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Last week, whistleblower David Grusch and others made some bombshell UFO and alien allegations against the United States government during their testimony before the House Oversight committee.
The hearing was called by the House following claims by David Grusch in June that the United States had retrieved and studied UFOs of non-human origin and recovered alien bodies.
During the hearing titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency,” Grusch doubled down on his claims and made numerous other allegations related to UFOs and aliens.
Among those claims made by Grush was an allegation that there are secret black programs inside the United States government which conducted unsanctioned technological research related to UFOs. These programs, he said, are funded without the knowledge of Congress.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA): “Do you believe that our government is in possession of UAPs?”
Former Air Force intelligence officer David Grusch: “Absolutely, based on interviewing over 40 witnesses over four years … I know the exact locations.” pic.twitter.com/Il1h19tMdS
— The Recount (@therecount) July 26, 2023
Retired Navy pilot Ryan Graves also echoed allegations made by United States Senator Josh Hawley that UFO and alien reports have been “downplayed, if not kept from the public, for a long, long time” during his testimony.
Graves claimed UFO sightings are “grossly underreported,” are “not rare or isolated,” and that he personally has seen pilots report encounters with UFOs only for there to be “no official acknowledgement of the incident.”
Former Navy Commander David Fravor also claimed that none of his crew was ever questioned about the infamous “Tic Tac” video he recorded and “the incident was never investigated.”
Luis Elizondo, a former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent, and Jay Stratton, the former Director of the UAP Task Force, applauded the whistleblowers’ testimony.
— Jay Stratton (@jaystratton) July 28, 2023
However, following the whistleblowers’ testimony, Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, Director of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), issued a scathing statement denouncing many of the allegations. (The AARO is the Pentagon’s new UFO investigative office.)
AARO DIRECTOR ISSUES STATEMENT
ON U.S. HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE'S UFO HEARINGThe statement below was issued July 27, 2023, by Sean Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). I received verification directly from Dr. Kirkpatrick that he wrote it. pic.twitter.com/DjU1SIu6Sq
— D. Dean Johnson (@ddeanjohnson) July 28, 2023
“As the director of [the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office] AARO’s amazingly talented, devoted, and highly motivated team…I cannot let [last Wednesday’s] hearing pass without sharing how insulting it was to the officers of the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community who chose to join AARO, many with not unreasonable anxieties about the career risks this would entail,” Kirkpatrick wrote in a personal memo. “They are truthseekers as I am. But you certainly would not get that impression from [the] hearing.
“AARO was established, by law, to investigate the allegations and assertions presented in yesterday’s hearing,” Kirkpatrick continued. “Allegations by its witnesses of retaliation, to include physical assault and hints of murder, are extraordinarily serious, which is why law enforcement is a critical member of the AARO team, specifically to address and take swift action should anyone come forward with such claims.”
In closing, Kirkpatrick wrote, “Finally, to be clear, AARO has yet to find any credible evidence to support the allegations of any reverse engineering program for non-human technology.”