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Declassified Memos Show Pentagon Rejected Senator Reid's Request to Classify AATIP Program

In 2009, Senator Harry Reid asked the Pentagon to place the Advanced Aerospace Threat and Identification Program under special access protection, citing 'highly sensitive, unconventional aerospace-related findings.' But DIA concluded the program's first-year reports—covering topics like antigravity and wormholes—were unclassified academic research that did not warrant such secrecy.

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Pentagon Requests Emergency Approval for New UAP Reporting Form

The Department of Defense has requested emergency clearance for a new online form that will allow current and former government employees, service members, and contractors to report firsthand knowledge of UAP-related programs. The form, mandated by the FY2023 NDAA, is a key step in AARO's effort to compile a historical record of government UAP activities since 1945.

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DoD Cleared David Grusch's UAP Statements for Public Release, FOIA Records Show

Newly released DoD records show that the Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review approved David Grusch's speaker summary and interview questions on UAP for public release in April 2023, just before his separation from government service.

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AARO Opens Reporting Portal for Government Insiders with Knowledge of UAP Programs

The Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office is now accepting reports from current and former U.S. government employees, service members, and contractors with firsthand knowledge of UAP-related programs dating back to 1945, offering legal protections that override non-disclosure agreements.

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Senate Amendment Would Mandate Disclosure of UAP Records, Create Independent Review Board

A bipartisan group of senators has introduced an amendment to the FY2024 defense bill that would require the federal government to centralize and publicly disclose all records related to unidentified anomalous phenomena, including technologies of unknown origin and non-human intelligence, within 25 years unless the President certifies specific national security harms.

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NASA-Pentagon Agreement Reveals Formal Liaison to UAP Office

A recently released FOIA document shows that NASA and the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) signed a Memorandum of Agreement detailing the assignment of a NASA employee to serve as a liaison, facilitating information sharing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.

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CIA Document Reveals 1966 Plan to Use Amytal Interviews on Prison Inmates for Behavior Control Research

A declassified CIA memorandum from October 1966 recommends approval of a grant to study verbal and psychophysiological correlates of altered consciousness during amobarbital interviews, using subjects from a male psychiatric prison ward. The research was part of the CIA's Behavior Control program and aimed to improve interrogation techniques by reducing inhibition concerning critical information.

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CIA's Artichoke Project: Covert Mission to Collect Hallucinogenic Mushrooms in Mexico

A declassified CIA memo from November 1952 reveals plans for a covert trip to Mexico to collect narcotic and toxic plants, including hallucinogenic mushrooms, for the Artichoke project. The officer leading the trip intended to use a special test he had developed over fifteen years to identify plants of interest.

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CIA's Project Artichoke Files: Newly Released Documents Detail Consultant Recruitment and Drug Research

Recently declassified CIA documents from the MKULTRA collection reveal internal memos about Project Artichoke, a precursor to MKULTRA, discussing research into physiological effects of drugs and the recruitment of consultants to assist the agency.

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