Summary
Liberation Times op-ed by Matt Ford arguing that chuck-schumer and mike-rounds — co-authors of the original uap-disclosure-act — are uniquely positioned to force genuine UAP disclosure and should have appeared at the June 9 Capitol Hill press conference alongside david-grusch, leslie-kean, and james-fox. Ford contends pursue released only a “sightings drawer” while the classified programs vault remains locked, citing christopher-mellon’s “data alone is not disclosure” formulation. The article argues the bill’s legal definitions of “non-human intelligence,” “technologies of unknown origin,” and eminent domain over recovered craft indicate the senators possessed substantive evidence — not rumor — when they wrote the law. An explicitly fictional Senate floor colloquy is presented showing what Schumer and Rounds should say, with Rounds stating “We are not alone.”
Key Claims
- chuck-schumer and mike-rounds co-authored the uap-disclosure-act, which included definitions of “non-human intelligence,” “technologies of unknown origin,” and an eminent-domain clause for recovered craft — language Ford argues could not have been drafted without substantive evidence. (Ford/article analysis)
- pursue released “sightings” records (encounter reports, NASA transcripts, old photos) but left classified special access programs — where recovered craft and reverse-engineering would sit — untouched. (Ford)
- christopher-mellon: “data alone is not disclosure.” (Mellon, quoted in article)
- A source with direct knowledge names the recovery and reverse-engineering effort as the “UAP Deep Legacy Program.” (unnamed source cited in article)
- david-grusch testified under oath that people had been harmed and possibly killed to keep these programs secret. (Grusch, 2023 congressional testimony, cited)
- lue-elizondo testified that he and colleagues faced “threats to our careers, our security clearances and even our lives.” (Elizondo testimony, cited)
- Schumer and Rounds gave a joint Senate floor colloquy Dec 13, 2023, calling the stripping of UAP Disclosure Act provisions “an outrage” and promising to “keep working to change the status quo.” (Dec 2023 Senate floor record)
- Both senators were conspicuously absent from the June 9, 2026 Capitol Hill press conference. (Ford)
Notable Quotes
“data alone is not disclosure.” — Christopher Mellon
“You do not write a legal definition for biological evidence of non-human intelligence as a figure of speech. You do not write an eminent-domain clause to seize recovered craft from private contractors on a hunch. Nobody legislates on rumors.” — Matt Ford
“I am not suicidal… If something happens to me or my family members in the future, you will know what happened.” — Lue Elizondo (quoted from The Good Trouble Show)