Michael Shellenberger’s written testimony and “UAP Timeline” (2024)
🏛️ Submitted to the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
Journalist Michael Shellenberger’s 214-page written testimony for the House hearing “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth.” It argues that the Pentagon and intelligence agencies are withholding UAP information from Congress, and it attaches a 617-entry chronology of UAP events and claims from 1947 to 2023.
Key points
- Argues that Defense Department and intelligence programs about UAP are not being properly reported to Congress, as the law requires for secret programs.
- Describes a whistleblower report naming an alleged secret program called “Immaculate Constellation” that collects UAP imagery and sensor data; the Pentagon has not confirmed it.
- Criticizes AARO’s 2024 historical report as incomplete, and gives examples of heavy redactions in released documents.
- Includes a redacted 2020 UAP Task Force briefing as an appendix.
- Its “UAP Timeline” appendix lists 617 dated entries drawn from public sources — many are allegations, affidavits and second-hand accounts that have not been verified.
- The cover page is dated November 13, 2023, but the hearing took place on November 13, 2024.
Why it matters
It is the most detailed list of UAP claims ever placed in the congressional record. Every entry is in our Timeline, with its page number and the sources it cites.
Read it yourself
The summary above is ours, written in plain English. Always check the original: the official files on this page go straight to the source, and each one has a backup copy saved by the Internet Archive in case the government page moves.
Submitted to the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. (2024). Michael Shellenberger’s written testimony and “UAP Timeline” (2024). https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Written-Testimony-Shellenberger.pdfRelated records
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