UAP hearings
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| Type | Event |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Congressional UFO hearings, UFO hearings |
| Where | U.S. House of Representatives |
| First | 5 April 1966 |
| Best known | 26 July 2023 (David Grusch) |
The UAP hearings are public hearings in the United States Congress about unidentified flying objects, now officially called unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). After a burst of interest in the 1960s, Congress held no open hearing on the subject for more than fifty years. Since 2022 there have been several, and the 26 July 2023 hearing with former intelligence officer David Grusch drew more public attention than any before it.[1][2]
1966 and 1968
On 5 April 1966, after the widely mocked "swamp gas" explanation of sightings in Michigan, the House Armed Services Committee held a brief hearing. Congressman Gerald Ford of Michigan had called for it. The hearing led the Air Force to fund an outside scientific study, which became the University of Colorado's Condon Committee and its 1969 report.[3]
On 29 July 1968 the House Committee on Science and Astronautics held a one-day symposium on UFOs. Scientists including J. Allen Hynek, Carl Sagan and atmospheric physicist James McDonald gave evidence.[4]
May 2022: the first hearing in fifty years
On 17 May 2022 a House Intelligence subcommittee questioned Under Secretary of Defense Ronald Moultrie and Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray in open session. Bray showed short Navy videos and said some cases remained unexplained. See 2022 House UAP hearing.[1]
July 2023: Grusch, Fravor and Graves
On 26 July 2023 the House Oversight Committee's subcommittee on national security heard three former military witnesses under oath:
- David Grusch, a former intelligence officer, said the U.S. had a decades-long program to recover and reverse-engineer craft of "non-human" origin. He said he had learned this from people with direct knowledge, not seen it himself, and gave further details only in a closed session.[2]
- David Fravor, a retired Navy commander, described the 2004 Tic Tac encounter.[2]
- Ryan Graves, a former Navy pilot, described frequent sightings of unknown objects by fighter crews off the U.S. East Coast.[2]
Representatives Tim Burchett, Anna Paulina Luna and Nancy Mace were among the members pressing for more disclosure. The Pentagon said it had found no verifiable information to support claims of recovered extraterrestrial materials.[2]
November 2024: "Exposing the Truth"
On 13 November 2024 the Oversight Committee held a second hearing. The witnesses were former Pentagon official Luis Elizondo, retired Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, former NASA official Michael Gold and journalist Michael Shellenberger. Shellenberger submitted a report describing an alleged program called Immaculate Constellation.[5]
September 2025: the declassification task force
On 9 September 2025 the Oversight Committee's Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, chaired by Anna Paulina Luna, held a hearing titled "Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection." The announced witnesses were Jeffrey Nuccetelli, Navy Senior Chief Alexandro Wiggins, journalist George Knapp and Dylan Borland. Representative Eric Burlison showed a video of an MQ-9 drone firing a Hellfire missile at a glowing orb off Yemen.[6][7]
What came of them
The hearings produced no public physical evidence of non-human craft. They did put whistleblower protection and records release on the agenda: Congress created the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office in 2022, and Senators Chuck Schumer and Mike Rounds proposed the UAP Disclosure Act in 2023. AARO's 2024 historical report said it had found no evidence that any U.S. government investigation had confirmed extraterrestrial technology.[1][8]
References
- Unidentified flying object — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- David Grusch UFO whistleblower claims — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- Condon Committee — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- James E. McDonald — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- Luis Elizondo — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
- Luna announces hearing on transparency relating to UAP — House Oversight Committee · oversight.house.gov
- Military whistleblowers share new evidence at UAP hearing — DefenseScoop, 9 September 2025 · defensescoop.com
- All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) · aaro.mil
Facts in this article are drawn in part from the Wikipedia articles “Unidentified flying object”, “David Grusch UFO whistleblower claims”, “Condon Committee”, “James E. McDonald”, “Luis Elizondo”, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
This page was last edited on 14 November 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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