In a remarkable House Oversight subcommittee hearing on UFOs held on July 27, 2023, a former national intelligence official stunned elected representatives by claiming that the US government is concealing alien spacecraft. The hearing shed light on decades of alleged unnecessary secrecy surrounding government programs studying unexplained phenomena, prompting calls for more transparency.
Representative Tim Burchett, a Republican from Tennessee, decried the supposed “cover-up” that extended beyond political affiliations, citing government entities like the intelligence community and the Pentagon for preventing Congress from accessing UFO-related government reports. He emphasized the growing global significance of UFOs and recounted a visitor from Denmark who attended the meeting, underscoring the magnitude of the issue.
During the hearing, two former Navy fighter pilots, David Fravor and Ryan Graves, recounted encounters with unknown objects, describing their unparalleled acceleration. These incidents had been previously reported in The New York Times and contributed to the push for more government openness. However, neither pilot speculated on the origin of these phenomena.
David Grusch, a former intelligence official who worked with the Pentagon’s task force investigating unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), testified that covert programs within the US government possess materials of nonhuman origin obtained from crash sites. He disclosed being denied access to a long-running UAP crash retrieval and reverse engineering program.
While lawmakers called for more transparency, some skepticism was also evident. Representative Eric Burlison, a Republican from Missouri, questioned the plausibility of technologically advanced alien species traveling vast distances but then being unable to survive on Earth without crashing.
Despite the intriguing revelations during the hearing, there remains much uncertainty regarding the nature of these unexplained phenomena and the level of government involvement. The topic of UFOs continues to captivate public interest, leaving many eager for further investigation and disclosure.