"Conspiracy theorists working for and within the US government are perpetuating myths about UFOs that millions of taxpayer dollars are then spent looking into, a ‘self-licking ice cream cone’, according to the Pentagon’s former chief investigator of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)…

Aaro’s first comprehensive historical record report, which has been submitted to Congress and is set for publication later this year, contains no evidence of the existence of alien life, or any government cover-up, Kirkpatrick says.

But many lawmakers, he insists, are only too happy to embrace unsubstantiated stories circulated by “a core group of people” about secret government UFO research programs…

Kirkpatrick said in a resignation essay published by Scientific American last week that he feared lawmakers had succumbed to ‘conspiracy-driven decision-making’ and sensationalism in their rush to ‘uncover the cover-up’."