This post is not meant to be political, just curious if anyone thinks a switch from Republican control to Democrat control would disrupt possible disclosure.

Raises a few questions for me:
1. Would there have been disclosure in the first place by the Republican Party? They’ve released these tranches, but what is that really?
2. Would the Democrats potentially follow suit if for no other reason than public pressure, perhaps? Or impending 3rd- party disclosure?
3. How much about these decisions is truly left to the mainstream politicians? There may be some grander plan that would apply to any party.
4. If, let’s say, Democrats took control and never released any more tranches in the near future - how would you interpret that? That one side could have been doing it for popularity, or that the other side is now trying to hide, etc.?

I’d love if this can avoid getting political - let’s just kind of consider one side versus the other and ignore the rest if possible.

Curious to hear your thoughts!

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) introduced H.R. 1187, the UAP Transparency Act, on February 11, 2025. It directs the President to order every federal agency to declassify its UAP records and post them on a public agency website within 270 days. The record shows a referral to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and public trackers list nothing after that. The previous version, H.R. 8424, was introduced May 16, 2024 and expired with the 118th Congress. That one had cosponsors from both parties: Moskowitz (D-FL), Luna (R-FL) and Burlison (R-MO). Has anyone found a hearing or markup on either version, or is “referred to committee” the whole story?