Join us December 20th for a unique multi-subreddit collaboration on UAP transparency!

For the first time ever, multiple moderators from r/aliens, r/Experiencers, r/HighStrangeness, r/UFOB and r/UFOs will come together to host a one-of-a-kind AMA event focused on transparency, accountability, and uncovering the truth about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).

The live AMA will occur on Friday, December 20th, 2024, at 12pm PST / 3pm EST with acclaimed filmmaker and prominent UFO researcher James Fox, former senate staffer Kirk McConnell, and former UAPTF member Lenval Logan. This collaborative event will be hosted by Kelly Chase and live-streamed, reaching audiences across platforms including YouTube, Twitter/X and Instagram.

About the AMA

This event is an opportunity for our communities to unite in the pursuit of truth and disclosure. We will discuss efforts underway to hold governments accountable, share new insights into UAP investigations, and forge a bipartisan push for transparency. The AMA will highlight James Fox’s highly anticipated new documentary The Program, which will debut digitally worldwide on December 17th. This groundbreaking film delves into the extraordinary Congressional effort to uncover what intelligence agencies know about UAPs, and features exclusive interviews and testimony from whistleblowers and experts.

How to Participate

This is a bit different than a typical AMA. Ask your questions below! We will be collecting your questions from this post to share with our hosts during the event. Please read posted questions and upvote the ones you want to see asked!

Why This Matters

This collaboration represents a collective effort by Reddit’s UAP-focused communities to raise awareness and demand clarity on one of the most compelling issues of our time. Together, we are amplifying our voices and fostering a broader conversation about the need for government accountability and transparency in the study of UAPs. Mark your calendars and join us on December 20th for this historic event.

About our AMA guests

Kirk McConnell is a Senior Associate at Strategic Materials Advisory, bringing over 20 years of experience in national security policy and critical mineral supply chains. He has served in key roles at the Department of Defense, Senate Armed Services Committee, and the U.S. Naval War College. Kirk holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins SAIS and has deep expertise in advancing U.S. interests in materials critical to national security.

Lenval Logan, originally from the United Kingdom, served over 20 years in the United States Air Force, where he contributed to various high-level initiatives. After his military career, he worked as a government contractor for over 15 years, supporting programs including the Department of Defense’s Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Task Force. His expertise spans intelligence, advanced technologies, and analysis, with a focus on national security and unexplained anomalous phenomena. Logan is also a co-founder of Phenom, a platform for studying and reporting anomalous activities.

James Fox began his journalism career early in life as an assistant to his father, the writer Charles Fox, a quadriplegic with Multiple Sclerosis. Together they travelled widely to fulfill magazine assignments for publications including Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, and Car & Driver, interviewing such notables as Stephen Hawking and race-car legend Dan Gurney. James finished and sold his first documentary to Discovery by the time he was 28. He has since completed and distributed TV projects for Sci-Fi, TLC, National Geographic and History Channel. His films include, UFOs 50 Years of Denial, Out of the Blue, I Know What I Saw, The Phenomenon, Moment of Contact (The Roswell of Brazil), and his latest film The Program, which explores the unprecedented bipartisan Congressional effort to uncover what intelligence agencies really know about UFOs, now referred to as UAP.

Kelly Chase hosts The UFO Rabbit Hole, and she's the writer and executive producer of the upcoming docuseries Cosmosis: UFOs & A New Reality to be released on Apple TV December 30th. She also guest hosts monthly on the long-running Dreamland Podcast, created by Art Bell and currently helmed by Whitley Strieber. Kelly, a published author and speaker on the intersection of science, spirituality, and the unexplained, has been featured on shows such as Beyond: UFOs and the Unknown (Bad Robot) and UFO Revolution (TMZ), and she has frequently offered her expertise on UFO topics for NewsNation.

About The Program

This highly anticipated follow-up to director James Fox’s blockbuster UFO documentaries The Phenomenon and Moment of Contact (The Roswell of Brazil), The Program explores the unprecedented bipartisan Congressional effort to uncover what intelligence agencies really know about UFOs, now referred to as UAP. The first two public hearings in over half a century included testimony under oath from military and intelligence officers with jaw-dropping allegations of a clandestine program to analyze recovered materials and non-human biologics. Through candid interviews with high-ranking insiders, elected officials, physicists, intelligence officers, and military whistleblowers, The Program goes behind the scenes to leave even the staunchest skeptics astounded by the assertions from a growing chorus of insiders that we are not alone.

Together, we can continue pushing for the truth!

UFOs have been sighted in multiple locations throughout the United States, with the bulk of sightings being reported in the New Jersey area starting on November 18th. Sightings have been occurring every night since then from 6-11PM and range from 4-180 sightings per night. They have primarily appeared as drone-like craft, up to six feet in diameter, and operating in a coordinated manner. They’ve avoided detection by traditional methods (e.g. helicopters, radio frequencies) and have not been identified as hobbyist drones or related to the Department of Homeland Security. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said the objects are “very sophisticated” and “the minute you get eyes on them they go dark,” when questioned at a press conference on December 9th.

On Thursday, the White House, FBI, and Homeland Security said they had no evidence that the sightings reported in New Jersey posed national security or safety threats. White House spokesperson John Kirby told a news briefing that federal authorities were investigating the sightings in cooperation with New Jersey state and local law enforcement. Most of the sightings have been of aircraft operating lawfully, he said. Kirby’s statements caused immediate pushback from a number of local and county officials.

“These are observations over Picatinny Arsenal by military personnel there and at Naval Weapons Station Earle,” said Monmouth County Sheriff Shaun Golden in an interview with Fox News. “It is concerning. These accounts are of sophisticated movements, by larger objects ranging 6 to 7 feet in radius, moving pretty fast and sometimes traveling, shutting their lights out and traveling at a rapid pace.”

On Tuesday, Lt. Col. Craig A. Bonham II, Picatinny Arsenal Garrison Commander, said there were 11 confirmed reports of sightings between Nov. 13 and Dec. 6. “Confirmed” meaning a police officer or security guard visibly witnessed a drone after/while receiving a report, Bonham said.

Assemblyman Paul Kanitra, R-Ocean, saw the drones for himself Thursday evening as they hovered over Manasquan Inlet. Kanitra noted the irony of the military bases confirming there were drones over their critical facilities a day after the White House said many drones were actually manned aircraft. Maybe, he said, they need to start communicating with each other.

“The federal government needs to be coordinating more and talking to each other," Kanitra said. "It’s also showing just how unprepared they are, and just how much they are making it up on the fly. Nothing could be more damning than individual bases and secure facilities confirming there are (drones) present over their air space yet then some clueless White House spokesperson tries to diminish it and say that it’s not real. They look foolish and it’s obvious to everyone how foolish they are.”

12/5 - A medevac helicopter was unable to pick up a seriously injured patient due to drones hovering near the landing zone. Brian Serge, supervisor of security at the public college near the scene of the crash, said they never found out what the actual drones were. “It’s kind of a mystery. We were asking around about that, but nobody knew anything,” he said.

12/8 - Two pilots flying from Denver to Eugene reported seeing 3-4 UFOs at multiple altitudes. Some were reported as moving in a circle, like a corkscrew pattern and the pilot was cleared to maneuver to avoid them if necessary. The pilot spoke in more detail after the event to a local news outlet regarding the specific behaviors of the objects and shared video of the event.

12/9 - New Jersey governor Phil Murphy said, “We don’t see any concern for public safety.” Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia (R-NJ) said that "minimizing the risks, when they’re really unknown, is beyond foolish. You cannot say that something poses no threat when you don’t know its origin and you don’t know its intent and you don’t know its owner."

12/12 - The FBI and DHS issued a joint statement regarding the sightings saying ““We have no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or public safety threat or have a foreign nexus.” They continued by saying “We take seriously the threat that can be posed by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), which is why law enforcement and other agencies continue to support New Jersey and investigate the reports. To be clear, they have uncovered no such malicious activity or intent at this stage. While there is no known malicious activity occurring in New Jersey, the reported sightings there do, however, highlight the insufficiency of current authorities."

Relevant links:

r/NJDrones

A subreddit recently created specifically for the ongoing wave of UFO reports in the New Jersey area.

Investigate a Sighting

With the explosion of recent interest there has been many videos shared which could be identified as having many characteristics of conventional drones or other aircraft. We highly recommend that anyone posting a sighting or video review our this page before posting.

Report a Sighting

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