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David Grusch files whistleblower complaint with the Intelligence Community Inspector General

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Seal of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community
Seal of the Intelligence Community Inspector General, with whom David Grusch filed his 2022 complaint ODNI, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Former intelligence officer David Grusch filed an urgent-concern and reprisal complaint with the Intelligence Community Inspector General, alleging UAP information was withheld from Congress. He says the IG found it credible and urgent in July 2022; his underlying claims remain unverified.

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  1. OfficialStatement of David Grusch, hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (July 26, 2023)U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability / 2023-07-26
  2. PressIntelligence Officials Say U.S. Has Retrieved Craft of Non-Human OriginThe Debrief (Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal) / 2023-06-05

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How the story came out

Happened May 2022. First made public 1 year later (5 Jun 2023).

  1. May 2022It happened (this event)
  2. 5 Jun 2023The Debrief reports Grusch's claims and IG complaint The Debrief - first made public
  3. Jun 2023NewsNation airs Ross Coulthart's interview with David Grusch
  4. 5 Jun 2023The Debrief publishes the David Grusch whistleblower story

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