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The Guardian - US
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Trevor Timm

The US government should tell the public what it knows about UFOs

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters after the weekly senate party caucus luncheons, in Washington<br>FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters after the weekly senate party caucus luncheons at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 5, 2023. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
‘It’s clearly in the public interest to get to the bottom of incidents like these, whether you believe these objects are of extraterrestrial origin or not.’ Photograph: Ken Cedeno/Reuters

It doesn’t matter the topic, there always seems to be a group of lawmakers who will stop at nothing to thwart government transparency – even when it’s a subject that could not be more bipartisan or in an obvious need for sunlight.

This time, a small cadre of powerful Republicans have reportedly killed a provision in this year’s defense authorization that would finally bring some transparency to the US government’s knowledge around UFOs (now also known by the updated parlance of “unidentified aerial phenomena”, or UAPs).

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