UAPs, “Disclosure,” and the Influence Machine 🔦🛰️
This episode looks at the latest UAP theater around Rep. Eric Burlison’s congressional presentation of the “Hellfire vs. orb” video, how it intersects with long-running media and funding networks (Skinwalker Ranch/NIDS/Las Vegas circle), and why skepticism and provenance still matter. We discuss the hearing, witness line-up, and the ecosystem that amplifies these claims—along with grounded, testable explanations where available.
With Matt Baxter.

🎥 Primary Items from the Episode
• Eric Burlison’s Congressional Presentation of Video (with George Knapp testimony)
• Eric Burlison’s UAP DISCLOSURE ACT

🧪 Skeptical Takes & Analysis
• Mick West’s take — It’s a balloon again
• Hank Green’s take — Seriously — it’s just a balloon

🎧 Related Listening from the Episode
• Strange Arrivals podcast
• Toby Ball’s visits to MonsterTalk

📚 Books & Authors Mentioned
• Sarah Scoles — They Are Already Here
• Sarah’s visits to MonsterTalk

🧩 Quick Reference: Acronyms, Players, and Context
• AATIP — Pentagon program often associated with Luis Elizondo
• TTSA — To The Stars Academy (Tom DeLonge, Hal Puthoff): company, Tom DeLonge, Harold Puthoff
• UAP — Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (newer terminology): overview
• UFO — Unidentified Flying Object (classic term with cultural baggage): background
• Robert Bigelow — hotelier, space entrepreneur, longtime funder in the anomaly space: bio

📰 Key Reporting That Shifted the Conversation
• The New York Times story that broke AATIP publicly: read
• The 2020 follow-up from two of the authors (Kean & Blumenthal): read

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