Pic: Chris Gaffney
Niall Feiritear
A Freedom of Information request regarding Irish UAP records was partially refused due to possible adverse effects to the security of the Irish State.
The FOI was sent to former Irish Chief of Defence, Vice Admiral Mark Mallett, in November 2021 by researcher Chris Gaffney, spokesperson for the International Coalition for Extraterrestrial Research, a group comprised of academics and scientists.
Mr Gaffney requested all access to any UAP records held by Óglaigh na hEireann, the Irish Defence Forces. This information was granted in part but also refused under Section 33(1)A of the FOI Act 2014.
"The information not released relates to the specific section of the Defence Forces that deals with assessing potential threats to the State. While the expectation that adverse effects will occur is low, it is not unreasonable," Mr Mallet wrote in his reply.
Speaking in Dublin during the filming of a documentary about the work of Roscommon astronomer, Dr Eamonn Ansbro, Mr Gaffney described disparity in how the issue is being faced internationally.
"Ursula von der Leyen, president of the EU Commission stated that 'UAP have puzzled humankind for as long as we have known, that the 27 EU member states are increasing their ability to track UAP.'
"Then the FOI to Vice Admiral Mark Mallet saw documents withheld. The Office of the Information Commissioner accepted our complaint and investigated the Irish Head of Defence for withholding documents," Mr Gaffney told Side Stream News.
In the States, Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer has a revised UAP Act for 2025 which, if passed, could involve the US President revealing Earth is being engaged by advanced non-human intelligence.
The process may reveal the US Government and its defence contractors possess non-human made craft, which are, according to the Act, capable of trans-medium travel, instantaneous acceleration, hypersonic speeds, and positive lift.
The official proposed legislation references non-human intelligence 22 times. Mr Gaffney queried the Irish Government about this issue.
"The current Irish Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee replied to an FOI regarding the legal status of NHI (non human intelligence) under the Irish constitution; she stated that: "It is my legal position rather that a lack of concern precludes me from commenting or intervening on the matter," said Mr Gaffney.
Dr Eamonn Ansbro states this is a severe "contradiction" being played out.
"On one hand you have the leader of the Senate trying to reveal this stuff, amid ongoing hearings, then on the other you get a reply like that," he said.
The Roscommon astronomer recently returned from Durham University, a leading facility for the study of physics and astronomy, where he gave his latest presentation on UAP.
Pic: Dr Eamon Ansbro
He detailed to Side Stream News how academic research is progressing in this area.
"We are examining if UAP are techno signatures (signals of the presence of life) for monitoring purposes.
"The academic interest in UAP stems from their potential, non-human technological origin, such as autonomous devices equipped with A.I.
"But the transient nature of UAP events has been a problem for scientists to be able to carry out any useful astrophysical research to discover new knowledge," Dr Ansbro continued.
"The unpredictability about when and where the next event will happen, is likely one of the main reasons why UAP have not been taken seriously in the scientific community...until now.
"It is a global phenomenon that requires identifying a pattern by systematically collecting reliable data from verified databases and observations from locations with timings.
"Certain tools have been useful to possibly determine orbital trajectories within our atmosphere. It also may provide researchers a resource to carry out further observations of this problem.
"In some cases, vertical descents and ascents are observed from high altitudes. There seems to be a pattern if we are dealing with techno signatures in the form of UAP that may suggest a global monitoring."
Dr Ansbro highlighted verified research regarding objects travelling above supersonic speeds, leaving behind no heat trace.
"Montauk Air Force Base recorded radar tracks of vertical descents of UAP from 23KM in altitude on Nov 19, 1958," he said,
"NORAD's DSP satellite recorded UAP travelling towards earth and then back into space on May 5, 1984.
"Famously the US Nimitz recorded radar tracks of vertical descents from several repetitive UAP on Nov 14, 2004."
Another Irish man, Dr Colm Kelleher, investigated the last incident for the US Government.
He told Side Stream News that: "F-18 fighters encountered multiple UFOs off the coast of San Diego. UFOs were coming in on ballistic missile trajectories, hurtling in at 80,0000 feet, dropping down to just above the ocean.
Pic: Dr Colm Kelleher
"A carrier strike group was training with their destroyers. The most advanced radar on the planet. These things were tracked coming from space down to sea level."
Dr Ansbro explained the physics we should expect to observe in these instances.
"Expected signatures include acoustic, heat and electromagnetic, traditionally recognized as sonic boom, vapour contrails and atmospheric ionization.
"Currently even the world's most advanced military and reconnaissance aircraft have detectable signatures.
"Extreme change of speed and direction too. These objects are moving in such a manner that they are capable of maneuvering suddenly, deliberately and sometimes in the opposite direction.
"The anticipated effects of these G-forces on material may even defy our current technological ability to manufacture.
"Our hypothesis is that UAP could be autonomous technosignatures on orbital trajectories for monitoring purposes, in for example, sun synchronous polar retrograde orbits; optimal for global coverage.
"Observing these types of objects may require advanced telescopic technologies, such as those envisioned by the Vera Ruben Observatory, as Avi Loeb of Harvard University has said."
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