Congressional UFO Hearing: US Aware of 'Non-Human' Activity, Witness Says

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Facts

• On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee heard testimony from former intelligence officer David Grusch, who earlier this year claimed that the US has concealed evidence of 'extraterrestrial technology' from Congress and the public and was currently in possession of alien craft.¹
• Also testifying were two former fighter pilots who claimed to have encountered unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). David Fravor — who recorded the 2004 'Tic Tac' UAP video — and Ryan Graves claimed that pilots who come forward with UAP claims face serious stigma.²
• Grusch claims that in 2019, while working at the National Reconnaissance Office, he was asked to identify classified programs of interest to a UAP task force. He claims to have uncovered 'multi-decade UAP crash retrieval and reverse engineering' programs that he was denied access to.³
• Under oath, Grusch reiterated his claims that the US has known of 'non-human' activity since the 1930s and has recovered biological and technological material from crash sites. However, he claims to have not seen any alien craft or evidence himself, basing his allegations on his interviews with 'high-level intelligence officials.'⁴
• The bipartisan committee has highlighted the need for more transparency with regard to UAP programs, with chair Robert Garcia calling for a 'serious and thoughtful' examination of UAP claims. Last week, a bipartisan Senate bill was passed that would declassify more UAP information.⁵
• The Pentagon has repeatedly denied the claims of UAP material being illegally withheld from Congress, with a spokesperson saying they had found no 'verifiable information' in support of any of Grusch's claims.⁵

Sources: ¹NewsNation, ²CBS, ³Associated Press, ⁴Guardian and ⁵FOX News.

Narratives

• Pro-establishment narrative, as provided by Atlantic. While these supposedly bombshell claims will reignite our fascination with UFOs, Grusch's story is entirely predictable, with his claims being as specious as all prior UFO whistleblowers. An appealing narrative of a brave truthteller coming forward with evidence of a shadowy government plot cannot hide the absolute dearth of evidence to back it up. For the sake of a good story, Congress suspended its disbelief to hear tired tales of little green men, with the hearing being just as anticlimactic as every other UFO story.
• Establishment-critical narrative, as provided by The Debrief. Once ridiculed, UFO claims are being taken seriously by elected representatives, and perhaps it would be wise to heed their new concerns. If the Pentagon is hiding a shred of information from Congress, it would be a breach of the trust of the American public. Despite their repeated denials, there has been a startling lack of transparency, with both parties bearing down on the Three Letter Agencies to finally come clean about what they know. For the sake of government integrity, we must take these allegations with respect and seriousness.