UFO DISCLOSURE Will Crash Banks Says UK Analyst

A former senior analyst from the Bank of England has formally urged the institution’s governor to prepare for economic collapse triggered by official confirmation of non-human intelligence. Helen McCaw, a Cambridge-educated economist who spent ten years at the central bank specializing in financial security, sent a letter to Governor Andrew Bailey warning that disclosure could cause total financial instability within hours of an announcement.

McCaw warns of extreme price fluctuations in financial markets, a collapse in confidence as people struggle to price assets, and a rush toward perceived safe havens like gold, government bonds, or Bitcoin. Her worst case scenario includes banks failing, payment systems collapsing, and civil unrest as people find themselves unable to purchase food or fuel.

The warning connects to a white paper McCaw authored in May 2024 for the Sol Foundation, a policy group focused on post-UAP preparedness. In that report, she called on the Bank of England to raise UAP issues with the Financial Stability Board so global regulators could include disclosure scenarios in their extreme stress testing alongside pandemics and cyberattacks.

McCaw is not alone in preparing documentation. That same month, the Vatican published guidelines covering supernatural occurrences and the possibility of contact with aliens, advising bishops on how to respond to findings of an organic nature. According to The Metro UK, the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology also issued an advisory report recommending increased funding for radio astronomy and expanded SETI programs.

The timing raises additional questions. In October 2025, SETI released updated post-detection protocols for the first time in 15 years. The revised framework expands beyond radio signals to cover techno-signatures broadly, including artificial structures and industrial atmospheric signatures. A critical addition explicitly prohibits individuals from transmitting replies to extraterrestrial intelligence without prior United Nations consultation.

Congressional leaders are also actively engaged. Representative Tim Burchett, co-chair of the Congressional UAP Caucus, recently mentioned to Ask a Pol that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has looked into UAPs from within the federal government. Burchett expressed frustration with deception surrounding the topic, stating that the more you dig, the more liars there are.

McCaw uses the term ontological shock to describe the psychological impact of disclosure. The concept traces back to psychiatrist John Mack’s 1994 research and describes the disorientation people experience when their fundamental understanding of reality is shattered. Her concern extends beyond market crashes to a breakdown in how people perceive governments, institutions, and reality itself.

The Bank of England declined to comment on McCaw’s letter. Whether these institutional preparations signal imminent disclosure or simply prudent contingency planning remains an open question.

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Bank of England must plan for financial crisis sparked by aliens. (2026, January 16). The Times. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/bank-of-england-must-prepare-for-ufo-announcement-f3mh8l9vh

Garrett, M. A., Denning, K., Tennen, L. I., & Oliver, C. (2025, October 21). SETI post-detection protocols: Progress towards a new version. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2510.14506

Laslo, M. (2026, January 17). Burchett says Rubio “has” looked into UFO inside government. Ask a Pol uap. https://www.askapoluaps.com/p/i-believe-rubio-has-looked-into-ufo?utm_source=podcast-email%2Csubstack&publication_id=1755497&post_id=184813739&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=play_card&r=5p0unm&triedRedirect=true

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