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Subject: biden admin may finally break "ufo taboo"

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The Decades-Long UFO Taboo the Biden Administration Will Have to Face

Tim McMillan and Tom Rogan
Opinion
19 Jan 2021
The Debrief

[...] Not long ago, The Debrief offered exclusive insight into the
growing awareness by the highest levels of the US military and
intelligence communities that apparently intelligently controlled
devices are seemingly traversing our skies and oceans with impunity.
   
Relatedly, a bipartisan handful of political leaders -- some retired,
some not -- have begun making increasingly explicit public statements
that "someone," or "something," appears to possess technologies we
fail to understand and to be pursuing purposes we cannot fathom.
   
Based on our reporting, including statements made on the record and
some made in private, not for attribution, elements of the US
govt now believe that:
 * Some UAP appear to be intelligently controlled, mechanical devices,
   capable of virtually instantaneous hypersonic acceleration and
   acute angled turns, without reliance on any obvious sources of
   propulsion. These observations alone provoke great consternation in
   the minds of technically knowledgeable analysts.
 * Some of these objects have "transmedium" capability -- that is,
   they are capable of impressive performance through air, underwater,
   and outside the atmosphere.
 * UAP will appear at times on radar, while in other instances these
   objects seem to be capable of concealing themselves from visual and
   other sensor systems.
 * Some UAP have manifested seemingly extraordinary
   information-gathering abilities and display knowledge that should
   not be accessible. At times, these objects appear to anticipate the
   responses of those they encounter.
 * Some of these objects can detect US nuclear weapons platforms at
   great range and with absolute impunity. When the historical record
   is examined with blinders removed, it appears that these enigmatic
   objects have long displayed a particular interest in nuclear
   weapons sites.
 * The UAP issue is not an "American problem." Many world govts
   have encountered these mysterious objects to varying degrees. In
   recent years, as China continues to advance domestic technologies
   at an exponential rate (chiefly due to espionage and intellectual
   theft), they've also found themselves detecting these mysterious
   objects at an increasing rate.
       
Assuredly, for many in top defense circles, this news is all rather
startling and deeply discomforting. Considering none of this is
particularly new, though, the fact that it might be alarming to
officials is remarkable in and of itself.

Indeed, for at least a century, "something" that appears to transcend
all cultural, ideological, and geographical boundaries has shown a
proclivity toward sporadic, yet brilliant, airborne displays. The only
discernible consistency this "something" seems to possess is an
unwavering commitment to breaking current paradigms and behaving in
ways that appear completely alien to human understanding.

[image] The Taboo of UFOs The Taboo of UFOs Originally appearing in
The Denver Post, the cartoon prominently displayed beside The New York
Times Jan 12, 1969 article U.F.O. Verdict: Believers Find It
Unbelievable.

The Decades-Long UFO taboo 

To mainstream science and journalism, the subject of UFOs has long
been considered as an egregious combination of pseudoscience and
conspiracy theory. At best considered by social validators as a grab
bag of probably prosaic natural anomalies, the topic has been
relegated for decades to an eccentric fringe. A UFO taboo, if you will.
   
A few years back, we saw it pretty much that way ourselves.
   
We are 2 journalists who cover national security issues. One of us
(Tom Rogan) spends most of his time writing about trouble spots such
as China, Russia, the Middle East, and North Korea. The other (Tim
McMillan), brings nearly 2 decades of experience in law enforcement
to his coverage of the intelligence and defense beat. What we have
found independently in our national security reporting makes us
increasingly willing to tackle the radioactive topic of UAP head on.

We recognize this is a subject on which most journalists and
scientists remain deeply skeptical (and also, in most cases,
profoundly uninformed). It's worth noting that we have found a great
number of highly respected professionals who do secretly harbor great
interest in the topic. These individuals, however, largely limit their
inquiry within small bands of similarly iconoclastic thinkers spread
out around disconnected archipelagos of society.

In writing on this subject, we know that we are subjecting our
credibility and careers to the same UFO taboo, disdain, and ridicule
that has followed the topic for decades. We would not risk those
interests had we not repeatedly encountered increasingly strong
indications that "something" is here that seems to be both real and
extraordinary. We know that a growing number of important actors in
our govt are becoming aware of this as well.

Make no mistake in what we're saying. Neither of us are necessarily
welcomed with open arms by the enthusiasts that make up the "UFO community."

Many in the "UFO community" believe there exists some ultra-secret
organ in govt that has many, if not all, of the answers they
seek. We are inclined to doubt that is true.

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