Mark Walker and the Navy (2019)
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Contents 7
| Date | 6 September 2019 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Secrecy & cover-up (topic), Congress & law (topic) |
| People | Mark Walker |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 194 |
| Year | 2019 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2019 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 5 |
In 2019 Rep. Mark Walker of North Carolina, the ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security subcommittee on intelligence and counterterrorism, wrote to the Navy asking what it was doing about UAP reported by its pilots, and later said its answer was insufficient.[1][2]
The letter
Walker wrote to Navy Secretary Richard Spencer on 16 July 2019 and made the letter public on 29 July, three days after raising the issue on Fox News's Tucker Carlson Tonight. He said the reported encounters, at home and abroad, could pose a serious security risk if true, and mentioned reports of Chinese investment in advanced aerospace technology. On television he linked the sightings to new infrared and radar systems on Navy jets and asked whether they might be a foreign defence system.[1]
The Navy's reply
Under Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly replied on 31 July 2019 that there had been reports of unauthorised or unidentified aircraft entering military training ranges and airspace, and that the Navy took them very seriously and logged and investigated them. He pointed to the spread of cheap drones as a growing problem for airspace de-confliction, and said the Navy would keep working with the House Armed Services Committee, of which Walker was not a member.[2]
"Withholding"
In September 2019 Politico reported that Walker was accusing the Navy of withholding information. The reply did not mention the high-profile Navy encounters dating back to 2004 or any link to the Pentagon's AATIP study. The Navy released the full letter on 5 March 2020 in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, and The War Zone published it.[2]
Significance
Walker's letter was part of a wider push in Congress that led to new UAP reporting requirements in defence and intelligence legislation from 2020 onwards.[1][2]
People and topics
- Mark Walker — North Carolina congressman who pressed the Navy on UAP in 2019.
- U.S. Navy — The U.S. naval service, whose pilots reported the UAP encounters revealed in 2017.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
On the Timeline
- TTSA technical collaborations (2019) (8 August 2019) — To The Stars announces technical collaborations with aerospace companies.
- Noel Longuemare on the Wilson notes (29 November 2019) — A former Pentagon acquisitions official describes how secret programs were overseen.
See every 2019 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- "Congressman has written an official letter to the Navy demanding answers on UFOs", The War Zone (July 2019) · twz.com · archived copy
- Joseph Trevithick, "This is the letter the Navy sent a congressman who was demanding answers about UFOs", The War Zone (March 2020) · twz.com · archived copy
- Rep. Mark Walker's letter to Navy Secretary Spencer — The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- politico.com · politico.com · archived copy
- web.archive.org · web.archive.org · archived copy
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