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November 13th, 2024
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Testimony of a new congressional hearing on the topic of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) has been released.
The open hearing today, on November 13, is being staged by the House subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation as well as the National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs subcommittee.
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Pull back the curtain
According to a joint hearing statement the hearing “will attempt to further pull back the curtain on secret UAP research programs conducted by the U.S. government, and undisclosed findings they have yielded. The hearing will examine the Department of Defense’s (DoD) reluctance to appropriately declassify material on UAPs, and ways to make sure the American public is better informed on this topic.”
“This is our second hearing on the topic of UAPs and the American people are tired of the obfuscation and refusal to release information by the federal government,” observes Chairwoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Chairwoman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.).
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“Americans deserve to understand what the government has learned about UAP sightings, and the nature of any potential threats these phenomena pose,” Mace and Grothman state.
“We can only ensure that understanding by providing consistent, systemic transparency. We look forward to hearing from expert witnesses on ways to shed more light and bring greater accountability to this issue,” said Mace and Grothman.
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Written testimony
- Tim Gallaudet, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (RET.), Chief Executive Officer, Ocean STL Consulting, LLC: “As a former science agency leader, I have always sought the truth in human knowledge and thought. Now that we know UAP are interacting with humanity, and these include unidentified submerged objects (USOs) in the ocean40, we should not keep our heads stuck in the sand, but boldly face this new reality and learn from it.”
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Updated-Testimony-Gallaudet.pdf
- Luis Elizondo, former Department of Defense Official and author of the recently released book: Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs: “Let me be clear: UAP are real. Advanced technologies not made by our Government – or any other government – are monitoring sensitive military installations around the globe. Furthermore, the U.S. is in possession of UAP technologies, as are some of our adversaries. I believe we are in the midst of a multi-decade, secretive arms race — one funded by misallocated taxpayer dollars and hidden from our elected representatives and oversight bodies.”
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Written-Testimony-Elizondo.pdf
- Michael Gold, former NASA Associate Administrator of Space Policy and Partnerships; Member of NASA UAP Independent Study Team: “When NASA studies celestial objects and phenomena, planets, black holes, and galaxies, it does so with equipment that has been developed specifically for such tasks. If NASA had to study space with data collected from fighter cockpit cameras, radar from military installations, and cell phones, very little good science would be done. Therefore, it’s worth considering building instruments tailored to study the UAP phenomena.”
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Written-Testimony-Gold.pdf
- Michael Shellenberger, founder of Public, a group that focuses on free speech, civilization, and humanity: “President-elect Trump ran on and was elected with a mandate to make government more transparent and release long-held secrets on everything from Covid origins and the Hunter Biden laptop to the JFK files and UAPs. I encourage Congress to help the President-elect make that commitment a reality, including by extending stronger protections to at-risk whistleblowers, putting in place protransparency leaders of DOD and IC [Intelligence Community] organizations, and passing the UAP Disclosure Act.”
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Written-Testimony-Shellenberger.pdf
Tune in today
Today’s hearing is open to the public and is being livestreamed online starting at 11:30 am Eastern Time at:
Up close and personal! Scene from Earth vs. the Flying Saucers circa 1956.
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