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US Hearing House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets

"Restoring Public Trust through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection": the task force hears four witnesses

On 9 September 2025 the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chaired by Representative Anna Paulina Luna, held a hearing titled "Restoring Public Trust through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection". It heard Air Force veteran Jeffrey Nuccetelli, Navy Chief Alexandro Wiggins, journalist George Knapp, Air Force veteran Dylan Borland and, as minority witness, Joe Spielberger of the Project on Government Oversight. Nuccetelli told the task force that AARO had informed him the relevant Air Force records had been destroyed. Representative Burlison played a video he said showed an MQ-9 tracking an object off Yemen on 30 October 2024. Members called for passage of whistleblower and disclosure legislation.

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  • The hearing was Serial No. 119-44 of the 119th Congress, held in Room HVC-210 of the Capitol Visitor Center and adjourned at 12:38 p.m. (p. 1, p. 50)
  • Mr Nuccetelli said AARO told him it could not locate records and that the Air Force destroys police records on a three-year schedule. (pp. 26-27)
  • Mr Borland said that after his inspector general complaint over retaliation he understood he was "determined credible, not urgent". (p. 27)
  • Representative Burlison described a video taken on 30 October 2024 of an MQ-9 drone tracking an object off the coast of Yemen, with another MQ-9 launching a Hellfire missile. (p. 28)
  • Mr Spielberger said national security whistleblowers must rely on internal processes through agency inspectors general. (p. 27)

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