What is the ‘Outreach Program?’

I recently had the opportunity to ask Andreas Freeman Stahl — a writer and clinical researcher who runs a website called The-Unidentified — a few questions about what is known in the UFO world as the ‘Outreach Program,’ or sometimes just ‘Outreach.’

I did not initially know what Outreach was, but I could tell that whatever it was had a substantial influence over many people of repute within the community.

I think the first thing people would like to know is: What is Outreach?

The ‘Outreach Program’ is essentially a concept, an idea that hasn’t ever been attempted in 70 years of Ufology for various reasons. Basically, the program uses credibly sourced and verified unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) data (from the Roosevelt and Nimitz cases) to engage the mainstream public, journalists, scientists, politicians and celebrities through social media platforms. The aim is not to push ‘disclosure’ or force the derogatory rhetoric of ‘extraterrestrials’, ‘UFOs’ and ‘deep state conspiracy.’ The aim is to open up a conversation for non-UFO people who have never considered this issue seriously.

Initially, the idea came to me in January, when I sought out passionate/intelligent individuals who would be interested in a project that transcended the usual dogmatic foregone conclusion approach. Maybe, after 70 years of us trying to convince the public that the big monolith United States government has pickled aliens in jars over at Area 51 isn’t working…maybe, in order to fully grab the attention and engage the public and congress (+ your mum, dad, cousin, friend, neighbor, etc) we need to start thinking differently, we need to think like they do and not like we want them to think.

So back then we aimed to contact and engage as many different mainstream individuals as humanly possible on February 5th, 2020, which was basically an event instead of a process approach. That was the initial plan. We had spreadsheets, diagrams, contacts for everyone and anyone we deemed relevant. It was all building momentum nicely and was all green for go. The entire #UFOTwitter team was showing great enthusiasm and interest.

It failed.

What I learnt was such an initiative is very much dependent on momentum and the enthusiasm of the collective community — our beautifully flawed UFO Twitter team, that is. It was very evident in those days prior to February 5 that the momentum had stopped dead. The Serpo conspiracy incident suddenly became the focal point of the UFO Twitter community and that all but killed Outreach.

We learnt that an ‘event’ approach can be infected by distraction, but, if we approach using a ‘process’ time frame, then no instant flash in the pan diversion or distraction can end our initiative.

Fast forward a few months to present day and we regrouped, starting over again.

What is the goal of Outreach — who do you hope to influence?

The goal of the program is to bring long-term exposure to UAP. Within the social media platform, we, as stated, hope to reach (non-UFO) individuals, journalists, scientists, politicians, and celebrities in a way which doesn’t present like spamming. Not easy. To do this, the program needs to utilize the ‘waves’ that come through credible UAP info that the global media pick up upon.

We need to ensure the mistakes of the past are not repeated, for example, Stephen Bassett (should be commended for his efforts) instigated a ‘tweet storm’ in 2014 that only had a handful of likes, retweets and comments. I was apart of it at the time and backed Bassett in 2013, following the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure. The critical failures, however, in that 2014 tweet storm, came from suggesting the phenomenon was extraterrestrial, spamming the same congressman and women with the same tweet and not being able to provide credible data (beyond a tenuous link between Clinton and Rockefeller initiative), and most importantly, not having the momentum, numbers, or enthusiasm for effective activism. This is not to criticize Bassett’s efforts, but progress comes from adaption and learning from mistakes.

So, we can therefore adapt our goals of Outreach accordingly.

Is Outreach a closed group, or is it open to anyone who is willing to participate?

The Outreach Program is for everyone. This is your fight, your challenge, and your responsibility. We would advise you stick to using verified sourced data surrounding the Roosevelt and Nimitz cases to which the general skeptic will struggle to have a response to without sounding idiotic. Do not be apathetic when you see others commenting and re-tweeting videos and gifs. You are needed as this year unravels. A lot more data is coming. Get in the game.

What can others do who are interested in spreading the truth about UAPs?

Write to your congressperson. Engage the mainstream with sourced data. From what I’m told, the greatest ally of those who are trying to keep the secret is apathy, your apathy, making you believe that you are helpless when you are not. There is a feeling that some have spent a great deal of time and effort ensuring you are the target of this directed division. Take the past two years: every time something has come out on UAP in the mainstream media, something counteracts the enthusiasm in Ufology (aka aviation/aerospace), such as AATIP wasn’t UAP, or Elizondo wasn’t at AATIP, or insignificant details in the 3 videos. They all serve the same purpose. They all end the conversation. Dividing and conquering, preventing a rise up from a united group of people.

This was another goal for Outreach — tackling these barriers.

We found a good way to bypass these barriers, by focusing on the set guidelines, for example. Do not use the terms Alien, UFOs, Extraterrestrial, Deep State, Conspiracy, Men in Black. The moment you use any of these loaded terms you have lost them, and they will rigorously defend their preconceived societal notions about the phenomenon. Our aim is to get them to a point of interest, to a point we’re they are requesting further investigations.

How do we do this? By mirroring your targeted individual, by acting as though the phenomenon is ‘Unidentified’ while at the same time ‘beyond next generation’ technology.

Does Outreach have the ear of any government officials?

No. Not officially. Having said that, I was informed back in January by a friend close to someone who used to work in government with UAP, that the person had been sent the outline for the Outreach Program. I didn’t receive any feedback at the time. It is only recently that we have been targeted by various ‘Anon’ accounts on UFO Twitter in the public and some even in private, that have given us guidance on how to proceed. Disconcerting to say the least, and questions are brought up by the timing. Obviously, this is dangerous ground considering these are unverifiable sources, and ones we are unable to be confirm as authentic. The fact that what they say is in alignment with the already established parameters of the program is what gives them some credibility. That and the fact they seem to know the workings of government more than the usual ‘nutter’ on social media. Proceed with caution we must, but proceed all the same.

And yes, this is what ‘they’ need us to do, apply pressure, over and over, reaching down into every dark forbidden corner of the Internet, to take the unchallenged ground from those desperate to keep the unclassified UAP secrets. To quote one of these anonymous people.

“This is how you win….”

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