Committees told more than the public (2022)
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| Date | 18 December 2022 |
|---|---|
| Topics | Government programs (topic), Congress & law (topic) |
| People | Christopher Sharp, David Grusch |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 213 |
| Year | 2022 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2022 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 4 |
In December 2022 journalist Christopher Sharp of Liberation Times reported that sources said certain congressional committees, especially the intelligence committees, had been given information about UAP — including whistleblower testimony about secret programmes — that had not been made public. Subsequent events showed that such testimony had been given.[1][2]
Earlier briefings
Congress had been receiving closed UAP briefings for several years. In 2019 the Navy's UAP experts briefed members and committees repeatedly: Sen. Mark Warner received a briefing in June, the Office of Naval Intelligence held a series of Capitol Hill briefings that summer and autumn, and in October 2019 staff of the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence committees were briefed by physicist Eric Davis, who later wrote that he had told them the craft were "off-world".[2]
The 2023 defence bill
On 15 December 2022 the Senate passed the defence authorization bill for fiscal 2023. Its Section 1673 created a secure process for reporting UAP events and related government or contractor activity to the Pentagon's new All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, with protection from reprisal and from non-disclosure agreements.[2]
Confirmation
In June 2023 former intelligence officer David Grusch said publicly that he had given classified information to Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General about a crash-retrieval programme, and he testified at a House Oversight hearing on 26 July 2023. In January 2024 the inspector general, Thomas Monheim, gave members of the subcommittee a closed briefing; some lawmakers said they still lacked answers, while Rep. Jared Moskowitz called it the first briefing that showed real progress.[2][3][4]
Assessment
Sharp's sources were anonymous, but the existence of closed testimony to Congress was later confirmed. What the committees were told has not been made public.[3][4]
People and topics
- Christopher Sharp — Journalist at Liberation Times.
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena — The U.S. government's current term for unidentified objects in the air, in space and underwater.
- The Debrief — A news site covering UAP and science.
- David Grusch — Former intelligence officer who testified in 2023 that the U.S. has recovered non-human craft.
On the Timeline
- Dulles–Kennedy meeting of 28 June 1961 (17 December 2022) — A declassified calendar shows CIA chief Allen Dulles met President Kennedy on 28 June 1961.
- George Knapp's four legacy programs (19 December 2022) — George Knapp says he knows of at least four 'legacy' UAP programs.
See every 2022 event on the UAP Timeline →
References
- Liberation Times · liberationtimes.com · archived copy
- Justin Snead, "Timeline of U.S. congressional action on UFOs (2007 to present)" · justinsnead.substack.com · archived copy
- David Grusch UFO whistleblower claims — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "Lawmakers investigating UAPs remain frustrated after closed-door briefing with government watchdog", CBS News (Jan 2024) · cbsnews.com · archived copy
Further reading
- U.S. congressional hearings on UFOs — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
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