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The original was posted on /r/ufos by /u/polomarksman on 2024-11-19 22:51:00+00:00.
The tone of the Senate Armed Service Committee's hearings with the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office since its inception have generally been the same. They follow this format:
• Introductions
• Resolved Cases
• Canned Questions
• Can We Give You More Money?
But today's hearing with AARO's new director, Dr. Kosloski, took a different tone. It felt more like a plea for trust than a public report on the agency's actions. Both Sen. Gillibrand and Dr. Kosloski went out of their way to ask for the trust of current or former USG employees and contractors who have information regarding current or former legacy UAP programs.
However, if the public and whistleblowers alike are expected to trust AARO, they need to show their work to us. It is simply not good enough to say "We investigated X number of SAPs and CAPs reported to be UAP programs, and found that to be false."
Here's a question I would've liked to hear Sen. Gillibrand ask today:
"When examining a whistleblower's report of a SAP or CAP containing improperly withheld UAP activity, what actions does AARO take to confirm or deny that allegation?"
As a US citizen and taxpayer, I deserve to know what actions AARO has taken in that regard. There is a way to tell us that information without divulging classified information. What does their investigative process look like? Show us the steps! If it's just a phone call or an email to a partner agency asking if the information they received is true, AARO should be shut down swiftly.
The very nature of whistleblower complaints around hidden UAP programs demands that AARO staff visit the offices and sites of these SAPs and CAPs. It demands that AARO asks for the full accountability of its partner agencies. If these programs are hidden from Congress, they have an incentive to be. How would anything less than a site visit clear that up? Does AARO do that?
If AARO is as "well resourced" as Dr. Kosloski said in the hearing today, then doing a full and complete investigation of these allegations should not be a problem. It can and must be done, and it must be a matter of priority for this office to show the public the steps it takes as an investigatory body. To do anything less is an endorsement of improper scientific and interagency investigation.