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Florida senator who submitted the Senate Intelligence Committee report of June 2020 that directed the 2021 ODNI assessment of unidentified aerial phenomena, and an advocate of UAP transparency legislation. 1971-05-28 Miami, Florida

Marco Rubio is a United States Senator from Florida who has played a crucial role in the recent legislative efforts to increase transparency and oversight of the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) issue. As the acting chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, he was a key figure in the passage of the historic UAP legislation in the 2021 and 2022 National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAAs).1

Support for UAP Legislation

On June 17, 2020 Rubio submitted, from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the committee's report accompanying S. 3905, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. The report directs the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, to submit within 180 days a report on unidentified aerial phenomena, which the Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued on June 25, 2021 as its "Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena."23 On December 21, 2020 Rubio had the joint explanatory statement for the act printed in the Congressional Record; the statement provides that it "incorporates by reference, and the Executive Branch shall comply with, all direction contained in" S. Rept. 116-233.4 Luis Elizondo described Rubio as the chief sponsor of the bill.1 He has been a vocal advocate for taking the UAP issue seriously, stating that "There is a lot we still don’t know about these UAP and that is a big problem. We’ve taken some important steps over the last few years to increase transparency and reduce stigmas, but more needs to be done."1

He has worked closely with a bipartisan group of senators, including Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer, as well as with Christopher Mellon and Luis Elizondo, to draft and pass legislation that has established a permanent UAP office (All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office) and created a secure process for whistleblowers to report UAP-related information to Congress. His leadership on this issue has been a critical factor in the recent progress of the UAP disclosure movement.1

Footnotes

  1. Elizondo, Luis. Imminent. William Morrow, 2024. ↩︎

  2. U.S. Senate, Select Committee on Intelligence, "Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021," S. Rept. 116-233, June 17, 2020, cover and pp. 11 to 12. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-116srpt233/pdf/CRPT-116srpt233.pdf ↩︎

  3. Office of the Director of National Intelligence, "Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena," June 25, 2021, p. 2. https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf ↩︎

  4. Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 218, December 21, 2020, pp. S7932 to S7934, joint explanatory statement for the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. https://irp.fas.org/congress/2020_cr/fy2021-exp.html ↩︎