House Oversight Committee announces UAP hearing

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., (Nov. 8, 2024)- The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability announced it will hold a joint subcommittee hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). Details are below:

Date/Time: Wednesday, November 13 at 11:30am

Location: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, 20515

Witnesses:

• Dr. Tim Gallaudet
  Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (RET.)
  Chief Executive Officer, Ocean STL Consulting, LLC
• Mr. Luis Elizondo
  Author, and Former Department of Defense Official
• Mr. Michael Gold
  Chief Growth Officer, Redwire Corporation, and Former National Aeronautics and Space Administration Associate Administrator
• Mr. Michael Shellenberger
  Founder of Public

This information is subject to change. Please check the committee website for the most up-to-date information.

BACKGROUND:

Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02), along with several bipartisan members of Congress, pushed for a hearing on UAPswhich was held by the House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs on July 26, 2023. The hearing featured testimony from three witnesses:

• Ryan Graves, former Navy pilot and Executive Director of Americans for Safe Aerospace
• Rt. Commander David Fravor, Former Commanding Officer, Black Aces Squadron, U.S. Navy
• David Grusch, former National Reconnaissance Officer Representative, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force, Department of Defense

Congressman Burchett also launched the bipartisan UAP Caucus in the House of Representatives, which he co-chairs alongside Congressman Jared Moskowitz (FL-23). Some members of the UAP Caucus sent a letter to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community asking for follow-up information regarding David Grusch's testimony in the recent hearing on UAPs.

Congressman Burchett and other members of the UAP Caucus introduced the UAP Transparency Act, which would require the president of the United States to direct all federal agencies and departments to make all documents relating to UAPs available to the public within 270 days.