US staring down the barrel of ‘catastrophic’ UFO leak, retired army colonel warns

UFO Hearings: Flying object reported at Vandenberg base in 2003

The United States risks catastrophe if they continue to hide what they know about UFOs, a retired Army colonel says.

Colonel Karl E. Nell has called for a «campaign plan» that would force greater transparency and a «Manhattan project» to reverse engineer recovered UFOs.

Neil’s call for a campaign plan comes amid reports claiming the US government is keeping top secret research from 20 years ago. He argues it’s important to «avoid catastrophic disclosure» that would shake the Earth to its core.

In 2004, a CIA thinktank known as the Defense Intelligence Agency decided not to release classified information about UFOs, deeming the threat to national security too great for the general public.

In response, the Sol Foundation was formed.

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A new US government report details 291 UAP sightings in recent years (Image: SWNS)

It’s a nonprofit calling for «serious, well-funded, and cutting-edge academic research into the nature of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and their broad cosmological and political implications.»

And at a Stanford University conference hosted by this non-profit, Neil cautioned that a crisis could only be averted if all of the details were released to the public and declassified by 2030. 

The retired colonel warned about the potential for a calamity (Image: Getty)

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US Air Force veteran David Grusch, who testified before Congress earlier this year under oath alleged «the US government is operating with secrecy—above Congressional oversight» over UFOs, also testified on Neil’s behalf. 

«Let us advocate for transparency, not for ourselves, but for the generations to come, as we embark on a journey toward a more enlightened and interconnected world,» he said at the conference. 

The Sol Foundation did get directly behind Neil’s claims of «catastrophe.»

However, they cautioned that the US’s failure to release what they know about UFOs could sow discord from the likes of independent actors or US foreign rivals.