'Huge sea change happening' in US government as 'large number' of US officials 'waking up to reality of UFOs', veteran journalist claims
Asked whether she had discovered anything relating to UFOs during a recent podcast with News Corp journalist Miranda Devine, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard provided a hint about her own views on the topic.
'Nothing that I'm prepared to talk about today… I'm just going to say this: yeah, we're continuing to look for the truth and share that truth with the American people,' she said.
Pressed on whether she thought aliens were responsible for the phenomenon, the senior US official said she had her 'own views and opinions', but was restricted in what she could say.
'In this role, I've got to be careful with what I share,' she said.
Speaking to Sky News Australia on Thursday, veteran investigative reporter Ross Coulthart told Sharri Markson there had been a 'huge number' of US officials speaking out about the issue since the New York Times revealed in a 2017 cover story there was a secret UFO research program inside the Pentagon.
"Tulsi Gabbard is saying what a huge number of US officials have been saying for the past few years,' Coulthart told Sharri.
'There's a huge sea change happening in American executive government right now. They're suddenly waking up to the reality of UFOs.'
Coulthart said the senior officials who are 'very interested in the phenomenon' included Vice President JD Vance.
'He admitted very recently that he's been watching a lot of UFO videos, and like everyone else, he's intrigued,' he said.
Coulthart, who has written a book about UFOs, said that while 99 per cent of viewers were unlikely to believe it, he was 'absolutely convinced, after years of investigating this subject, that the United States really has got information in its files about non-human intelligences engaging with this planet'.
'The Pentagon, frankly, is flat out lying when it denies any knowledge of such intelligence,' he claimed.
Coulthart cited his interview with former National Geospatial Intelligence Agency official David Grusch, who testified before Congress in 2023 the US government had programs to reverse engineer 'non-human' craft.
'Dave went public with me, admitting that he had uncovered evidence of a UAP technology craft retrieval program where craft are secretly being reverse engineered by the US government,' Coulthart said.
'Why are they hiding it? I think they're hiding it because they're using the technology to try and develop an advantage over foreign adversaries - which is, frankly, fair enough.
'I do think, though, that the American public and the rest of the world should have the right to know that we're not alone.'
Coulthart also claimed Elon Musk had been briefed on the issue by the US government.
'I've been told by people in the intelligence community in the United States that Elon Musk had to be briefed because of his satellite work that he's been doing for the Defence Department,' he said.
Musk has previously dismissed discussion of UFO's, stating he hasn't seen 'any evidence of aliens'.
Despite this, Coulthart said the number of people speaking out about the issue was not widely understood.
'Frankly, one of the things I think Australia has its head in the sand on is the volume and intensity of admissions by the US administration, there are so many people who are now admitting that there is a 'there there',' he said.
'Senior whistleblowers coming forward, but also people in government. You've got Kash Patel, the head of the FBI, has pledged transparency, and he's got a secret investigation going on into allegations that people have been murdered to protect this secret.
'As well as that, John Ratcliffe, the new director of the CIA, he also has vowed transparency. We're holding our breath and not really expecting much of a result just yet with President Trump, he's been very distracted.
'But I did an interview with Don Trump Jr late last year… he admitted to me that he is very interested in UAPs, and he's very engaged, and I get the impression so is his old man.'
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