Government9 Sep 2025Washington, D.C.

House Oversight task force UAP hearing

Name: House Oversight task force UAP hearing
Start: 2025-09-09
Location: Washington, D.C.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who led the House Oversight task force that held the hearing Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's House Oversight task force heard sworn testimony from Navy and Air Force witnesses and journalist George Knapp. Rep. Eric Burlison showed a video he said was filmed off Yemen in October 2024 of a Hellfire missile apparently failing to down an object.

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OfficialRestoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection (Serial No. 119-44) (opens in a new tab)U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo) / 2025-09-09
OfficialRestoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection (hearing page) (opens in a new tab)House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform / 2025-09-09
PressUnidentified anomalous phenomena task force hearing (opens in a new tab)Spectrum News / 2025-09-09

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House hearing: Elizondo, Gallaudet, Gold, Shellenberger

Two House Oversight subcommittees held a joint hearing at which Tim Gallaudet, Luis Elizondo, Michael Gold and Michael Shellenberger testified under oath. The witnesses alleged excessive secrecy around UAP and urged more disclosure and better reporting.

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22 Dec 2023Government

FY2024 NDAA creates the National Archives UAP Records Collection

The FY2024 defense bill, signed Dec. 22, 2023, kept a reduced version of the Schumer-Rounds UAP Disclosure Act, ordering agencies to send UAP records to a new National Archives collection. Conferees dropped the proposed independent review board and the push to obtain privately held material.

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14 Sep 2023Government

NASA UAP study team publishes its report

NASA's independent UAP study team released its final report, urging better-calibrated sensors and data and a larger NASA role. It said the scientific literature holds no conclusive evidence of an extraterrestrial origin. NASA said it was appointing a director of UAP research.

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26 Jul 2023Whistleblowers

David Grusch testifies

Former Air Force intelligence officer David Grusch testified under oath that he had been told of a decades-long program to recover craft of non-human origin, which he said he learned through interviews rather than firsthand access. The Pentagon and AARO have said they found no verifiable evidence of such programs.

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