Admiral Tim Gallaudet (Ret.) on UFOs: 'The President does not want this to be disclosed”
Breaking the Stigma: Admiral Tim Gallaudet's Perspective on UFOs
Admiral Tim Gallaudet, author of the Sol Foundation's first white paper published on Tuesday 18 March, talked to Kristian Harloff. He was accompanied by Darcy Weir, director of the documentary Transmedium Fastmovers and USOs in which he appears.
The Schumer amendment and disclosure
Tim Gallaudet said he is disappointed that the original bill was rejected, calling this watered-down version “a big step back for Disclosure”. The road ahead will be longer. He remains optimistic, however, because the use in a legal text of the terms UAP, NHI (non-human intelligence) and TUO (technology of unknown origin) represents a major step forward. Drawing on the work of Diana Pasulka, he points out that it takes a generation to change habits. Generation Z (1995-2010) wants to know, and it will not let bureaucracy stop it.
He praises Kristian Harloff's work in popularising Karl Nell's lecture at The Sol Foundation symposium: “that was a lot of time and effort to come about what was in the Schumer Amendment". The drafters of the amendment deliberately wrote it to lead to Disclosure: "the Schumer Amendment contents are really what we need". Timothy Gallaudet is convinced that Congress will take up the Schumer amendment and redirect the DoD's approach. When asked about the David Grush's rumored participation in the Congressional UAP caucus, he would not confirm, but stressed the extent to which his action could be decisive.
He obviously understands the national security concerns raised by the disclosure. But he wants the recommendations of the Schumer amendment to be followed. On the one hand, he said, it is necessary to keep information that presents a risk or would provide a technological advantage to the adversary a secret, and on the other hand it is necessary to release to “the public the awareness that we are being visited" because the implications in terms of security are important. With an informed public, he adds, it would be possible to develop public policies that are currently non-existent.
Darcy Weir pointed out that everyone was upset about the Schumer amendment and the AARO report. It was a bump in the road. In the information age, people get to the bottom of things quickly. There will be other amendments and "the next one will be better", the film director hopes. For him, the only thing that could block progress is an attack, a threat to the security of the United States.
On that point, Timothy Gallaudet expressed his concern: "I have a high confidence China is either going to impose a naval blockade or outright attack Taiwan …before the US elections" he said, adding that he does not have access to classified documents but is basing his opinion on what he reads in the press. "That is gonna put a giant wrench in disclosure".
UFOs
Admiral Gallaudet held the position of superintendent at the US Naval Observatory (USNO). It was while working with astrophysicists that he realized the immensity of the universe. "So I was pretty certain it was arrogant for us as a species to think we were all there was in terms of intelligent life". Then he saw the GoFast video on a secret Navy network. This video convinced him that we were not alone. Later, he met people "that oversaw both the crash retrieval and the analysis of UAP data".
Timothy Gallaudet insists on his certainty that there are tons of classified UAP data hidden all over the place. Like David Grusch, he has to be careful about what he says, as he is bound by non-disclosure agreements on certain subjects.
Darcy Weir, when questioned about what he discovered in the making of his documentary, also talked about the large amount of data on UAP, particularly marine UAP, that is said to be stored in the greatest secrecy:
“those third parties are not subject subjected to the Freedom of Information Act requests that are civilians, journalists, and such, can submit to a government agency. So that's the kind of loopholes so that they don't have to release that data, because it's actually private.”
Timothy Gallaudet insisted on the fact that we know a lot more now than we did in 2017. James Lacatski has published a book in which he says that a craft has been recovered. There are also all the allegations, David Grusch's testimony to Congress and books like Skinwalkers at the Pentagon. He stated that he considers all these people credible.
For him, "we’re experiencing a non-human higher intelligence". Intelligence is present in the ocean, he says with a smile, in whales for example. But with marine UAP, we're talking about superior intelligence able to use technology. According to him, they have devices that do things we can't explain, with technology and physics we don't understand.
"The government still doesn’t know what they are, where they come from, what their intentions are", he adds.
AARO and the government's position
Admiral Gallaudet believes that the AARO's latest report is above all a denial of any evidence of the existence of the UAP. The Pentagon, as usual, has decided that this information should remain classified.
As far as it is concerned, the government does not want to disclose. The President himself does not want the information to be disclosed before the elections:
The president does not want this to be disclosed because it would just be a huge speed bump for the 2024 election.
Gallaudet explained that the AARO is part of the DoD and must follow its policies. And the DoD must follow orders from the White House. So whatever the experts at AARO think, they are obliged to follow Pentagon policy.
Some of his former colleagues agree with this policy for reasons of national security. "They don’t want our adversaries China mainly to know that we have these materials and that we might be trying to gain a technology advantage over them".
"That’s just their policy", he stressed. And other countries are ready to commit to disclosure. France, for example, has published the Cometa report. In Canada, senior officials have come out in favour of disclosure. "We should be showing leadership in the US… We made policy decisions not to do it. It’s unfortunate". This wait-and-see stance could, in his view, lead to a dramatic disclosure that eludes the DoD.
However, the Admiral appears to be in contact with at least some members of the AARO. "(they do want to work" he said. According to him, "intelligence analysts in that office are beholden to the administration policy right now". He hopes, with his doctorate in oceanography and the network of ocean experts he knows, to create a "national research ocean effort" which UAP would be a part of. He recalled Christopher Mellon's article saying that, despite the challenges, disclosure can bring about a scientific revolution and international cooperation.
For Timothy Gallaudet, UFOs and other UAP should be a research priority for the United States and the world.
Translated by Guillaume Fournier Airaud
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