Sol’s 2024 Symposium November 22-23 at The Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
PLEASE NOTE: SEATS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. We regret that this is the case and greatly appreciate your interest, but we cannot answer new correspondence requesting invitations at the time. Video of the talks and fireside chats will be posted at a later date.
Over the last year, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) have become more visible in our world, with sightings on the increase and government, academia, and media taking notice as never before. This growing acceptance of a UAP presence, however, foregrounds just how little we understand about these enigmas, the alleged science and technology that make them possible, and what the United States and other governments may have learned about them over the years. We also are only beginning to anticipate the likelihood of a future in which UAP are taken for granted, with all the radical changes to our world and self-understanding that will bring. More details at the bottom of this page
My overriding feeling watching last week’s hearing was not so much about the novelty of the witnesses’ testimony as it was about the courage of the politicians asking the questions. And they may well be joined soon by key members of the Executive Branch.
Under the incoming Trump administration, Secretary of State-elect, Marco Rubio, National Security Adviser-elect Mike Waltz, and John Ratcliffe, the CIA Director-elect, have made it clear in the past that UAP are a security issue of public interest.
As my friend and colleague Dr Pippa Malmgren wrote in a recent LinkedIn post: ‘We need to bring science, curiosity, oversight and care to this consequential matter. We need to know if we already have tech that can transform humanity’s future.’ And, she adds: If what we are dealing with is a potential higher form of intelligence, ‘is firing on it the best way to open communication with it?’
Is intelligent alien life darting around in space — and even in the skies above us here on Earth? Has the U.S. government been covering up unexplained phenomena, and using secret extraterrestrial discoveries to boost its own technology?
Those are among the questions members of Congress discussed Wednesday in a joint hearing by subcommittees of the House Oversight Committee. Its title: “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth.”