Write To Congress
Here is a link to your representative: Please copy and paste the address: https://whoismyrepresentative.com/
Listed below is a form to write your Member of Congress or Senator. There are several forms to choose from on the web. Picking which form you use is not as important as actually sending in a letter. The easiest way is to go on your legislator’s website and use their Comment format. Just fill in the pertinent information.
However, sending an old-fashioned letter allows you to personalize your concerns. Historically, letters have had more impact than using their online form. It shows you took the time to drop a letter in the mail. The choice is yours, considering the time you have and the importance you place on this matter.
This form is covering the basic issues. Each form letter can be amended to add any of your particular concerns. In addition to urging further UAP study and disclosure of their findings to the American People, this form letter raises concerns over the continuation of decades of government secrecy. For decades, the UAP issue has been largely hidden from Congress and the public. The Constitution requires all funding to be approved by Congress. It is clear from the UAP legislation and numerous statements by legislators that Congress is unaware of many UAP secret programs. Each has funding through means unknown to Congress. It is more than a UAP issue. It is an ongoing violation of the constitutional method of funding the government. It means that our elected leaders are unaware of UAP programs being funded. Whether they are classified or not, the appropriate congressional committees must be informed of what is being done in the name of the American People. We cannot hold our elected officials accountable unless they are aware of what is being done on their watch.
Here are a few tips to increase the effectiveness of your correspondence. First, be respectful. You are trying to get them to listen to your concerns. Threats, bad language, or a condescending tone will turn off the reader, initially an intern or staff member. In order for your letter to make it up the chain in a congressional office, it will have to go through many links. Your letter will be filed without making it through this gauntlet if you are perceived as being rude or offensive. Both NASA and AARO have claimed that they have received many threats about the UAP subject. Being classified as a zealot will not help the cause of disclosure. In fact, it will retard the progress made to this point. It may make you feel better, but it will be counterproductive.
Second, stick to a couple of main points. Long letters that cover many topics will lose the reader and give them an excuse to go on to the next letter. The first person to read your letter may be an intern who knows little about the UAP subject. Passing along a rambling, multi-issue letter will reflect poorly on them so they will hesitate to pass your letter up the chain of command.
Third, know your audience. All members of Congress are not alike. Look up your representative on their official website. Are they on any national security committees (Armed Services or Intelligence) that are learning about UAP in a classified setting? Are they committee or subcommittee chairs or ranking members on these committees? If they are not, it is still important that they hear from you. It will take the entire Congress to approve more pro-UAP/Disclosure legislation and every vote counts. Congressmembers rely on their colleagues for advice on how to vote on matters not within their particular expertise. Having you reinforce what they hear from members of their own party who have UAP expertise is more valuable in swaying support for what action you are seeking. Tailor your letter to the level of expertise of the target of your correspondence. Keep it simple for rank-and-file members who probably know less than you do about UAP. The goal is to keep the progress going against the strong headwinds of decades old secret compartmentalized programs and the defense contractors that work on with them.
Fourth, whether you think your representative may read your letter, it is still important to send. Members of Congress are busy. Everyone wants your representative’s ear. However, there can be strength in numbers. Getting more people to write letters and send emails about UAP and Disclosure increases our chances of success. Each representative has senior staff that manage their office. Besides “keeping the trains running on time”, good staff will keep the elected officials apprised of coming trends and new issues. Most members of Congress do not work on UAP issues. Receiving 100 letters on a subject can make the staff take notice. No elected official wants to be blindsided. At regular meetings with senior staff, the member is briefed on emerging issues. A good staffer will sift through those one hundred letters on a new topic and pick out representative letters for the boss to read. A respectful letter that is to the point and informs the official will rise to the top. Even if it is just a form letter, it shows that her home constituents are concerned about the UAP/Disclosure issue. Reading from their state or home district puts the issue higher up on the priority list. It will increase the chances they will bring up the UAP issue at weekly caucus luncheons with other members of their party. If the UAP issue comes up, they can add their input that it is important to her district or state constituents. Grassroots lobbying can break through in many ways.
Finally, this issue has been bipartisan from the start. It didn’t come about through lobbying or any calculated political campaign. It arose when a small, secret program found that Navy pilots were seeing things they could not explain. It isn’t a partisan issue of either party. Right now, it does not have a large, well-funded organization that supports it. It is an issue with a past stigma that has been political suicide to champion. The national security committees have pushed this issue out of concern for our military and not because of public sentiment or party politics. In fact, polling consistently shows that people are evenly divided on the subject, one-third think UAP are non-terrestrial; one-third do not believe; and one-third do not know. Education that people trust will be needed to make Disclosure happen. A partisan approach will turn UAP into another of a long list of issues that divide the country and are never solved.
When you write your letter, keep the uniqueness of this issue in mind. Your congressmember or senator may not be from the same party as you. Keeping other partisan issues out of the correspondence will help in the short and long-term. In the short-term, it will help convince your representative that this is an important issue, regardless of their political views. In the long-term, it will help the public understand this is real.
In response, you will probably receive a form letter from your representative. It may not address any specific concerns you have raised. However, if the letter addresses the UAP topic, it means that your representative already has a form letter covering the UAP topic. This is a positive step. It means her office has received enough letters on the topic to generate a form letter. Representatives do not have the time or resources to specifically respond to every request. If it addresses UAP, it shows progress.
Thanks for being part of the solution! Remember, there has been more progress in last five years than in the previous seventy-five. Your help can keep us moving towards Disclosure!
Please use this form letter to alert your member of Congress about the need to publicly investigate the UAP phenomenon:
The Honorable (full name)
(room #) (office building name) Senate Office Building
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
OR
The Honorable (full name)
(room #) (office building name) House Office Building
United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
Re: Disclosure of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon
Dear Honorable Senator or Representative (last name):
On June 25, 2021, the Director of National Intelligence (“DNI”) filed a Report with Congress about the defense and intelligence community policies for the coordination of the study of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon (“UAP”), formerly UFOs. The Report was supposed to answer questions raised by the Senate Select Intelligence Committee about unknown objects that have been tracked on radar and filmed by the Navy in recent years. Declassified naval photography showed objects performing unusual maneuvers with no apparent power source. Since the filing of this report, Congress has adopted three consecutive years of legislation. Yet, most answers are still buried behind classified walls, away from even properly cleared committees.
The main question is whether these objects are a threat to our military. Even if they are not a direct threat, they have been considered a flight hazard which caused an aircraft carrier group to suspend training exercises in 2004. Despite concerns over these unknown objects, electronic records are routinely removed from front line units after any incident. There is no acknowledgement of these incidents and no follow up training to prepare our military personnel for future encounters. The public has never been informed of the nature, source or the intent of the controllers of UAP.
I urge you to support congressional inquiries into this phenomenon and its impact on military operations. Regardless of the source, our front-line military personnel deserve to know how to deal with them. Our elected leaders should be informed of these potential threats so they can adopt appropriate policies to protect our service personnel. Congress should be fully informed of the efforts to study these objects as the institution required to originate all federal funding. The public has a right to know that their elected representatives are aware of actions taken in the name of the American People.
For over eighty plus years, similar objects have been reported by our military with little or no oversight by Congress. In a free and open democracy, isn’t it time to allow Congress to set public policy about our government’s response to this phenomenon? Please join with your colleagues who are fighting to understand UAP and disclose to the country how this issue is being handled without appropriate oversight. Public disclosure of the sources, intent and nature of UAP is of paramount importance to a free society.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.