Black Friday traditionally represents a chance for people to go hunting for discounts and deals as the holiday shopping season kicks off. But it took on a darker tone for those who have been hunting for government disclosure of its alleged secretive UFO (UAP) crash retrieval programs and other information about the phenomenon. As we discussed earlier this summer, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced a hefty and eye-opening amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2024 that would mandate the declassification of most or all government UFO information and order the confiscation of any crash retrieval materials or non-human “biologicals” in the possession of non-government actors. But we learned yesterday from Christopher Sharp at Liberation Times (who anyone interested in the topic should be following) that powerful congressional leaders have been working to derail this effort. And the opposition is coming almost entirely from Republicans for some reason.

Liberation Times has learned that this week, two influential Republicans, namely Rep. Mike Rogers, Chair of the House Armed Services Committee, and Rep. Mike Turner, Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, have escalated their efforts to eliminate the UAP Disclosure Act from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024.

The two representatives have successfully garnered support from Senate Minority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell and the new Speaker of the House, Rep. Mike Johnson, who are now backing their endeavors to either remove or significantly weaken the UAP Disclosure Act.

The news came during the Thanksgiving holiday when representatives and senators were at home with their families.

Throughout these investigations, Sharp’s sources have proven to be both reliable and prescient, so I have no reason to doubt the accuracy of this reporting. But we’re left with no real clue as to what is driving this opposition or where it is coming from. We’ve known for some time that there are still powerful forces inside the Pentagon and the civilian military-industrial complex that are viciously opposed to UFO disclosure, but Congress was supposed to be fighting this battle on behalf of the people, including many who have been clamoring for answers to these perplexing questions.

Mike Turner’s district includes Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which is legendary in the lore of ufology, and he takes a lot of money from the aerospace industry, so perhaps that’s what is motivating him. Why Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers would be fighting this is a mystery to me. I don’t remember Mitch McConnell ever weighing in on the topic either way. And what is our new Speaker doing jumping on this dogpile? The conservatives in the House GOP caucus have a broad agenda of objectives they are working on currently, but UFO disclosure doesn’t appear to impact any of them.

Another of Sharp’s sources suggests that this opposition may not have much to do with UFOs at all, but is rather a “bargaining chip” they are trying to use to gain some concessions for the rest of their agenda. Given that we’re talking about the swamp, I suppose that’s not entirely out of the question. But this UFO legislation enjoys broad, bipartisan support and hasn’t previously been opposed by much of anyone outside of the Pentagon and the defense industry. Why fight something as popular as this?

Fortunately, Sharp reports that these attempts to scuttle the UAP Disclosure Act are being fought by others. These include Marco Rubio, Anna Paulina Luna, and Tim Burchett. Jake Sullivan and John Podesta are also fighting to keep the Act in the bill on behalf of the White House. So I find myself in the unusual position of cheering for Joe Biden to flex some executive muscle and get this done. I don’t know if such an outcome would lead to any other significant breakthroughs in the legislative logjam, but if they get the UAP Disclosure Act passed into law, they will have earned plenty of applause as far as I’m concerned.

I’ll make one final observation about this situation that I hope will prove to be true. If nothing else, this opposition coming from the Republican leadership suggests that all or most of the allegations coming from UFO whistleblower David Grusch are probably accurate. After all, if this was all fictional or some sort of government psyop campaign, why would anyone be bothered by legislation intended to expose it? If it were all a hoax, why not allow the perpetrators to be exposed and then move on with the rest of your business? That doesn’t make sense. It sounds to me like Grusch has struck a nerve and some people who have been engaged in covert and potentially illegal secret activities are getting very nervous. And they’ve enlisted some senior Republicans to help them keep the cloak in place. It’s very disappointing.