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The ocean science community must put science before stigma with anomalous phenomena - C C - Feb 14, 2023
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/3853227-the-ocean-science-community-must-put-science-before-stigma-with-anomalous-phenomena/
EXCERPTS: While the Chinese spy balloon has captured worldwide attention, a former U.S. Navy fighter pilot named Ryan Graves quietly published an astonishing op-ed on a topic which should foster far greater interest.
Graves described his repeated encounters with unidentified aerial or anomalous phenomena (UAP), previously known as UFOs, off the Eastern Seaboard between 2014-2015. The performance characteristics of these objects were impossible for modern aircraft to replicate. They resulted in numerous near mid-air collisions with the author’s fellow pilots, causing urgent safety of flight concerns by senior Navy leadership.
The Navy seemed to all but ignore these incredible events until video data from the Navy aircraft involved was reported by The New York Times in 2017.
Since then, Congress has passed legislation directing the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish a dedicated office to investigate such anomalous phenomena....
[...] the UAP they were observing had recently emerged from the sea below it, indicating the occurrence of unidentified undersea phenomena (UUP)...
[...] How is it that these anomalous observations have not risen to the level of other science priorities, such as climate change? Simply put, stigma. The attention given by many non-scientific, fringe enthusiasts to the UAP arena has tainted the topic, repulsing those who rightly seek to maintain their scientific integrity and professional reputation. Additionally, the U.S. government thwarted objective analysis of UAPs out of a concern that adversaries would use them as a psychological warfare tool to sow mass hysteria and panic.
Despite major progress in the investigation of UAP [...] there is no corresponding scientific effort to investigate similar anomalies that have been detected in the world’s oceans. Three immediate actions would remedy scientific neglect of similar anomalies in the vast and vital maritime domain:
(1) The White House-led Ocean Policy Committee should amend the Opportunities and Actions for Ocean Science and Technology (2022-2028) to add UUP research as a seventh area for immediate opportunity....
[...] (2) The Naval Studies Board of the National Academies should conduct a survey of anomalous undersea observations and make recommendations for a national research program regarding UUP...
[...] (3) The United Nations (UN) Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development should endorse an Ocean Decade Action to create an international effort to research UUPs... (MORE - missing details)
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