U.S. Senator (D-NY), co-sponsor of the UAP Disclosure Act
On April 27, 2025, The Debrief published an op-ed by Sean Munger — an attorney and former United States Marine Corps intelligence analyst — introducing a proposed legislative framework called the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Registration Act (UAPRA). Munger argues that the UAPRA offers a more effective and transparent path to UAP disclosure than the existing Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act (UAPDA), which was co-introduced by Senators Mike Rounds and Charles Schumer but has twice failed to become law in its intended form. Munger contends that the UAPDA, as currently structured, centralizes control of UAP-related materials within the Executive Branch through a nine-person review board, replicating the opacity it ostensibly seeks to remedy. The UAPRA, by contrast, would require private and government entities to register and submit to inspection of any non-human intelligence (NHI) materials or biological evidence in their possession, embedding oversight within existing regulatory structures rather than creating a new executive-controlled body. Munger draws parallels to established regulatory regimes governing nuclear, pharmaceutical, and aviation industries, and argues the UAPRA would balance national security interests with public transparency while also generating taxable economic activity.