- General Reading
- Beyond Cloak and Dagger: Inside the CIA, by MIles Copeland. (1974). To p. 332 of 379.
- “C” – The Secret Life of Sir Stewart Menzies, Spymaster to Winston Churchill, by Anthony Cave Brown. To p. 342 of 830.
- Wayward Sons – NICAP and the IC, by Jack Brewer. (2021). Kindle. 22%, p. 64.
- Continuing to review and index the Barry Greenwood MJ-12 file. Viewing the second installment of document images.
- Change In Approach
- Rather than work through topics one by one in the prospective book, Tom has started the first chapter and will work through the manuscript of the book in coming months.
- There will be no further postings of topic content or chapters in future blog postings. Rather, there will be one commentary each week regarding Tom’s thoughts on the general UFO subject and on pertinent developments in the UFO public.
Commentary:
I’m Not Optimistic About “Big D” Disclosure – Part One
UFO enthusiasts began to hope for major disclosures after an important article was published in a December 2017 issue of the New York Times. In the fall of 2017, Tom Delonge publicly introduced To The Stars Academy, which featured several board members well known in the UFO world. Among the directors were Christopher Mellon and Luis Elizondo, relative newcomers to the public scene. Mellon had served both in the Department of Defense and as a staffer in Congress. HIs background lent him particular credibility with congressional representatives and staff members. Mellon’s efforts resulted in important legislation affecting UFO/UAP issues. He worked behind the scenes to help write legislation directing the DOD to create a UFO investigation office (now known as “AARO”). Later, Senator Chuck Shumer introduced the “UAP Disclosure Act”, modeled on the Kennedy assassination information release. To date, and despite much hoopla, there has been no substantive disclosure from the government about the nature or intention of anomalous phenomena.
Next Week – I’m Not Optimistic About “Big D” Disclosure – Part Two – Policy At the Highest Levels
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