In our strange new political universe, once-fringe notions have built-in fan bases in today's Congress. Enter David Grusch, a former intelligence officer who claims that the US government is in possession of an intact UFO. 📷: Department of Defense/AP
to mandate that no money can be spent on SAP’s unless it's been reported to Congress. “So if there are SAPs out there that are somehow outside of the normal chain of command and outside the normal appropriations process, they have to divulge that to Congress,” Gilibrand says.
Other senators say there isn’t much to figure out. “Generally, I would look skeptically at many of these reports,” says Senator Martin Heinrich, a New Mexico Democrat who serves on the Intelligence Committee. While Heinrich remains dubious of the whistleblower, he says UAPs are a conundrum the federal government must address.
Still, among other senators, radio silence. WIRED sent an inquiry to Senate Intelligence Committee chair Mark Warner; in less than a minute, the Virginia Democrat’s staff replied, “We’re a no comment on this—thank you!” As for the accusation that the federal government has lied to Congress and hidden some SAPs for decades? “We've heard these accusations before,” Warner says, before stopping himself, again. “Let me get some information first.”Lawmakers are still awaiting more answers on the spy balloons that dominated the news—and American air space—at the start of the year, especially in regard to thewithin an eight-day period this February.
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