FY2023 NDAA UAP provisions
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| Date | 6 December 2022 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Government programs (topic), Congress & law (topic) |
| People | Kirsten Gillibrand, Marco Rubio |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 213 |
| Year | 2022 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2022 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 5 |
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, whose final text was released in early December 2022 and which President Biden signed on 23 December 2022, contained the most extensive UAP provisions of any U.S. law to that date, including a review of the government's historical involvement with UAP since 1945 and protections for people who report UAP information to Congress.[1][2]
Passage
The bill, H.R. 7776, began in the House in May 2022. After amendments in both chambers, the House agreed to the final version on 8 December 2022 by 350 votes to 80 and the Senate on 15 December by 83 to 11.[1]
The provisions
The act, together with the accompanying Intelligence Authorization Act, expanded the role of the Pentagon's new All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), required a review of UAP-related government activity back to 1945, and created a secure reporting system with protections for current and former officials and contractors who report UAP information, exempting such reports from non-disclosure agreements. It built on UAP language in the 2022 defence and intelligence acts.[1][2][3]
Softened proposals
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Original proposals by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Marco Rubio were more far-reaching, and negotiators softened some parts, including provisions on reporting programs.[2]
Results
The law marked a major step in official engagement with UAP. AARO's historical report, required by it, was published in two volumes, the first in March 2024, which found no evidence that the U.S. government had recovered extraterrestrial technology.[3][4]
People and topics
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- National Defense Authorization Act — The yearly U.S. defense law, which has carried UAP provisions since 2021.
- AARO — The Pentagon office set up in 2022 to investigate UAP.
- Kirsten Gillibrand — New York senator who helped create AARO and chaired a 2023 hearing on its work.
- Marco Rubio — Former Florida senator and Secretary of State who pushed for the 2021 UAP report.
On the Timeline
- Brandon Fugal's conviction (27 October 2022) — Skinwalker Ranch owner Brandon Fugal says senior figures convinced him reverse engineering is real.
- December 2022 Pentagon UAP briefing (17 December 2022) — Pentagon officials say they've seen no evidence that crashed UAP are from another world.
See every 2022 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "Compromise 2023 NDAA outlines provisions for military disruptive tech, UAP and more", The Debrief · thedebrief.org · archived copy
- All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "Pentagon UFO office finds 'no empirical evidence' for alien technology in new report", Space.com (Mar 2024) · space.com · archived copy
- douglasjohnson.ghost.io · douglasjohnson.ghost.io · archived copy
Further reading
- All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- AARO official site · aaro.mil · archived copy
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