First State UFO Task Force And Why It Matters

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Vermont just became the first date in the country to introduce structured legislation for a UAP task force. Former Navy pilots, are retired rear admiral, and a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense have all volunteered to assist. Here is everything you need to know. As always, I'm here to report the information without bias, and you can decide what to believe.

You can find the sources in my detailed articles at ufonews dot Co along within the description box below. Hey, follow yours, I'm Christina go Medz and welcome to this episode of UFO News Updates. Today we're covering House Bill six' five to four out Of. Vermont Representative Troy hedrick Of burlington has introduced a bill to create the state's first official task force for investigating, UAPs and this one is different from anything we've ever seen at the state level.

Before the bill establishes a ten Member Vermont Airspace safety AND Uap Task force co chaired by The department Of Public safety and The agency Of. Transportation the members would include representatives from The Vermont National, guard The bureau Of Criminal, investigation aviation, experts radar and sensor specialists and academic aerospace experts and a rep from The Vermont Intelligence. Center it covers objects in the air and, underwater and it specifically DEFINES uap as an object that cannot be readily attributed to a known or conventional, source including objects showing instantaneous acceleration without visible, inertia or hypersonic speeds without heat, signatures or sonic.

Booms really looking at the five, observables so that is physics based language written directly in the, legislation And hedrick sat down With Ross coulthard On News Nation's Reality check and laid out what motivated him to take this all. On it started innocently. Enough it started When maggie, Said, Hey i've got this. Bill i'm a firm believer THAT i have a platform and if folks bring bills to me that they want to introduce that don't cause, harm THAT i have an obligation of doing just.

That SO i will admit to not necessarily being as informed As maggie is on the. Topic but ONCE i looked into, this this was sort of a no brainer for. Me i'm a huge fan of government, transparency and this increases government transparency in the wake of what the federal government is always already doing to begin to DECLASSIFY uap. DATA i think the states have a role in collecting that data and providing that data to.

Folks To, hedrick this is about building a framework to, collect, analyze and report on what is happening In vermont airspace and. Waterways, now state LEVEL uap legislation has been introduced before in other. States but a view You were supporter and YouTube Moderator Cecil web pointing out in his detailed breakdown of this bill that he emailed, Me vermont's approach is more structured than. Most it doesn't create new law enforcement and it explicitly defers TO faa jurisdiction on aviation.

Safety so Here vermont is not stepping on federal. Toes but it does create What web describes as institutional capacity for data collection and, analysis and that matters for a very simple. Reason local law enforcement and aviation personnel are often the first to encounter these, incidents long before any federal agency gets. Involved hendrick was very clear about the scope of this bill when he spoke With Jesse webber On News nation back In.

January pretty narrowly tailored, Bill it really just sets up a task force for the purpose of collecting data and adding some transparency to the conversation ABOUT UAPs anomalous. Phenomenon so this would be a body charged with evaluating reports of any unidentified aerial or underwater, objects assessing airspace and public safety, risks coordinating with federal and academic, partners and then delivering bindings and. Recommendations the bill also directly references The Pentagon's All Domain Anomaly Resolution office better known AS, arrow and THE Uap Disclosure act That congress pushed in twenty twenty, three all the way too twenty twenty, five which it. Has yet to be.

Passed And vermont is building state level infrastructure designed to interface with these federal efforts while maintaining its own independent. Analysis and that is. Huge so Why. Vermont according to data from The NATIONAL Ufo Reporting, Center vermont consistently ranks as the number one or number two state in the country for A uap sightings per, capita with roughly eighty eight sidings per one hundred thousand, residents and that places it usually Behind Washington.

State Maggie, lens The vermont lobbyist who brought this bill To, hedrick made that. Point On Reality, check. There are multiple sources who Have vermont ranked AS i believe number two in terms of unidentified and omalost phenomenon. Sighting so this is very relevant To.

VERMONT i think it has a place in the national. Conversation we hope to inspire other states to follow, suit but this is very much A vermont. Issue Now there's still more to, cover so don't go anywhere because what comes next is something that most outlets are not focusing. On there is the real world context, here as reported by Seven Days vermont In january of this, year residents in late twenty twenty four reported seeing unexplained lights in the ninth sky above their.

Homes vermont also shares a border With canada and hosts the one hundred and fifty eighth Fighter wing of The Vermont Air National guard At Burlington International. Airport As web noted in his, analysis the bill's emphasis on coordination with The National guard And Intelligence center suggests concerns about airspace incursions in operational, areas so these are practical safety. Issues one of the standout features of this bill is the role of The Scientific coalition FOR Uap studies or THE. Scu this nonprofit organization would serve as the principal scientific analyst for the Task, force and they would receive, reports apply scientific, methods and provide analytical.

Findings the Task force retains final authority over how these findings are used in policy or public. Communications web described this partnership structure as one of the things that makes this bill really. Unusual it preserves government overscience while bringing in external, expertise and in some ways it mirrors the federal. Approach Robert, powell a founding board member of THE, scu stated that while most reports turn out to be ordinary, objects a few may reveal phenomena that we have not yet fully.

Understood Maggie lenz told The Seven Days vermont that she shared the bill with the organization and they were very. Supportive the people willing to testify before The Vermont House committee On Government operations And Military affairs are not low. Profile Ryan, graves well known pilot in The navy who gave testimony To, congress has indicated his willingness to provide testimony to our committee as. WELL a former retired rear admiral of The, navy similarly more than willing to be on record about talking about how there is information here that we need to harness and collect and.

Centralize and again To maggie's, POINT i think The states have a very important role to play in that. He mentioned retired rear admiral from The. Navy is he referring To Tim galadad. Here Maggie lenz also added That Christopher, mellon the Former Deputy Assistant secretary Of defense For, intelligence has also indicated willingness to speak with The Vermont.

Committee and it is really interesting That Ryan graves was. Mentioned he is a Former navy fighter pilot who testified before The House Oversight committee back In july of twenty twenty, three and he Told congress THAT uap sightings in restricted military airspace were not, rare but were grossly. Unreported his, Organization americans For Safe, aerospace has already pledged support For vermont's. Bill but there's a very legit and concerning.

Question if the federal government is collecting data ON, uap where is that data actually. Going hedrick addresses this head on during His Reality check, appearing and it is one of the most significant statements from the entire. Interview and not only are they hiding it right, now the programs that collect and keep this data share it with private defense. Contractors, Right so the information that is being gathered is not being held by the, government not being shared by the.

Government it is being held by private defense. Contractors that's a, problem. And that is a problem because these private contractors are not held TO foia. Requests that is consistent with what Whistleblower David grush testified To congress back In july of twenty twenty three when he stated under oath that a multi decade crash retrieval and reverse engineering program existed and That congress had been denied access to.

It why because many of these things are held by private. Contractors this new bill builds in a confidential reporting system so that residents and officials can submit reports without feeling fear of, ridicule and there would be a public web page meaning minutes and non confidential materials available to the. Public at least one public meaning per year is, required and your reports go to the government and legislative committees By december fifteenth each. Year hedrick Told Jesse weber that he has a practical reason BEYOND uap for pushing.

This he said he can foresee a future where many things get delivered by, drone and law enforcement may want drones for. Surveillance he wants data collection already underway so that when policy makers are asked to create these guardrail, policies they are working from. Evidence it's also worth noting that the session runs From january Through, may so the window for movement is right. Now if the bill, passes the task force becomes operation In july first of twenty twenty, six with the first annual report Due december, fifteenth twenty twenty.

Six As web pointed, out that is a tight timeline for establishing reported, systems conducting, analysis and developing policy. Recommendations do you think other states should fall Over month's lead and create their OWN uap task? Force and if your state created, one would you be willing to submit a report about something that you've. Witnessed, also if all these different states create their OWN uap task, force will they be sharing data with one?

Another leave your thoughts in the comments. Below I'm Christinea gomez And lanza for, today AND i will see you again tomorrow at TEN ampst for ANOTHER ufo news. Updates be safe and remember keep your eyes on the. Skies Assisiss.

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