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Precipice: The Politics, Secrecy and Science of Disclosure
Has History’s Greatest Revelation Already Begun?
For decades, reports of unidentified objects lived in the shadows – buried beneath ridicule, compartmentalisation, and secrecy.
Then, in 2017, everything changed.
A New York Times investigation revealed a hidden Pentagon programme investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). Since then, military pilots, intelligence officials, whistleblowers, scientists, and members of Congress have pushed the subject into the mainstream.
Offering a concise introduction to the post-2017 disclosure era, Precipice traces the key events, personalities, legislation, and institutional responses that transformed the subject from fringe curiosity into a matter of public debate, examining the disclosure movement through the lens of politics, national security, science, and democratic oversight.
From military encounters and congressional hearings to whistleblower testimony, disclosure legislation, and the growing battle between transparency and secrecy, this book explores a simple
Why are governments taking this issue so seriously?
It also examines the wider implications of disclosure – for science, technology, religion, philosophy, and humanity’s understanding of its place in the universe.
The conversation has changed.
This book explains why.
For decades, reports of unidentified objects lived in the shadows – buried beneath ridicule, compartmentalisation, and secrecy.
Then, in 2017, everything changed.
A New York Times investigation revealed a hidden Pentagon programme investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). Since then, military pilots, intelligence officials, whistleblowers, scientists, and members of Congress have pushed the subject into the mainstream.
Offering a concise introduction to the post-2017 disclosure era, Precipice traces the key events, personalities, legislation, and institutional responses that transformed the subject from fringe curiosity into a matter of public debate, examining the disclosure movement through the lens of politics, national security, science, and democratic oversight.
From military encounters and congressional hearings to whistleblower testimony, disclosure legislation, and the growing battle between transparency and secrecy, this book explores a simple
Why are governments taking this issue so seriously?
It also examines the wider implications of disclosure – for science, technology, religion, philosophy, and humanity’s understanding of its place in the universe.
The conversation has changed.
This book explains why.
121 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 28, 2026
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