Classified UFO briefing: House members emerge with mixed feelings

Members of the House of Commons ended Friday's secret press conference on UFOs, which the government calls Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), with mixed feelings, with some MPs frustrated by the limited information and others worried about the He claimed that the explosives testimony was explained more clearly. Unexplained sightings.

The closed-door briefing at the U.S. Capitol lasted about 90 minutes, during which Intelligence Community Inspector General Thomas Monheim met with members of the House Oversight Committee and asked for transparency about the government's knowledge of UAPs. The purpose was to enhance sexuality.

The secret meeting comes after three former Defense Department officials told the panel's National Security Subcommittee during a hearing in July that UAP sightings could pose a national security risk. It was done later.

The hearing featured startling testimony from former military intelligence officer and whistleblower David Groush, who revealed that the Pentagon and other agencies have been involved in “decades of research” by the U.S. government attempting to reverse engineer non-human technology. ” claimed to have withheld information about the phenomenon, including concealing its plans. It was recovered from the crash site and is still in my possession. The Pentagon denies his claims.

However, several members of Congress who came out of the news conference said they had learned little new information about Grusch's accusations.

“Let me just say, we were all very interested in what his claims were, but unfortunately we didn't get the answers we were hoping for,” said one member of parliament, Raja.・Congressman Krishnamoorthi (Democrat, Illinois) said. Some members were frustrated by the lack of new content in the briefing.

Meanwhile, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said the press conference was “pretty much the same.”

“It's so compartmentalized, it's like looking down the muzzle of a Type 22 rifle, and all they know is what's just right within that little circle,” he later told reporters. Told. “Now it's a game of whack-a-mole. Move on to the next thing.” [briefing]Until we get some answers. ”

Burchett, who has said he believes in the existence of extraterrestrial life and has accused the U.S. government of suppressing evidence, said Friday's discussion “confirmed my belief. ” he added.

And Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), a member of the UAP caucus but not on the House Oversight Committee, said, “What most Americans are concerned about is true.” , claimed that “a joint effort is being made on both sides to conceal as much information as possible.'' to Congress and the public. ”

“I asked very specific questions and didn’t get specific answers,” he said. “So it's a problem and it's not going to stop until we know the truth.”

But there was also a more optimistic view, with Rep. Eric Burleson (R-Missouri) telling reporters that the briefing gave lawmakers “a direction to go next, and that's what's important.” ” he said.

“I think some people were looking for something. This is not the place to decide those things, but for me it helped clarify a lot of things,” he added.

Meanwhile, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) said it was fair to argue that “everyone who was there probably received new information.”

Garcia introduced the Safe Airspace for Americans Act earlier this week., With Congressman Glenn Grossman (R-Wis.). This bill aims to close the gap in UAP reporting by allowing commercial pilots and personnel to report encounters to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which the FAA would then use as part of the Department of Defense in exchange for legal action. A report will be sent to the All Area Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Safeguards.

The secrecy surrounding UAPs has frustrated and confused lawmakers who say transparency on the subject is critical to national security.

The most public UAP sightings are relayed by military pilots, some of whom appear to capture the phenomenon on camera.

But MPs claim they are being obstructed from trying to get more information about what exactly is going on and what the government knows, from within the intelligence community and even from within MPs themselves. are doing.

“This is not a question of whether there are aliens or not,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Florida), a member of the UAP caucus, said in early December. “The problem is that when we ask questions like that, rather than providing information that proves it to be false, we block the information and that creates interest.”