The Trump Administration Sends a New Signal to Alien Disclosure Whistleblowers
The US Department of Defense has issued a targeted legal waiver allowing individuals with knowledge of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) to disclose information to a specific White House program without violating non-disclosure agreements. This move follows directives from President Trump to increase transparency regarding government secrecy surrounding UAP files.
Why it matters
This represents a significant shift in government policy regarding classified information and transparency, potentially opening the door for more public disclosures about UAP research.
Nearly half a dozen times during the hearing, he told members of Congress he could only answer their questions, such as whether a private company he worked for was reverse engineering nonhuman technology, inside a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, or SCIF. He said he was concerned whether he was “legally even allowed to answer” some questions and at one point cited a fear of being charged under the Espionage Act.
A year later, on September 14, the Defense Department announced it had lowered that risk, though it falls short of what some in the unidentified anomalous phenomena research community say is needed to achieve broad transparency.
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