What happened on the grassy knoll of Dealey Plaza in Dallas?
Will a mysterious serpent-like beast glide through the icy waters of Loch Ness?
Does life exist on other planets?
Perhaps it's no surprise that Congress is now investigating whether the government is hiding possible evidence of UFOs.
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This digitally generated image shows a UFO flying through the sky. A group of lawmakers suspects there is growing information that government agencies and the military are not negotiating properly with Capitol Hill about UFOs. (St. Petersburg)
The timing for this type of parliamentary inquiry into this mystery is exactly right. Suspicions abound about conspiracies surrounding the origins of the pandemic and the safety of vaccines. Added to that is skepticism about the media, the veracity of election results, and government in general.
It's no wonder that people, and now members of Congress, want more answers about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), or UFOs.
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Otherwise, some in Congress believe they are left in the dark.
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Lawmakers suspect that the military is not properly engaging with Capitol Hill as intelligence from government agencies increases. And even if the truth is out there, they don't understand it. That's why the past few years have seen an increase in bipartisan hearings, briefings, and legislation regarding UAPs.
Even Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D.N.Y.) tried to incorporate increased transparency regarding UFO files into the annual defense policy bill late last year. However, Schumer's efforts failed.
Whatever people are seeing could be from the great beyond. But there appears to be some discomfort with federal officials divulging what they know to lawmakers. So Mr. Schumer was disappointed. And frankly, there may be evidence that various “silos” in the federal government may not know exactly what the other federal government has.
Former Navy pilot Ryan Graves, former Navy commander David Flavor, and former U.S. intelligence officer David Grusch testified before a House subcommittee focused on UFOs. (House Subcommittee on National Security, Borders, and Foreign Affairs)
Indeed, some of the things discovered in the sky may contain special proprietary and advanced technologies that are guarded with extreme secrecy by various agencies and intelligence agencies. And some of the things there may simply not be explained.
No wonder this fuels conspiracy theories.
Such was the case late last week when Thomas Monheim, the intelligence community's inspector general, appeared in a private, confidential briefing for members of the House Oversight Committee.
Some reactions were predictable.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) complained that he was “obstructed again.”
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“We've just wasted our time,” said Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthy. “I'm more worried than going in.”
“There is a concerted effort to suppress as much information as possible,” argued Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.).
Lawmakers claim they haven't heard from these people. really know What's there?
“They're intentionally putting bureaucrats in our place who don't know anything,” said Rep. Glenn Grossman (R-Wis.).
But it may not be as sinister as some people suspect.
U.S. Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray testifies during a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee in Washington, DC, May 17, 2022, describing video of an unidentified aerial phenomenon. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
“This session was different than any previous session, and it really made a difference,” said Rep. Jared Moskowitz of Florida. “This is the first time we've gotten any kind of ruling on what the IG (inspector general) thinks about these allegations.”
Moskowitz's “allegations” stem from claims made by former military intelligence officer and UAP whistleblower David Grusch during a public hearing last summer. Grusch claims the military has spacecraft from other locations.
similarly something other than that.
“Do you believe our government has made contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life?” asked Rep. Nancy Mace (RS.C.) during a hearing last July.
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“That's something I can't talk about in public,” Grusch replied.
However, Grusch hinted that there may be some form of life in the United States that is not understood.
He referred to them as “biologics” during a summer hearing.
“Human or non-human biologics?” Mace asked.
“Not human,” Grush answered without hesitation.
Lawmakers want transparency. However, due to the sensitivity of the subject matter, even they are not yet ready to publicly share what they have learned.
“This is the first real meeting we've had, and I can say that we've made some progress on some of Mr. Grusch's claims,” Moskowitz said.
Mr. Burchett, although shaken at the press conference, gave a similar signal.
Former Navy pilot Ryan Graves spoke about UFOs during a hearing in July. (Getty Images/Fox News Digital)
“We've got something pretty definitive,” Burchett said. “It just validated what I was thinking.”
However, it is unclear what the lawmakers heard as “conclusive,'' let alone what was verified.
And we don't know what Burchett “thought”.
Lawmakers are trying to thoroughly unravel Grusch's claims.
Let's backtrack just a little bit.
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As a longtime observer of Congress, I've learned to pay close attention to exactly what Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says. Decades of reporting on McConnell has taught me that you can figure it out. that's right You can tell what McConnell is trying to do, or what he's thinking, when he phrases his words in perfect Ginx-knife expressions.
Language and frameworks are paramount in politics.
The same goes for intelligence agencies.
And apparently, that's true when it comes to explaining the unexplainable. Like a UFO.
So let's focus on language.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Florida) asked why Grusch referred to potential “entities” as “non-human intelligence” rather than “extraterrestrial life.”
Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna called for greater transparency regarding UFOs, also known as UAPs, and declared that the IC is working on efforts to conceal information about the mysterious objects. (Department of Defense | Getty Images)
At the 2023 hearing, Mr. Grusch suggested that what the government allegedly had was “very complex.”
After last week's House press conference, Luna pointed out that Grusch had previously referred to such entities as “interdimensional.”
You seriously asked Luna what “interdimensional” meant when it came to UAPs.
“Is this something that distorts space and time?” the reporter asked Luna.
The Florida Republican did not respond directly.
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“He said extradimensional. He refused to use specific terminology,” Luna said.
Now, let's get back to analyzing the political message box.
“I think it's very important to listen to the specific words that Groush uses,” Luna said. “He never said he was an extraterrestrial or an alien.”
Could the words “extraterrestrial” or “alien” mean something specific in the intelligence and military communities as the government seeks to disaggregate what it knows about UAPs?
A body described as a “non-human” is displayed during a briefing on UFOs at the Legislative Palace of San Lazaro in Mexico City, Mexico, on September 12, 2023. (Reuters/Henry Romero)
The term “interdimensional” relates to the theory that multiple dimensions of space and time exist simultaneously. One long-standing theory about UFOs is that what we see here on Earth is not from another planet or even from beyond the galaxy. Is it something that has penetrated the dimensional plane we live in from another dimensional location?
And they thought it would be mind-boggling to cover the spending bill and the debt ceiling.
These are not things that are regularly debated in Congress.
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After the press conference, another reporter asked Raja Krishnamoorthi about Gurush's claims about biologics.
“I can't go into details,” the Illinois Democrat replied. “I didn't get the answer I was hoping for.”
Fox asked Luna if maybe what they were dealing with was so troubling and beyond common sense that conventional science and physics would have a hard time understanding it.
UFO hot spot map created by Fox News Digital with information from the Department of Defense. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital, based on data from AARO)
“I think that's understandable,” Luna said, without suggesting what lawmakers were trying to figure out.
We've used this quote before when writing about UFOs. But it's worth repeating. In Shakespeare, Hamlet tells Horatio, “There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in your philosophy.”
In other words, there are tons of possibilities that people haven't even imagined yet.
The truth may be out there. But can it be impregnable to mere mortals?
