reflections Our Lady of Computation I never got to meet the man I replaced; he was already deployed to Iraq. Our crowded department meant that my predecessor's workspace was claimed before my first day. I was given a plank jammed between two racks in the back of a lab.
fiction Her Many Names Art Credit: From the film "El sueño de Malinche" directed by Gonzalo Suárez, illustrated by Pablo Auladell We do not know the first of her many names. Her birth language
diplomacy The International Stage Charting the course from the Senate to the world stage. How will TTSA's Chris Mellon and Elizondo architect alliances on the international stage?
intelligence Nobody But Us, But For How Long? What does China know about UAP? What happens when American "Nobody But Us" becomes "Fear Of Missing Out"
policy Blurred Vision: UAP Are Not All One Thing National security decision making has always been hard, but it is becoming harder at a superlinear rate.
senate Intelligence Authorization Bill Merged with National Defense Authorization, Passes Senate Yesterday (July 23, 2020) the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization bill (NDAA) on a 86-14 vote. The closely watched "Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021" was merged within the NDAA.
policy What if Christopher Mellon succeeds? Christopher Mellon has a plan. As former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and former minority staff director of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), he understands national
policy How Will the Air Force Fare Under the Gaze of the Senate? Imagine this scenario: the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) sits before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) to deliver a report on advanced aerial threats.
science fiction “Chains of the Sea”: The 1973 Science Fiction Novella Influencing TTSA Former head of the DOD's AATIP program shared a surprising reference to an obscure 1973 science fiction novel.
policy Checkmate or Gambit: Christopher Mellon and the Senate UAP Report An analysis of the role of Christoper Mellon as architect of the 2020 Senate Intelligence request for a UAP report
policy Analysis of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence UAP News In the early summer of 2020, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence published an unexpected request for a report on "unidentified aerial phenomena."
nimitiz incident Taking the Skeptical Account of the Nimitz Incident Seriously I have written elsewhere that all of the available hypotheses explaining the Nimitz incident are troubling. This week, I argued that whatever they were ultimately caused by, there is a
uap Why you should be concerned about those Navy UFO videos The 2017 release of "UFO" videos by the Navy should concern everyone -- there is a problem behind every possible explanation.
