Senate Intelligence Chairman Marco Rubio just took a giant step towards government disclosure on unidentified flying objects -- or what the government refers to as "unidentified aerial phenomena."

Most UFOs turn out to be balloons, weather phenomena etc. But since at least the Second World War, some UFOs have been recorded by U.S. military sensors and witnesses that are not so easily explained. The government has held information about such UFOs closely in its possession since the 1940s.

As first outlined by Danny Silva, Rubio's report, adjoined to the 2020-2021 Senate Intelligence Authorization act, instructs the Director of National Intelligence to produce an unclassified report on "Advanced Aerial Threats." The report is to be delivered within 180 days of the 2021 act's passage into law.

This measure has bipartisan support. The report notes it includes contributions from the committee's Democratic minority, although it's not clear how much -- Vice Chairman Mark Warner's spokesperson pointed me back me to Rubio's team, which didn't immediately respond. Still, the committee's request should be understood as an effort to educate the public, rather than the committee itself, on this issue.

That's because the committee members already know the answers to some of its own questions. Like President Trump, the committee has already received Top Secret briefings on this issue.

Second, Rubio publicly confirms the existence of a multi-agency "Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon" task force operating out of the Navy's Office of Naval Intelligence. That task force centers around officers from the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, CIA, and DIA. As I've reported, the Navy is front and center here for a simple reason: its nuclear platforms keep attracting UFOs. More on that in a moment, but the top line is that Rubio is forcing this issue into the light.

Third, the committee directs the report to publish "detailed analysis" of the available intelligence material. Notably, this is explicitly directed to include intelligence from across the spectrum of collection fields, including sonar, satellite, and radar systems. Luis Elizondo, who headed the previous government UFO research iteration, praised this action. Elizondo told me he is "encouraged by the public revelation of this language as it relates to public transparency of the topic. Furthermore, the effort to engage leadership appears to be paying off in ways never realized in the past."

Fourth, the committee directs the DNI to establish a centralized process and lead officer to handle the issue. That will make it harder for agencies to hide relevant data in special access programs.

Finally, Rubio wants the report to include "identification of potential aerospace or other threats posed by the unidentified aerial phenomena to national security, and an assessment of whether this unidentified aerial phenomena activity may be attributed to one or more foreign adversaries." Rubio wants "Identification of any incidents or patterns that indicate a potential adversary may have achieved breakthrough aerospace capabilities that could put United States strategic or conventional forces at risk."

The critical tell here is the "strategic" reference. That means U.S. nuclear forces. And Rubio knows full well -- but can't say because it's presently classified -- that UFOs tend, since the late 1940s, to appear near military nuclear weapons sites and nuclear powered platforms, such as the Navy's aircraft carriers and submarine forces. The "potential threat" here is that the UFOs can detect and intercept these platforms on land, on sea, or undersea, and with impunity.

The Navy and DNI John Ratcliffe's office will resist Rubio's request perhaps attempting to pack everything into the report's classified annex. Just after he had left his office in late May, I asked the former Acting DNI Richard Grennell whether more disclosure from the intelligence community would be coming. He responded, "Not that I know of."

Why the secrecy? Perhaps because some UFOs are not from China, Russia, or Elon Musk. Maybe more journalists should look into this issue.

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