US Congress makes biggest move yet to uncover truth about UFOs by setting up new database to blow mystery wide open

CONGRESS has made one of its biggest moves yet to probe UFOs as lawmakers voted to create a secure database for reporting the mysterious encounters.

US officials will now set up a unified system for logging sightings as well as offering protection for any government whistleblowers who may wish to come forward about what they know about UFOs.

The House yesterday voted to create the new system in a bipartisan amendment to $850billion worth of plans National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

It comes as lawmakers have been pushing for more transparency on the typically fringe topic which has now become the talk of Washington DC.

And while it was once the realm of conspiracy theorists, now former servicemen, politicians, defence officials, and even former presidents are talking about UFOs.

The encounters even have a new name - Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).

The new amendment was described as potentially "opening the floodgates" to encourage people to come forward so the American people may finally know the truth about UFOs.

It was proposed by Reps Mike Gallagher and Ruben Gallego as they press the Pentagon to take the UFO issue more seriously and be more open.

Rep. Gallagher hammered home the national security threat posed by UFOs, saying he wants to ensure the "military and intelligence community are armed with the best possible information, capital, and scientific resources to defeat our enemies and maintain military and technology superiority".

He also added he wanted to increase Congress's ability to "prove or disprove the origin and threat nature of whatever seems to be flying in our skies".

The new UFO reporting system would allow "immediate sharing" of information with scientists and analysts, according to the amendment.

And the plan to also allow the sharing of information "previously prohibited from reporting under any nondisclosures written or oral agreement”.

The idea is to provide "amnesty" to cover “any event relating to unidentified aerial phenomena" and “any government or government contractor activity or program related to unidentified aerial phenomena".

Much of the discussion around UFOs have been the stigma the traditionally polarising subject carriers, with some servicemen claiming they were even encouraged not to report due to the fears of reprisals such as losing clearances or even psych evaluation.