If this is confirmed it could turn out to be the biggest story you’ll see, and perhaps the biggest story of all time, even if most of the MSM will be completely ignoring or whitewashing it for a while, which we’ll get to below. (Please read everything else in this article as being prefaced by “if this is confirmed” so I don’t have to type it over and over again.) According to reporting by veteran journalists Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal, the reporters who broke the original AATIP UFO program story for the New York Times in 2017, along with Australian investigative journalist Ross Coulthart, a whistleblower from deep inside the government has come forward with some remarkable claims. He has records of a deep, black-budget program where the American military is in possession of multiple “craft,” both partial and intact, that have been determined to be of “non-human origin.” And that’s not all. He claims we’ve had them for a long time and the Pentagon never told Congress about it or submitted the program to congressional oversight. Kean and Blumenthal’s article appears at The Debrief and it’s full of eye-opening allegations from someone who is well-positioned to know such things.

A former intelligence official turned whistleblower has given Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General extensive classified information about deeply covert programs that he says possess retrieved intact and partially intact craft of non-human origin.

The information, he says, has been illegally withheld from Congress, and he filed a complaint alleging that he suffered illegal retaliation for his confidential disclosures, reported here for the first time.

Other intelligence officials, both active and retired, with knowledge of these programs through their work in various agencies, have independently provided similar, corroborating information, both on and off the record.

(Full disclosure: I occasionally write for The Debrief and am friends with all of the people involved, but I was not involved in the development of this article, nor did I even know it was being worked on. I’m just an occasional contributor of UFO stories who doesn’t even get paid.)

You’ll need to click through and read the entire article because there are so many facets to this story that it’s hard to wrap your head around them. But we’ll cover some of the highlights here and I’ll offer a few observations. First of all, the identity of the whistleblower is known. His name is David Charles Grusch, 36. He was a decorated combat officer in Afghanistan and went on to work in some of the deepest layers of the intelligence community at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). He served as a representative to the UAP Task Force. He was cleared for access to more than 2,000 Special Access Programs (SAPs). At one time he delivered daily intelligence briefings to the President. That’s how deep this guy was, so he’s clearly seen some things.

Grusch said that we’ve been recovering everything from fragments to intact vehicles of non-human origin and trying to study them “for decades.” He also said that the United States is not the only country in possession of such materials. Other countries have them as well and presumably have also kept everything secret. He said that the materials are “of exotic origin” and possess “unique atomic arrangements and radiological signatures.” It’s also worth pointing out that he cleared all of his statements with his superiors before talking to reporters. He is further protected from government retaliation by the whistleblower protection provisions of the 2023 NDAA.

There’s plenty more to read at The Debrief, but the first observation I would make is that we’re still not at the point of talking about “aliens” as in extraterrestrials. At least not yet. That may be the most likely meaning of “non-human” as it’s being used here, but I suppose it could refer to some undiscovered intelligent species on our own planet. Heck, it could be dolphins for all I know. (Always a favorite topic of mine.) It could be something “interdimensional,” which could also not really be considered extraterrestrial.

Another thing to note is something I’ve speculated about here in the past on many occasions. According to Grusch, the program under which these objects have been studied was “nested” inside of other secret programs. So there was never any legislative oversight and we don’t even know if the program’s funding was achieved through authorized channels. In other words, some of the people who kept this secret could be in a lot of trouble and could conceivably even be arrested. In an interview with Grusch set to air this evening on NewsNation, we will allegedly learn of other “very serious” crimes that have allegedly been committed in the past in the interest of keeping all of this secret.

Now we get to the part none of the “believers” (like me) are going to want to hear. It brings us back to the “if this is confirmed” caveat I inserted at the top. We still don’t absolutely know if this is true. No exotic materials or even documents have been released for public examination. While there are many highly-placed people vouching for Grusch’s reputation, all of this still relies on the testimony of one man. It’s almost inconceivable that a man in his position would risk his entire career and reputation to make up a tale like this, but if we’re being honest, we can’t rule it out with 100% certainty. Also, I don’t see anything in these reports suggesting that Grusch himself ever worked on any exotic craft or materials, or that he ever touched them or even saw them with his own eyes. In fact, he confirmed to Coulthart that he had not. He may be relying on the reports of others inside this program. What if they were feeding him misinformation for some reason?

All I’m saying is that, once again, extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence. Proof of intelligent life from beyond our world being made public would be one of the most profound moments in human history. But we’ve been burned before. So let’s allow ourselves some guarded and cautious optimism until we see what else (if anything) is revealed to the public. Apparently, not all MSM outlets refused to cover the story, or not entirely. Ralph Blumenthal said that the Washington Post didn’t “turn down” the story, but “needed more time” to look into it. They were under pressure to get it out there, so they went with The Debrief.

To be clear — the Washington Post did not pass on our UAP story. Leslie and I took it to the Debrief because we were under growing pressure to publish it very quickly. The Post needed more time and we couldn't wait. #UAP #UFOs #flyingsaucers #ET #aliens #extraterrestrials

— Ralph Blumenthal (@ralphblu) June 5, 2023

In the meantime, check out this episode of Couthart and his partner Bryce Zabel’s Need to Know podcast that came out this morning. They discuss the case in detail and also reveal how and why most (not all) of the mainstream media outlets were convinced to conduct yet another news blackout. (Spoiler alert: The government didn’t want them to cover it.)