Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) says that President Trump should declassify secret government archives about unidentified flying objects (UFOs), also known as unidentified anomalous phenomena (UPAs) in the spirit of greater government transparency.
“Now do UFOs,” Schumer wrote on X, the social media platform, above a repost of the White House’s announcement that Trump has ordered government files on John F. Kennedy, the nation’s 35th president, Robert F. Kennedy, his brother, and Martin Luther King, Jr. to be declassified.
Schumer and Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) introduced a bill in the last Congress to require that government records related to UAPs be disclosed unless officials provide reasons for why it should remain classified.
The provisions to require information related to UAPs or UFOs be made public, however, were later stripped from the annual defense authorization bill.
Schumer took up the mantel for calling for greater transparency for government records on UFOs from the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who sponsored a project to investigate incidents surrounding unexplained aerial phenomena.
Lawmakers took a greater interest in such phenomena a month ago when unexplained drone sightings above New York, New Jersey and other Eastern states caused an uproar in the media and on Capitol Hill.
The Federal Aviation Administration last month banned drone flights in parts of New Jersey and New York and the FBI and Department of Homeland Security investigated drone sightings that sparked public concern.
