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Lawmakers seek answers in classified AARO briefing

Updated: APR 17, 2024 / 01:21 PM CDT

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are gathering for a classified briefing on unidentified aerial phenomena in the latest push for answers from the Pentagon about whistleblower allegations of a secret UFO-retrieval program.

A few members, both Republican and Democrat, from the House UAP Caucus, a bipartisan group, will attend the event. They will be briefed by two people from the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, or AARO, the Pentagon department tasked with investigating reports of unidentified objects in the sky.

Because the briefing is classified, it’s unlikely the media will get any details about what was discussed. This is the third such classified briefing in the last few months that the newly formed caucus has been able to put together.

One was done by the Department of Defense and the other by the intelligence community. This follows an expansive report from the AARO that detailed the government’s history with investigating UAP but said the government has no evidence of alien activity connected to the phenomena.

Some members in the briefing have expressed skepticism over the contents of the report, so there may be some back-and-forth around that in the room.

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told NewsNation’s Joe Khalil his expectations for the meeting are low.

“We’ve been like a rat chasing our tail, time and time again; we’re told this is the one where it’s gonna happen. And, of course, it’s absolutely not,” Burchett said. “These folks are putting out that it’s a bunch of false information, yet they spend tens of millions of dollars.”

After the prior briefings, NewsNation spoke to lawmakers as they exited. While they couldn’t share details, representatives expressed they were disappointed in the first briefing but did feel they got some information in the second.

The members of the caucus are also talking about a potential field hearing, which would be the second hearing on UAPs since whistleblower David Grusch stepped forward with his allegations.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/lawmakers-classified-aaro-briefing/

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Defense community ‘arrogant’ for not sharing UAP info: Burchett

Updated: APR 18, 2024 / 11:18 AM CDT

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill received a classified briefing from the Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office which is tasked with investigating reports of unidentified aerial phenomena, better known as UFOs. But members of the House UAP Caucus weren’t necessarily happy with what they heard.

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., is one of the bipartisan group of lawmakers pushing for more transparency on the subject. As with previous briefings, he told NewsNation he still has questions and believes the Pentagon is deliberately sending people who can’t give lawmakers the answers they seek.

“It’s always compartmentalized,” Burchett said. “I don’t really think these people are lying, I think there’s a lot of arrogance around this so-called intelligence community, what they do is they’ve compartmentalized it so that each department can only answer your question up to a certain point.”

Burchett said he was almost falling asleep during the briefing, which he described as “mundane and boring.”

He also questioned why the meeting had to be held in a SCIF, a secure chamber used to discuss classified information if things were so straightforward.

“Why can’t you tell the American public that?” Burchett questioned.

Burchett called the Pentagon’s recent report, which denied the agency has ever encountered alien technology or evidence of extraterrestrial life, a coverup.

“There’s tens of millions of dollars that we spent investigating, we’ve had departments tell us they have recovery units, but yet they won’t release full reports,” he told NewsNation. “Your reports look like somebody shot it with a 12-gauge shotgun.”

Burchett, along with others, are calling for more hearings on the issue as they try to find out the truth.

Even if the answer isn’t aliens, Burchett said there needs to be more transparency.

“I’ve said many times, it’s not about the little green men or the flying saucers, it’s about what the heck are they spending all this dadgum money on?” Burchett said

As for why the reasons the military would cover up something so huge, Burchett said it comes down to arrogance.

“I can’t tell you how many conversations I’ve had with high-ranking officials that have told me that America really can’t handle this stuff,” he said. “It’s not their position to tell me who or what I can handle. We’re Americans, we have to be able to take it.”

https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/defense-arrogant-not-sharing-uap/

Steven Spielberg And ‘Jurassic Park’ Icon David Koepp Reunite For UFO Movie

April 18, 2024 10:07 AM ET

Sources close to entertainment heavyweight Steven Spielberg said Wednesday that his next project will be a UFO movie with “Jurassic Park” writer David Koepp.

The UFO project is apparently based on Spielberg’s original idea, according to Variety. Koepp is writing the screenplay, which means we’re probably in for an absolutely epic treat should this thing come together. Koepp is best known for writing “Jurassic Park,” one of the greatest films ever made.

His other projects include the original “Mission: Impossible,” as well as “War of the Worlds,” both of which are rewatchable time and time again. Koepp’s more recent work includes “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” which was ripped apart at the seams for how much it shoved redundant social ideologies down the throat of viewers, so let’s hope Koepp doesn’t do the same thing with whatever this up-coming project may be.

Spielberg on the other hand kind of defines the UFO genre (and most other forms of iconic entertainment). He’s best known for alien-inspired storylines in classics like “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” and more recently “Super 8” and “War of the Worlds.”

There is very limited information on what this Koepp-Spielberg project will be. Let’s hope it combines the best action from “War of the Worlds,” the terror of “Jurassic Park” and the heartfelt emotion of “E.T.”

https://dailycaller.com/2024/04/18/steven-spielberg-ufo-movie-david-koepp-jurassic-park/

TRANSFORMERS ONE: First Trailer Officially Launches This Thursday…In Outer Space!

Paramount Pictures has announced (via Toonado.com) that the first trailer for Transformers One will debut like no movie trailer ever has before: in outer space.

This long-awaited origin story of how the most iconic characters in the Transformers universe, Orion Pax and D-16, went from brothers-in-arms to sworn enemies, Optimus Prime and Megatron, will debut its trailer on Thursday, April 18. The launch begins at 6am PT with a live-streamed countdown showing the journey into space.

One hour later, the craft will reach its peak at 125,000 feet above the Earth, revealing the trailer with a custom introduction video from Transformers One's stars: Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry.

The event will be streamed from the Transformers social accounts, the Paramount Pictures YouTube channel, and co-streamed by Chris Hemsworth on Instagram.

Needless to say, it's a clever way to hype up the animated prequel.

There's a lot of excitement surrounding the movie, but the studio's decision to replace longtime Transformers voiceover actors with on-camera actors has caused a certain level of uneasiness among fans.

However, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has had nothing but good things to say about Hemsworth's approach to playing Optimus Prime, confirming there will be a logical connection between his performance and Peter Cullen's.

"When we first listen to Chris Hemsworth's voice, you're like, 'God, is he gonna be a good Optimus!'" the producer exclaimed. "Obviously, he starts as Orion Pax and you don't become Optimus for a while, so he's not playing, for most of the movie, what we think of as Optimus, Peter Cullen."

"So it's that transition, and Chris's voice has a timbre that…it’s logical that Peter Cullen would take over that voice, if you would, which is really great, the fans are gonna really feel great."

Toy Story 4's Josh Cooley is directing the film from a screenplay by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari.

Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg is executive producing Transformers One alongside Brian Goldner, Brian Oliver, Bradley J. Fischer, and Valerii An.

Keegan-Michael Key plasy B-127. Steve Buscemi, Laurence Fishburne, and Jon Hamm round out the impressive cast.

Transformers One is set to be released in theaters on September 13, 2024.

https://comicbookmovie.com/transformers/transformers-one-first-trailer-officially-launches-this-thursdayin-outer-space-a210482#gs.859do4

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