YouTube video · UAP Gerb · 14 February 2024
SOL Foundation: Karl Nell - A Key Figure in UAP Disclosure
A walkthrough of Col. (ret.) Karl Nell's November 2023 SOL Foundation talk, published in full in February 2024: the UAP Disclosure Act and its terms, the reasons for and against disclosure, and his phased 'UAP campaign plan' with dates to 2034. Gerb's key point is Nell's June 2023 quote to The Debrief that Grusch's 80-year reverse-engineering arms race claim is 'fundamentally correct', and Leslie Kean's statement that Nell was one of Grusch's witnesses. He also points to Nell's captured-materiel roles in Iraq.
On the record
- Nell's Debrief quote (5 Jun 2023) and the SOL talk slides.
Open questions
- Verify the LinkedIn roles (FMP, CJCMEC).
Leads to follow
- Nell's full SOL talk video and slide deck.
Timeline
On the recordWitness testimonyAlleged / one person's word
16 Dec 2017
NYT AATIP storyNell's phase 0, 'shaping the narrative'.Karl Nell's UAP campaign plan (SOL Symposium, November 2023)
5 Jun 2023
Nell in The DebriefThe 80-year reverse-engineering arms race claim is 'fundamentally correct'.
The claims, checked
On the record (10)
Grusch's 'assertion concerning the existence of a terrestrial arms race occurring sub rosa over the past 80 years focused on reverse engineering technologies of unknown origin is fundamentally correct'.The Debrief, 5 Jun 2023.firsthandKarl NellDavid Grusch comes forward
Nell added that it is an 'indisputable realization that at least some of these technologies of unknown origin derive from non-human intelligence'.Same article.firsthandKarl Nell
His LinkedIn lists DIA technical intelligence operations officer, Foreign Materiel Program command representative to CENTCOM CFLCC in Kuwait, and CJ2 of the one-star Combined Joint Captured Materiel Exploitation Center in Iraq.To verify.firsthandNell's LinkedIn bio (via a UAP News thread, cited by UAP Gerb)Karl Nell
Two sponsors of the UAP Disclosure Act sit in the Gang of Eight and are entitled to hear of all SAPs, yet say they were not informed on UAP.SOL talk, Nov 2023.firsthandThe UAP Disclosure Act
The act separates UAP from 'TUO' (temporarily unidentified objects of human origin) and defines non-human intelligence, legacy programs and the eminent-domain scope of recovered material.firsthandUAP Disclosure Act text (as summarised by Nell)The UAP Disclosure Act
Nell's reasons for non-disclosure include national security, social disruption, 'covert agreements' and 'cover for misdeeds'.Slide in the SOL talk.firsthandKarl Nell's UAP campaign plan (SOL Symposium, November 2023)
'Some evidence suggests the USA may be losing a UAP arms race.'Slide in the SOL talk.firsthandKarl Nell's UAP campaign plan (SOL Symposium, November 2023)
Nell's UAP campaign plan runs from phase 0 (shaping the narrative) to phase 5 (a strategic end state), with phase 3, public acceptance, due by 1 Oct 2030.firsthandKarl Nell's UAP campaign plan (SOL Symposium, November 2023)
AARO is missing from the plan's phase 0 list.analysisKarl Nell's UAP campaign plan (SOL Symposium, November 2023)AARO
Backup slides, released by Matthew Pines, propose a civilization datum to replace the Kardashev scale and a taxonomy of UAP origin hypotheses (physical, psychophysical, metaphysical).firsthandMatthew Pines (posting Nell's backup slides)Karl Nell's UAP campaign plan (SOL Symposium, November 2023)
Witness testimony (1)
Nell was one of the people Grusch spoke to, and appeared in the Debrief article.NewsNation, July 2023, answering a question about Grusch's 40 witnesses.secondhandLeslie KeanLeslie Kean → NewsNation → told itKarl NellDavid Grusch comes forward
Alleged / one person's word (2)
The Iraq captured-materiel role may have exposed Nell to a downed UAP, which would explain his firsthand standing.Gerb's question, not a claim Nell has made.speculationKarl Nell
The Disclosure Act was 'watered down and gutted' by opponents of disclosure.speculationThe UAP Disclosure Act