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Could the government really hide a secret UFO program? (Immaculate Constellation) - C C - Oct 11, 2024
https://thedebrief.org/opinion-immaculate-constellation-could-the-government-really-hide-a-secret-ufo-program/
EXCERPTS: Recently, independent journalist and author Michael Shellenberger published an article on his subscription news site, Public, alleging that a new, unnamed government whistleblower had come forward. The whistleblower asserts that a highly classified program exists dedicated to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), including the potential recovery and reverse-engineering of UAP technologies.
This isn’t the first time a former or current government official has made similar claims [David Grusch, for example]...
[...] However, in Shellenberger’s recent article, the purported whistleblower went a step further, revealing the name of a highly secretive Pentagon “Unacknowledged Special Access Program” (USAP) codenamed “IMMACULATE CONSTELLATION.” Reportedly, this program involves investigating, recovering, and attempting reverse engineering of alien technologies.
While interesting, in the grand scheme of things, this new whistleblower’s claims leave us in a familiar situation—a fascinating story that is nearly impossible to verify. However, this doesn’t mean the underlying theme of these whistleblower claims isn’t worth exploring.
[...] Some have argued that the Executive Branch managing an unacknowledged, top-secret program without congressional oversight violates Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution, which outlines Congress’s enumerated powers.
In theory, these critics have a valid point. However, they often need to pay more attention to Article 2 of the Constitution, which grants the president broad executive and enforcement authority. This allows the president considerable discretion in enforcing laws and managing the resources and personnel of the Executive Branch. In practice, this executive power enables the president to operate with significant autonomy, even in areas that are at odds with congressional oversight.
The president’s executive power extends even further when it comes to classified material and national security information (NSI)...
[...] the bureaucratic mechanisms are in place, and the historical record shows that highly secretive programs, with limited oversight, could very well exist. nnThis brings up another aspect of the whistleblower’s accusation, that the Executive Branch has been managing this secret “UAP/NHI“ program “for some time, quite possibly decades.”
[...] Considering the extreme polarization in modern politics, the idea that multiple presidential administrations would agree to act as guarantors of such an extraordinary secret seems even less likely than the existence of a crashed alien spacecraft... (MORE - missing details)
Whistleblower names ‘Immaculate Constellation’ UAP program ... https://youtu.be/3e4jAbaQdmQ