Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (hearing transcript, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation, 17 May 2022)

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that seem to perform in ways that could pose a threat to safe flight operations or that
could be signs of a foreign adversary's attempt to develop a strategic technological
surprise against the United States.
It is also essential that our pilots and others feel they can report UAPs they
observe without any stigma for doing so. This is the open, unclassified portion of our
hearing. We will have a closed, classified part later. It is important for the public to
know that the classification of information exists to protect national security, not to try to
hide the truth.
When we are trying to determine if any UAPs are new technologies being
developed by foreign governments, we are inevitably going to run into classified
information about what new systems and technologies we do know are in the works here
or abroad. But more information does not risk national security. It should be shared
with our allies and the public when feasible. I hope that we can have your assurance to
this end today.
It is my hope that the Intelligence Community will continue to try to determine
the nature of UAPs we have observed and will keep Congress fully apprised of all
developments. I look forward to this hearing and continued dialogue and oversight with
the Intelligence Community on this topic.
And, with that, I yield back.
[The statement of Mr. Crawford follows:]
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