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- nottheonion@lemmy.world
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- nottheonion@lemmy.world
Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick had a few choice words for the public on his way out the door of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office
Sean Kirkpatrick was once the man in charge of a D.C.-backed agency tasked with investigating claims into unidentified anomalous phenomena, the new term for what most people still call UFOs. He stepped down from the position in December, and has now published a excoriating farewell letter in Scientific American detailing some of the reasons why.
So why did he stop hunting for UFOs on behalf of the American government? In short: Because congressional leaders believe in conspiracy theories with absolutely no substantial proof. “Our efforts were ultimately overwhelmed by sensational but unsupported claims that ignored contradictory evidence yet captured the attention of policy makers and the public, driving legislative battles and dominating the public narrative,” Kirkpatrick said in Scientific American.
Shout-out to the All Domain Research Office’s reporting website, that requires being a federal employee and submitting unclassified proof.
Nothing worth knowing will be unclassified, that’s his basis for “nobody submitted any proof”
https://www.aaro.mil/AARO-Reporting-Information/
Submitting classified information would be illegal. How in the world could they require anything else?
Was that the only way to reach out or submit proof?
That’s the only one I could find.
Also, AARO didn’t even have a website until August 31 2023. Sean Kirkpatrick admitted to speaking with people like David Grusch prior to officially starting his role. But, since these didn’t go through official reporting channels they never got reviewed. DOD even released a report admitting to failing at documenting UAP.