UFO Conjectures

Monday, August 07, 2023

Jan Aldrich placed this on Facebook 8/7 (I think it's newsworthy)

UFO-Sweden got this from Sue Gough tonight (Swedish time):

You may attribute the below to me as Sue Gough, Department of Defense spokesperson:

“The Department is aware of Dr. Kirkpatrick’s post, which are his personal opinions expressed in his capacity as a private citizen and we won’t comment directly on the contents of the post. We do want to reinforce the Department’s unwavering commitment to openness and accountability to the American people and Congress. The dedicated military service members, civilian personnel, and federal contractors who support AARO’s efforts are deserving of the full confidence of our lawmakers and the American public. While much remains to be done to fulfill AARO’s mandate, AARO’s committed team has made great progress since its establishment only a year ago.”

Additionally, to help with your stories, you may the attribute the below to me also:

• AARO welcomes the opportunity to speak with any former or current government employee or contractor who believes they have information relevant to the congressionally-mandated historical review, and AARO has established a safe and secure process for individuals to come forward with information to aid in this effort.

• The Department has no information that any individual has been harmed or killed as a result of providing information to AARO. Any unsubstantiated claims that individuals have been harmed or killed in the process of providing information to AARO will serve to discourage individuals with relevant information from coming forward to aid in AARO’s efforts.

• To date, AARO has not discovered any verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently.

• DoD is committed to timely and thorough reporting to Congress, and to transparency with the American public. Since its establishment, DoD has kept Congress fully and currently informed of AARO’s activities and findings at all levels of classification.

• AARO looks forward to increasing the public’s understanding of UAP through the declassification of historical and contemporary UAP information.

Regards,

Sue Gough

Defense Press Operations, OSD(PA)

posted by RRRGroup at Monday, August 07, 2023

3 Comments:

  • Kirkpatrick is commenting on his job and the people he works with (doesn't sound like a private citizen to me), but he posted his remarks outside of DoD channels, therefore Gough can claim he's a private citizen and technically keep the Pentagon clear of responsibility. The letter is disingenuous PR, something she's a master at, among other things. It's all a crock, and the public should be the ones who feel insulted. Anyone suggesting the government position is softening should be referred to this sign of continuing intransigence.

    But why is Aldrich posting this now like breaking news? The comments have been around in the public realm since just after the hearing.

    By Blogger Ron, at Monday, August 07, 2023  

  • It just popped up on my FB feed Ron, and it was posted about an hour ago...

    I think Jan got this from Clas Svahn who maybe just got it in Sweden last night as Jan indicates in his heading.

    RR

    By Blogger RRRGroup, at Monday, August 07, 2023  

  • They're only a week or so behind, plenty of time to catch up since the train hasn't quite left the station.

    Between the statement and the media's non-reaction to events (as noted in your latest post linking to The Observer), I'm once again thoroughly galled at the course of events. They all need slaps upside the head to break out of their lunkheaded, scripted notions of how things stand.

    By Blogger Ron, at Monday, August 07, 2023  

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