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00:00 - Dog & Pony Show
02:28 - SCIF Flu Controversy
05:49 - Gatekeepers Won't Release Info
08:58 - Congress vs Reality Gap
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What if everything we're seeing in congressional UFO hearings is just orchestrated theater? Journalist Ross Coulthart just dropped some very interesting information about the September 9th hearing, calling the public UAP sessions a dog and pony show. And then information on weaponized is also coming into play in all of this. As always, you can find the sources in my detailed articles at UFOnews.co along with in the description box below.
Hey, Ufologers, I'm Cristina Gomez and welcome to this episode of UFO News Updates. Today we're breaking down two pretty explosive new revelations from two different news sources that expose the vast gap between what Congress actually knows and what they can tell us.
Ross Coulthart clip: "To some degree, the public hearings are a dog and pony show. You know, we're being shown and told what we're allowed to be told. There's a hell of a lot more that's known about inside the private skiffs, the secure skiffs inside the Congress where briefings have been given. Congressmen and senators, congressional representatives and senators know a hell of a lot more privately than they do or can talk about publicly."
That was Ross on the latest reality check. And here's what we know about the confirmed September 9th UFO hearing. Congressman Eric Burleson has officially announced witnesses, all described as first-hand witnesses. And we're talking about a former U.S. Air Force veteran discussing 5 UAP incidents, a Navy officer with direct UAP encounters, and another Air Force officer with first-hand experiences. At least, hopefully, they come forward, they give their testimony, and they give us some good information.
As noted in articles like in the debrief, these hearings are heavily influenced by intelligence community input regarding what can and cannot be discussed publicly. And we heard that very same thing in one of the previous UFO hearings. And in fact, we're met with people not wanting us to have hearings. We're met with people not wanting us to ask you questions. In fact, many of us were told not to ask some of you certain questions on certain topics. There's far too much intelligence service input into what people are and aren't allowed to talk about inside a public hearing.
The UAP community was recently buzzing about something called the skiff flu, the idea that witnesses were deliberately avoiding classified briefings. And that was really coined by Anna Paulina Luna, where she spoke about that on the Joe Rogan podcast. But Mike Gold, who was actually there, I wanted the skiffs, sets the record straight, stating it was simply a miscommunication on the weaponized podcast. Chris Mellon genuinely had the flu, while others like Lou Elizondo had legitimate scheduling conflicts about multiple last minute changes.
Take a listen to this next segment from the Weaponized podcast. What is skiff flu and what are you seeing?
Mike Gold clip: "Skiff flu is a myth. Uh, today I hope to inoculate you against it. And normally it shouldn't be that difficult to get a SCIF, but I think other members of Congress were making it challenging for Congresswoman Luna, for Congressman Burleson to go and get the SCIF. And that's why I give a great deal of credit for them. But the challenge that occurred here for the SCIF meeting, I believe this was in May, although the original meeting was supposed to be in April, that there were multiple attempts to get the SCIF. So I was going into the skiff along with Lou and a number of others, but I think literally three times we were told it was going to happen and then it didn't. And that's easy enough for me living in Washington, DC, but for someone like Lou who has to come in from Wyoming, you know, that is very, very challenging and expensive and costly for someone of their own dime to keep trying to come in only have the meeting canceled. Now, that's not the members' fault. That's just the nature of trying to get the SCIF and some of the difficulties that they faced."
This reveals something crucial about how difficult it is to coordinate these classified briefings. As Gold explains, who works for NASA and also used to work for Robert Bigelow, witnesses like Lou Elizondo had to fly in from Wyoming multiple times, only to have meetings canceled at the last minute. And the logistics alone are creating barriers to disclosure. But the real story isn't about missing meetings. It's about what's actually being shared in those classified sessions versus what we see publicly.
But there is a whole lot of drama with the Skiflu allegations, a battle of he said, she said with Elizondo and Congresswoman Luna. Who is really telling the truth? Well, that is up for you to decide.
Legal expert Richard Beckwith, author of Need to Know, breaks down exactly how the government maintains UAP secrecy. Two key mechanisms are killing Freedom of Information Act requests, the Mosaic Theory and State secrets privilege.
Richard Beckwith clip: "So mosaic theory is the theory that although a particular piece of information may on its surface appear to be innocuous or unimportant, if placed into a larger mosaic or a picture, if you will, of a much greater scheme that's taking place, these little mosaics or these little pieces of information can be pieced together over time by an enemy or an adversary to determine what sorts of things you are working on."
Richard Beckwith clip: "They're not going to disclose it until you pry it from their dead cold fingers. It's just not going to happen. You can have all the hearings in Congress you want, but the gatekeepers, and I think, you know, some of us may have some idea about who those gatekeepers might be, but those gatekeepers are not going to let that information go. There is no altruism at the level of people that are safeguarding this information. There's a real lack of concern for fellow humans at that level."
And Ross argues that real disclosure will only come from presidential action, not Congress. The Intelligence Committee, the intelligence community appears to be successfully managing narrative control, keeping even presidents in check with carefully crafted briefings that justify continued secrecy.
Ross Coulthart clip: "I defy the White House to maintain its BS line that these are FAA, Federal Aviation Administration authorized research drones. That was a lame line put out by the White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt back in January when the President was forced to honor a promise he'd rashly made to the media before he'd had his briefing, where he basically wanted the White House Chief of Staff to find a quick explanation for what these drones were. And so we've been given a whole series of contradictory explanations now. We've had two generals go on US 60 Minutes, CBS 60 Minutes, and admit that they've got no blooming idea what these drones are, but they're a concern because they're obviously operating with impunity over the continental United States. Either way, however you see this, this is a national security and flight safety risk."
There are indications that some presidents have been briefed on UAP programs, but convinced that national security requires continued classification.
Richard Beckwith clip: "I always wonder what happens when, you know, let's say if we're a genetic experiment or if there is something about us that is a product. What happens when the subject of the experiment becomes aware of the experimenters? Is it time to start over and wipe the slate clean? So, you know, when we talk about disclosure and we talk about aliens, you know, it's one thing to tell people that, you know, there are aliens, you know, that we're being visited by some higher intelligence or some different intelligence from another part of the universe. That's one thing, but it's a completely different thing to tell them that they're the product of an experiment."
I think these raise really profound questions about humanity's place in the larger cosmic context and whether disclosure might fundamentally alter our understanding of reality itself. Not just us being alone in the universe, not just us being visited by ET or interdimensionals, but just reality as a whole.
So here's where we stand. Congress knows far more than what they say publicly, which we already know. And the secrecy apparatus built around this issue is more sophisticated than most people realize. You can't just be fed information on a silver spoon and hope for the best. There's a lot more layers to it. So the September 9th hearing will likely provide, hopefully, some valuable insights. And given what we've learned about the limitations of public hearings, do you think grassroots pressure will force real disclosure, or will it ultimately require presidential action? Will the president come on national news and say, guys, I have something to tell you, aliens.
I'm Cristina Gomez, and that is it for today. I will see you next time. Be safe, and remember, keep your eyes on the skies.
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