers, this knowledge isn’t anything new. Metallic orbs have widely been reported since at least the Second World War. They do seem drawn to hotspots of conflict but further analysis must be performed to conclude this confidently. What is interesting is that the US government has chosen now to treat these mysterious objects as a factual entity given the long history our servicemen have observed them. Also of interest is the aforementioned under-reporting of this issue. While no claims of these objects being of extraterrestrial origin have been made by the US, they are clearly of high interest to the government and should be considered first-level proof that anomalous, apparently intelligently controlled objects are widely trafficking in the global airspace uninhibited by protected airspaces, sovereignties and the limitations of known physics.

This isn’t an important revelation for humanity?

The Pentagon’s UFO office is sending cryptic ‘alien’ messages

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Bravo, ABC News

ABC News has been honing in on the fact 171 sightings in the new ODNI report exhibit unusual or unexplainable flight characteristics. Bravo. Other news outlets have been focusing on the “no evidence of ET” aspect of the report. Well, of course. The military never said there was going to be an instant answer to the most perplexing puzzle in history. Whether or not they even provide that answer is another matter. But I view this report as a win for Ufology. It is certainly no Condon-style report which totally negates all possibility of UFOs being anything other than hoaxes or mistaken observations.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/numbers-ufos-96427949

Let’s Not Jump to Conclusions

“I very much doubt any of the objects recently brought down by the U.S. Air Force have an extraterrestrial connection. Most are probably balloons. However, the object that reportedly interfered with U.S. fighters over Alaska is highly unusual and may prove to be a Russian or Chinese electronic warfare or spy platform. Or perhaps, albeit highly unlikely, a probe placed by an alien species. Although most UAP likely have conventional explanations, some demonstrate capabilities that seem inexplicable without reference to a more advanced nation or civilization.”

https://www.christophermellon.net/post/statement-for-the-press-and-public-regarding-recent-uap-shoot-downs

Transcript: Congressional UAP Hearings

For your reading pleasure… Here is the complete transcript of the Congressional UAP hearings. This will be an interesting NLP analysis to conduct. Stay tuned.

https://thedebrief.org/complete-transcript-of-congresss-historic-hearing-on-unidentified-aerial-phenomena/

Welcome To The Party: NASA Launches Their Own UAP Study

From NASA’s announcement: “There is no evidence UAPs are extraterrestrial in origin.”
That is the most Condon Report-type statement ever. It’s like saying “we don’t know what they are, that’s why we’re studying the data, but we do know before studying the data that they are NOT extraterrestrial.” Expect even less from NASA than what you get from the US Navy.

Still, any additional data collection and analysis published in the public sphere are helpful to other researchers. Typically the value in studies originating from governmental bodies is found in the details and ephemera.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-to-set-up-independent-study-on-unidentified-aerial-phenomena/

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Mars – Not As Dead As They Said

In his book, “Life and Death on Mars” Dr. John Brandenburg PHD made a compelling case that Mars is not a dead planet as NASA claimed for decades. Dr. Brandenburg is currently Senior Propulsion Scientist at Orbital Technologies Corporation in Madison Wisconsin.

https://phys.org/news/2022-05-chinese-rover-evidence-mars-thought.html