{"id":255670,"date":"2026-07-30T18:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/255670\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T18:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:12:07","slug":"uaps-and-space-exploration-discussed-in-pennsylvania-committee-harrisburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/255670\/","title":{"rendered":"UAPs and Space Exploration Discussed in Pennsylvania Committee | Harrisburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this summer, state lawmakers took a jab at the extraterrestrial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a House Communications and Technology Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D18PsKp0a0E&amp;t=258s\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hearing<\/a>, questions explored the growing body of evidence around unidentified anonymous phenonemon\u2013 UAP, the new term for UFOs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe call them UAP now because it\u2019s not just flying objects. And also that term [UFO] is so loaded with baggage. UFOs, people immediately think of aliens, even though it\u2019s supposed to connote unidentified,\u201d said Chris Mellon, chairman of the Disclosure Foundation based in Washington DC. Mellon was previously a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Disclosure Foundation, <a href=\"https:\/\/disclosure.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">established in March of 2025<\/a>, has tracked releases of data from the federal government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt seems inevitable that there\u2019s life elsewhere, probably an infinite amount of it in an infinite universe. The question really is, can any of it reach us?\u201d Mellon said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When examining UAPs, experts were questioned on the debates of if objects are linked to other countries\u2026 or to life beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of the big issues is whether or not we\u2019ve actually recovered physical proof that some of these objects are not from this world,\u201d Mellon said. \u201cWe have some credible sources who make that claim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State legislation was not explicitly discussed; Mellon says mandating state police and other emergency responders to send their data to the federal government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaro.mil\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office<\/a> could contribute to research efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers learned about the unknown, but also highlighted how space exploration incentivizes very down to earth innovation;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVelcro came from space, the way we dry freeze foods to have, that was space exploration. So there\u2019s a lot more than just saying, you know, \u2018a little green man\u2019,\u201d said Rep. Joe Ciresi, chair of the house committee that hosted the hearing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More recent, companies in Pittsburgh are helping build equipment for the next visit to the moon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cArtemis 3, the mission is to land on the moon, for a future colonization of the moon. There is going to be Pennsylvanians on there. It\u2019s going to be Pennsylvania technology that ends up on there,\u201d Ciresi said. You know, what do we do to advance the area of technology for space exploration? It\u2019s a whole new market.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Earlier this summer, state lawmakers took a jab at the extraterrestrial. 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