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House hearing: UAP, Exposing the Truth

November 13, 2024 · House Oversight subcommittees on Cybersecurity, IT and Government Innovation, and on National Security

A retired admiral, a former Pentagon official, a former NASA official and a journalist asked Congress for more openness about UAP, each from a different angle.

Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, a former acting head of NOAA, described a January 2015 Navy exercise off the US East Coast. An email marked as an urgent safety of flight issue went to commanders with the clip now known as Go Fast attached, warning of near-misses. He said the email vanished from his account the next day.

Luis Elizondo, who says he ran the Pentagon's AATIP effort, opened by stating that UAP are real and that the US holds UAP technology. Mike Gold, a former NASA associate administrator who sat on NASA's independent UAP study team, spoke about stigma and the need for open science. Journalist Michael Shellenberger submitted a long document he said came from whistleblowers.

The Pentagon disputes Elizondo's account of his role and his claims about recovered technology. The hearing ended with calls for a single office to handle reports and stronger protection for people who come forward.

URGENT SAFETY OF FLIGHT ISSUE.

Tim Gallaudet, Written testimony (the subject line of the 2015 Navy email, as Gallaudet recalls it)

Let me be clear: UAP are real.

Luis Elizondo, Written testimony

The encounter it describes is also in military encounters (Gimbal and GoFast videos).