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There must be people hired just to come up with commission names - and the ridiculous acronyms. Similar to pharmaceutical companies which hire PR people to make up names hoping we would all remember when we go to the doctor and ask for more whatever-it-is.

I applaud you for being able to use and understand the names that distinguish one band of brothers from another.

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Jul 25, 2022ยทedited Jul 25, 2022

You certainly have a talent for showing how disparate circumstances and characters are interconnected. (But, then, isn't everything?)

To quote The Bard and later the iconic English detective: "...the game is afoot." My concern is that we'll keep seeing new iterations of the task force every year or so after the latest Congress / Pentagon scrum breaks. Meanwhile the ball goes nowhere. How will anything get done if they're in perpetual organizational mode?

It almost looks like a cynical version of 'kick the can...'

(Meanwhile, former Naval aviator Ryan Graves said recently in an interview that active duty pilots are telling him they are frustrated and pissed by the lack of response from HQ after they file UAP close encounter reports. Why bother with the extra paper work if nothing comes of it?)

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Yeah, I can say ARRO. "Me and my ARRO. Straighter than narrow. Wherever we go, everyone knows it's me and my ARRO."

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This is becoming more incredible as time goes on. There's obviously a hardcore effort by certain politicians to effect change. This 'vision' is exactly what's needed: The investigation (including rapid deployment of assets) and analysis of anomalies detected in space, air, sea and underwater as well as around nuclear facilities. Plus a side order of probing for similar, but hidden programs.

$20,000,000 for 2023 to achieve the above.

But isn't that like asking a junkyard dog to investigate, analyse and report suspicious activities, while liaising with other guard dogs in the neighbourhood? I know that's highly insulting, but I'm trying to emphasise the difference between trained individuals maintaining systems and an expectation of proactive research using unprovided skills, knowledge and experience. Blue Book suffered from those issues and the results varied depending on the mindset of the individual e.g. Ruppelt vs Quintanilla.

(Speaking of individual mindsets - Elizondo's account of his AATIP activities seems to be biased towards the ETH (which I am too), but without supporting evidence for the '5 observables'. It will be interesting to see how Elizondo's book compares to Ruppelt's.)

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I've written a detailed breakdown of the crop of new UAP proposals that are advancing in Congress, which involve four different legislative vehicles; they include a number of significant provisions in addition to those described by Billy here. My article is here:

https://douglasjohnson.ghost.io/probes-for-hidden-government-ufo-data-proposed-in-defense-and-intelligence-bills-now-advancing-in-congress-with-bipartisan-backing/

As Billy notes, Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick is on board as the director of the Pentagon UAP office, as the Pentagon finally confirmed in a July 20, 2022 press release. I reported his selection on May 12, 2022, and put up a lengthy profile (which leaves many questions unanswered):

https://douglasjohnson.ghost.io/director-picked-for-new-pentagon-intelligence-office-to-study-unidentified-aerial-phenomena/

Douglas Dean Johnson

@ddeanjohnson

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Jul 23, 2022Liked by Billy Cox

Intransigence, lack of accountability, and unfamiliarity with history. Good article spotlighting the trifecta that truth is up against. Of course there's also ufology's internecine warfare and a disinformation/denial program without peer -- but I'm sure everything's going to be fine.

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