redline248 said:
I know I am a big skeptic, so take my comments as you will, but the fact that congress and the media are suddenly so willing to talk about this stuff is really fascinating.
Fascinating and fishy. Why is it so mainstream, seemingly overnight?
For a number of us this feels like anything but overnight. To try and explain it, though...
- Around the time of the 2017 New York Times article, too many pilots/military personnel began privately coming forward to the powers-that-be about the sightings/encounters they were having, due in part to the efforts of Lue Elizondo, Chris Mellon, and yes, Tom Delong, to pull back the veil, destigmatize the subject, and give military personnel an official means through which to report their sightings/encounters. Over the years, many of these reports ultimately made their way to Tim Burchett, Anna Paulina Luna, Marco Rubio, et al, who have seen/heard far more than we have in that regard.
- Around the same time, David Grusch began his deep dive into the subject, interviewing witnesses close to/in what he and many others claim are UAP crash retrieval/reverse engineering programs. Grusch took four to five years to conduct his research and collect his data, which he then presented to the ICIG in 2022, along with the testimony of the 40 government/contractor witnesses who corroborated his claims, which the ICIG eventually deemed as "credible and urgent."
- All of this (pilot/military personnel reports + Gruch & co), plus whatever other unknown factors, was convincing enough to the powers-that-be to ultimately lead to the drafting of the Schumer Amendment, beginning at some point in 2022.
- Grusch then went public in June of this year (ultimately testifying before Congress), and the Schumer Amendment was officially submitted/made public in July. These two back-to-back events are essentially what "supercharged" interest, and made congress/the media so willing to talk about this stuff. The
60 Minutes piece in 2021 didn't hurt either, and helped to grease the wheels as well.
Of course, again, there are behind-the-scenes aspects at play that we don't yet know, which no doubt spurred all of this as well, but the above is the best us common folk can do to explain it.