UFO Footage: The Time Has Come for Full Disclosure
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Why Not Release All the UFO Videos?
Reports indicate that members of Congress were astonished by 40 minutes of footage from the U.S. Navy. Why not share the more impressive visuals with the public instead of just the unclear images?
After Congress received a briefing about the classified elements of the Pentagon’s UAP report in June, scientist Robert McGwier participated in a panel on the Canadian UFO radio show Spaced Out Radio. He mentioned he had heard from a contact present during the closed-door meeting.
This briefing featured the National Security Council alongside various Congress members, although McGwier did not specify how many. This exclusive group was exposed to details that have yet to be shared with the public.
“They viewed 70 pages and 14 videos,” he stated. “They got to see the good stuff.” He later clarified, “I want to emphasize that I did not hear any classified information.”
McGwier, often referred to as “Bob the Science Guy,” is a well-respected figure in the ufology community.
With a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Brown University and expertise in radio technology, he joined the Institute for Defense Analyses Center for Communications Research in 1986. Later, in 2011, he led a research center at Virginia Tech, where he was noted for receiving the intelligence community's "highest honor" in 2002.
He continued, “I know several individuals who attended the National Security Council meeting. The best comment I heard was, ‘What we witnessed was 40 minutes of science fiction films. We were all astonished.’”
This implies that the footage of UAPs displaying their capabilities over the ocean, maneuvering around U.S. Navy ships and aircraft, is not fiction but rather an actual occurrence.
Imagine video that evokes a strong sense of reality, reminiscent of the “paradigm shift” described by philosopher Thomas Kuhn in his 1962 work The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. It signifies a transition from the old to the new.
The videos already made public, including those reported by the New York Times and leaked by ufologist Jeremy Corbell, are remarkable and transformative. They are arguably the most recognized “authentic” UFO videos available to the public today. Future literature on the subject will likely include these visuals as prominently as past UFO books showcased the famed Trent photographs from McMinnville.
However, these recordings are insufficient.
Time to Drop the Fig Leaf
The Pentagon, U.S. Navy, and other authorities must improve their transparency regarding what the public can access. If the “science fiction” footage is as impressive as described, it could lead influential figures like Neil deGrasse Tyson to place the extraterrestrial hypothesis high on the list of possibilities.
It’s time—no, it’s long overdue—for the U.S. government to abandon the pretext of “national security” concerns.
Luis Elizondo and Christopher Mellon articulate it well: aircraft carriers and fighter jets serve, beyond their military roles, as data-collection machines. This is integral to national defense. Inside vessels like the USS Nimitz or USS Princeton, trained experts continuously monitor various tracking systems. We know they utilize radar, but they also possess advanced technologies unknown to the public, designed to safeguard the nation against threats.
The reasoning often presented is: “We cannot disclose that information, nor can we confirm its existence, because it would compromise our secrets.” This would permit adversaries like China or Russia to understand our capabilities.
This argument is, to some degree, understandable. However, here’s the reality:
China and Russia are aware that we have video surveillance.
Indeed, they know. So do modern pirates and drug traffickers. Everyone is aware of the existence of video technology. Thanks to the prevalence of smartphones, which combine essential tools akin to those in Star Trek, virtually everyone has access to cameras.
Yet, what we lack is the “astonishing” footage that a select few Congress members reportedly viewed in private. We know it exists. In one podcast, Elizondo mentioned video capturing a UAP that was very close to the lens. Can you even fathom that?
For the time being, one can only imagine.
Given his strict adherence to his Non-Disclosure Agreement, Elizondo’s assurance of such high-quality Pentagon footage indicates that the knowledge of its existence is not inherently a matter of national security. It belongs to the public domain at this point.
Except, of course, the actual footage.
But What If...?
One could also argue: What if the “Tic Tacs” and triangular crafts belong to us? Then revealing such information might expose our military capabilities to adversaries. Conversely, if these crafts are indeed from Russia or China, we wouldn’t want them to know that we are aware of their technology.
However, the truth is: If they are from Russia or China, they are already cognizant that we are aware. This has been the case for years. The New York Times article in 2017 effectively ended the secrecy surrounding this topic.
If the crafts are American, it’s likely that foreign powers would have some awareness of that too.
Let’s be honest.
Among the numerous possibilities that have been dismissed, officials have firmly stated that the UAPs investigated over the past decade are not U.S.-made or operated. According to those in the know, this scenario is no longer considered viable.
Regarding foreign adversaries, Senator Mitt Romney expressed it succinctly during a summer CNN interview with Jake Tapper:
“I don’t believe they’re coming from foreign adversaries. If they were, it would suggest they possess technology far beyond our understanding. Frankly, neither China nor Russia is there. And neither are we, so I’m not concerned from a national security perspective.”
Here we have a respected U.S. Senator implying, without directly stating, that the UAPs tracked by the Navy—after ten years of study—are not of human origin.
He’s not claiming they are extraterrestrial, but he is hinting at the possibility, which he would “find hard to believe,” purely hypothetically.
It’s time for the Pentagon to host a significant movie night. Release the footage. The good stuff. We financed it, we know it exists, and everyone is aware of the type of equipment used to capture it. It belongs to all of us. Let’s collectively view it and advance this conversation.
Get ready, everyone.
CLARIFICATION: The original version of this article inaccurately stated that McGwier was involved in SkyHub, a civilian project cataloging anomalous events. Based on recent information, we have removed this reference for accuracy.
> Trail of the Saucers is published by Stellar Productions and Bryce Zabel, co-host of the podcast Need to Know with Coulthart and Zabel.