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Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency (hearing transcript)

U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability · 2023-07-26 · 54 pages · text from the file's own layer

This is the printed transcript of a July 26, 2023 hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability's Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, chaired by Rep. Glenn Grothman. Ryan Graves, David Grusch and retired Navy Commander David Fravor testified on unidentified anomalous phenomena. Members pressed for transparency, whistleblower protection and better pilot reporting. Graves described a near mid-air collision with a dark cube inside a clear sphere off the Eastern Seaboard.

  • p. 7 …Knapp wrote since 1969, the position of our military has been that UFOs posed no threat…
  • p. 13 …I call on our military leaders and intelligence officials to release more information to the American…
  • p. 14 …The mission commander terminated the flight immediately and returned to base. Our squadron submitted a safety…
  • p. 16 …My testimony is based on information I have been given by indi- viduals with a long…
  • p. 20 …Based on—based off of each of your experiences and observations do you believe UAPs pose…
  • p. 23 …Absolutely, based on interviewing over 40 witnesses over 4 years. Mr. GARCIA. And where? Mr. GRUSCH…
  • p. 34 …crash retrieval programs and maybe which facilities, military bases, that would—the recovered material would be…
  • p. 41 …Several months ago my office received a protected disclosure from Eglin Air Force Base indicating that…
  • p. 46 …the most credible UFO sighting in history, based on all the sensors that were tracking it…
  • p. 50 …I have concerns based on the interviews I conducted under my official duties of potential violations…
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COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
JAMES COMER, Kentucky, Chairman
JIM JORDAN, Ohio
MIKE TURNER, Ohio
PAUL GOSAR, Arizona
VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina
GLENN GROTHMAN, Wisconsin
GARY PALMER, Alabama
CLAY HIGGINS, Louisiana
PETE SESSIONS, Texas
ANDY BIGGS, Arizona
NANCY MACE, South Carolina
JAKE LATURNER, Kansas
PAT FALLON, Texas
BYRON DONALDS, Florida
KELLY ARMSTRONG, North Dakota
SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania
WILLIAM TIMMONS, South Carolina
TIM BURCHETT, Tennessee
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, Georgia
LISA MCCLAIN, Michigan
LAUREN BOEBERT, Colorado
RUSSELL FRY, South Carolina
ANNA PAULINA LUNA, Florida
CHUCK EDWARDS, North Carolina
NICK LANGWORTHY, New York
ERIC BURLISON, Missouri
JAMIE RASKIN, Maryland, Ranking Minority
Member
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of
Columbia
STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts
GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia
RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI, Illinois
RO KHANNA, California
KWEISI MFUME, Maryland
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ, New York
KATIE PORTER, California
CORI BUSH, Missouri
JIMMY GOMEZ, California
SHONTEL BROWN, Ohio
MELANIE STANSBURY, New Mexico
ROBERT GARCIA, California
MAXWELL FROST, Florida
SUMMER LEE, Pennsylvania
GREG CASAR, Texas
JASMINE CROCKETT, Texas
DAN GOLDMAN, New York
JARED MOSKOWITZ, Florida
Vacancy
MARK MARIN, Staff Director
JESSICA DONLON, Deputy Staff Director and General Counsel
KAITY WOLFE, Senior Professional Staff Member
GRAYSON WESTMORELAND, Senior Professional Staff Member
MALLORY COGAR, Deputy Director of Operations and Chief Clerk
CONTACT NUMBER: 202-225-5074
JULIE TAGEN, Minority Staff Director
CONTACT NUMBER: 202-225-5051
SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, THE BORDER, AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS
GLENN GROTHMAN, Wisconsin, Chairman
PAUL GOSAR, Arizona
VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina
CLAY HIGGINS, Louisiana
PETE SESSIONS, Texas
ANDY BIGGS, Arizona
NANCY MACE, South Carolina
JAKE LATURNER, Kansas
PAT FALLON, Texas
KELLY ARMSTRONG, North Dakota
SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania
ROBERT GARCIA, California, Ranking Minority
Member
STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts
DAN GOLDMAN, New York
JARED MOSKOWITZ, Florida
KATIE PORTER, California
CORI BUSH, Missouri
MAXWELL FROST, Florida
Vacancy
Vacancy

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