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I really, really appreciate Burlison staying on top of this and being so transparent about the process. Thanks for getting this Matt - this was a much needed update!

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Multiple people in the community have talked about how in the AATIP shared drive on JWICS, there was a photo of a black triangle emerging out of the water. It was taken by a military pilot on their iPhone. With what Burlison is saying, there should be no reason that photo can't be released. I'd like to see him push for its release.

What he's saying also conflicts with the UAP Security Classification Guide. https://documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/navy/DON-NAVY-2022-000883.pdf

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Good stuff. Sad to hear that about Grusch. The disclosure movement really needs him to be visible someway somehow. Didn't Burlison say he had a copy of Grusch's op-ed? Ask Burlison to read that into the Congressional record.

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Wow, a lot of takeaways from this.

1) Time to pursue Grusch's security clearance reinstatement from a different angle

2) Either push harder for a dedicated subcommittee after the election noise or wait for speaker turnover

3) AARO needs to be disbanded or repositioned so it has more investigatory power, because they clearly have their hands tied

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Turner’s days are numbered as House Intel Chair I suspect if the GOP wins more house seats and Trump wins. The guy just voted in support of AG Garland and has made comments in the past about Trump being disgraced. RIP.

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"My world view hasn't changed, but in a way I want it to."

I like his approach, but I question if he's being hard enough on the AARO. They've done far too much time wasting. I think the whistleblower claims need to be followed and more hearings held. Where there's smoke, there's fire. I'd say take the Boeing whistleblower incidents as an example of what our Military Industrial Complex does to silence whistleblowers, I can only imagine what the Pentagon does...

There is a nearly 2 hour long video essay called 𝘈𝘳𝘦𝘢 51 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 by the channel We're in Hell. He managed to interview Trevor Paglin, an artist known for photographing CIA black sites. The video takes the approach to mapping the legal landscape surrounding US Secrecy. Within publically available documents provided by the Pentagon and DoD he was able to outline some projects and agencies with black budgets. It's information from this video that leaves me believing most of Grusch's claims from understanding the framework the agencies involved are built upon. So much of the framework draws parallels to the Manhattan Project, a framework the scientists who came up with it, several advised against it being made common place. Compartmentalization goes against scientists, as they want be able to freely exchange ideas and information with one another but also to the public. There are discoveries and advancements hidden from the public eye that they deserve to know about. We can't solve or identify UAPs or USOs if we don't share information and data that scientists need to become involved.

I firmly believe we can do all of this, and not compromise national security.

Great work Matt!

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Burlison’s candor on this topic is really refreshing.

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