reposted from a conversation between Bruce and I on FB -- Bruce:
This is a great article for anyone counting on TTSA for quasi-official UFO disclosure
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/9865184/amp
Is There A UFO Cover-up? A Government Insider Speaks Out
Chris Mellon has spent nearly 20 years in the federal government serving in various national security positions. For the first time, he has agreed to spe...
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If anyone on the team would gave had access it should be Mellon. If he didn't then there is no reason to believe Justice, Semivan, Puthoff or Elizondo did.
7:27 AM
Skeptiko
... or he's maybe not exactly telling the truth. see:
https://richarddolanmembers.com/free-content/dr-kit-green-on-the-record/
Dr. Kit Green, On the Record - Richard Dolan Members
Dr. Kit Green, On the Record By Richard Dolan August 24, 2019 Intro: The Wilson Document Leak In early June 2019, two very interesting and controversial documents were leaked to the UFO community which have caused some commotion. I don’t think this commotion is going to stop any time soon. I ha...
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Skeptiko
But he ascribes it to what is known as active measures. “It’s a very classic intelligence operation,” he said. “. . . The idea of doing this is not new and it’s not unusual. There’s a whole school of intelligence operations research which is built around the notion of taking the very best trained people you’ve got and convincing them of small things in an active measures program that are untrue. This is a huge area.” He continued: “In the active measures program in the agency [CIA] at one time, there were large numbers of people involved in this. There were hundreds. Okay? The idea of convincing some individual person of something that is incorrect is absolutely not unusual.” Such programs incorporate CC&D (a phrase referenced in the emails). This stands for Camouflage, Concealment, and Deception. It is incredibly expensive, stated Green, and has been going on for many decades. -- the guys are literally in the business of lying
8:49 AM
Well, the thing here is, as I just said to someone, either Mellon is truthful and therefore knows nothing more than teh average UFO researcher, or he is bare faced lying in that interview. WHich one is a good result???
Looks like a lose-lose to me.
That interview was from before TTSA. Maybe he regrets it today.
TTSA have positioned themselves as the world's first UFO consultancy (and provider of R & D) for government and industry clients. Using mainstream media for PR and marketing. While they have let the public believe they are, or can bring, official disclosure. It is very smart, I will give them that, and I am sure they will do very well. No wonder they just let Tom rant but never directly state his opinions are based on existing evidence. They either don't have any such supporting evidence themselves, or are not allowed to reference it, instead they just let the public believe as they wish. Later they can say "we never actually stated we were bringing official disclosure" sorry.
10:07 AM
Skeptiko
hey Bruce... can I share this on the Skeptiko forum. I gotta lot to say about this and wanta get TES into the conversation as he and others have some intelligence background.
Sure thing
It is a really great intervie that i had not seen until now, and as it predates TTSA I think we get a more honest view of Mellon before the PR campaign
My fave quotes:
"I visited Area 51 and other military, intelligence and research facilities. During all those years, I never detected the faintest hint of government interest or involvement in UFOs." "In my view, calling for the end to an alleged government UFO cover-up is almost certainly a dead end, and does not help inspire anyone in government to become more open to the topic. The UFO mystery is a scientific problem." "So while I have no reason to believe there is any recovered alien technology, I will say this: If it were me, and I were trying to bury it deep, I'd take it outside government oversight entirely and place it in a compartment as a new entity within an existing defense company..." Kind of torpedoes the popular narrative that Mellon and crew are bringing an official gov disclosure to the table.