Congress UFO hearing: Whistleblower says U.S. hiding flying craft, ‘non-human’ activity – National | 24CA News

The U.S. is concealing a longstanding program that retrieves and reverse engineers unidentified flying objects, a former Air Force intelligence officer testified Wednesday to Congress. The Pentagon has denied his claims.

Retired Maj. David Grusch’s extremely anticipated testimony earlier than a House Oversight subcommittee was Congress’ newest foray into the world of UAPs — or “unidentified aerial phenomena,” which is the official time period the U.S. authorities makes use of as a substitute of UFOs. While the examine of mysterious plane or objects usually evokes speak of aliens and “little green men,” Democrats and Republicans lately have pushed for extra analysis as a nationwide safety matter because of considerations that sightings noticed by pilots could also be tied to U.S. adversaries.

Grusch stated he was requested in 2019 by the pinnacle of a authorities activity power on UAPs to establish all extremely categorized applications regarding the duty power’s mission. At the time, Grusch was detailed to the National Reconnaissance Office, the company that operates U.S. spy satellites.

“I was informed in the course of my official duties of a multi-decade UAP crash retrieval and reverse engineering program to which I was denied access,” he stated.

Asked whether or not the U.S. authorities had details about extraterrestrial life, Grusch stated the U.S. seemingly has been conscious of “non-human” exercise because the Thirties.

The Pentagon has denied Grusch’s claims of a coverup. In an announcement, Defense Department spokeswoman Sue Gough stated investigators haven’t found “any verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently.” The assertion didn’t deal with UFOs that aren’t suspected of being extraterrestrial objects.

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Grusch says he grew to become a authorities whistleblower after his discovery and has confronted retaliation for coming ahead. He declined to be extra particular concerning the retaliatory ways, citing an ongoing investigation.

“It was very brutal and very unfortunate, some of the tactics they used to hurt me both professionally and personally,” he stated.

Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., chaired the panel’s listening to and joked to a packed viewers, “Welcome to the most exciting subcommittee in Congress this week.” But members of each events requested Grusch about his examine of UFOs and the results he confronted.

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“I take it that you’re arguing what we need is real transparency and reporting systems so we can get some clarity on what’s going on out there,” stated Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.

Some lawmakers criticized the Pentagon for not offering extra particulars in a categorized briefing or releasing pictures that might be proven to the general public. In earlier hearings, Pentagon officers confirmed a video taken from an F-18 navy aircraft that confirmed a picture of 1 balloon-like form.

Pentagon officers in December stated that they had acquired “several hundreds” of recent experiences since launching a renewed effort to analyze experiences of UFOs.

At that time, “we have not seen anything, and we’re still very early on, that would lead us to believe that any of the objects that we have seen are of alien origin,” stated Ronald Moultrie, the undersecretary of protection for intelligence and safety. “Any unauthorized system in our airspace we deem as a threat to safety.”

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