What on Earth (or Beyond) Is Going on in U.S. Skies?

Whistleblowers accuse the government of a secret, ‘multidecade’ program that recovers and reverse engineers UFOs—among other bombastic claims.

Jack Daleo

Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 05:05 PM ET

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Retired Major David Grusch and former Navy pilot Ryan Graves prepare to deliver opening remarks to the House Oversight subcommittee. [Courtesy: C-SPAN]

Key Takeaways:

Three whistleblowers, including former intelligence officer David Grusch, testified to Congress that the U.S. government is concealing a "multidecade" program dedicated to recovering and reverse-engineering UFOs, claiming possession of "nonhuman" aircraft and "biologics."
Retired Navy pilots David Fravor and Ryan Graves shared their firsthand accounts of encountering advanced Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs), highlighting the superior technology observed and the inadequacy of current reporting systems.
All whistleblowers underscored a pervasive stigma around reporting UAP sightings, leading to gross underreporting and hindering thorough investigation, despite the objects posing potential national security and flight safety threats.
While the Department of Defense denies Grusch's specific allegations, ongoing government initiatives and a bipartisan legislative push aim to improve transparency and declassify UAP records, acknowledging many sightings remain unexplained.

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Congressional hearings aren’t known for being firecrackers. But on Wednesday, three whistleblowers testified before the House Oversight subcommittee that the government knows more about unidentified aerial phenomena—or UAPs, the government’s preferred term for UFOs—than it’s letting on.

Retired Major David Grusch, who served 14 years as an intelligence officer with the U.S. Air Force and National Geospacial Intelligence Agency, told Congress that government officials are concealing a “multidecade” program dedicated to recovering and reverse engineering UFOs. Among other bombastic claims, Grusch alleged the government is in possession of aircraft and “biologics” of “nonhuman” origin. Cue the X-Files theme.