‘Done with the cover-ups’: US House committee hold hearing on UFOs

In a press conference on Thursday, Tim Burchett said that the committee was facing pressure from several quarters about the hearing. He said, “We’ve had a heck of a lot of pushback about this hearing. We’ve had members of Congress who fought us we’ve had members of the intelligence community and also the Pentagon. Even NASA backed out on us. There are a lot of people who don’t want this to come to light”

The chatter about UAPs has intensified recently with a revelation by former US intelligence officer David Grusch. Grusch was part of the Department of Defence and led the analysis of UAPs until he resigned on 14 April after a 14-year career.

According to a report in The Debrief, Grusch claims that the US government is in possession of an “intact and partially intact” alien vehicle and that this information is being illegally withheld from Congress.

David Grusch is now among the three witnesses called upon by the House Oversight Committee along with Navy commander David Bravor and Navy pilot Ryan Graves. 

 Burchett argued that the US government spends a lot of money on examining UFOs but isn’t forthcoming about what it knows. He said, “They (UFOs) either do exist or they don’t exist. They (US government) keep telling us they don’t exist, but they block every opportunity for us to get a hold of the information and prove that they do exist. And we’re gonna get to the bottom of it that gamut Whatever the truth may be. We’re done with the cover-ups.”

Meanwhile, the US Senate is also considering a bipartisan move to force the US government to disclose possible UFO sightings. The move is being led by Democrat Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer along with Republican Senator Mike Rounds.

(With agency inputs)

Updated: 21 Jul 2023, 03:22 PM IST