It’s drones, it’s UFOs, it’s really what you’re asking: “What’s that buzzing around US nuclear facilities?”
Whistleblowers have reported sightings of UFOs around nuclear facilities since the 1940s and 1950s and up until the present, but US Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm has said they are “drones.”
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) fired off a barrage of questions at Granholm, including about whether the Department of Energy reverse-engineered any alien technology that had fallen from the planet and whether it worked with the anti-terrorism task force.
Granholm’s answers were “I don’t know about that” and “yes,” respectively, but experts told Fox News Digital that this was a “significant” admission.
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UFO hotspots map created by Fox News Digital with information from the Department of Defense. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital based on AARO data)
The heated exchange between Luna and Granholm lasted about five minutes of a two-and-a-half-hour Congressional Oversight Committee hearing on May 23.
Luna’s final question, “Does DOE work with JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command)?”, raised some eyebrows and sparked discussion. Social media.
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Granholm initially avoided the question, but Luna repeated it, demanding a yes or no answer.
Granholm finally replied, “Yes, I am.”
“This is a bold move from Congress,” said Jeremy Corbell, an investigative journalist and leading UFO expert.
See Luna and Granholm’s entire exchange
JSOC is a military task force that plans and executes special operations missions under the command of U.S. Special Operations Command.
Corbell said a whistleblower had pointed out that JSOC had worked with the DOE to recover crashed alien spacecraft and reverse-engineer their technology.
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“JSOC is likely heavily involved in the aircraft recovery program under the purview of the CIA, so it’s a big deal for the Department of Energy to acknowledge that it’s working with JSOC,” Corbell told Fox News Digital. “Secretary Granholm has been loath to acknowledge that.”
JSOC has denied these allegations and implications in previous statements. Fox News Digital reached out to JSOC for comment but did not receive a response.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna questioned Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm about reverse engineering alien technology. (Fox News Digital/John Michael Raasch)
In an email to Fox News Digital, Luna said that while “some people, like Secretary Granholm, want to ridicule these things,” “more than 50 percent of Americans believe UAPs may exist.”
“That means the federal government should be taking this seriously,” the Florida Republican said. “I have confronted Energy Secretary Granholm directly with multiple reports and statements from the Department of Defense, and she continues to deny the facts.”
“And that’s why I think the American people have lost faith in government transparency.”
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Luna’s exchange with Granholm wasn’t the end of her interactions with the DOE.
She submitted nine questions to the DOE, obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital. The questions include:
“DOE has received the QFR and will respond directly to the committee and members of Congress,” a DOE spokesperson said in an email.
Footage of a UFO flying near the USS Omaha off the coast of San Diego in July 2019 and disappearing into the ocean without a splash or crash debris. (Jeremy Corbell/Weaponized Podcast)
Former Navy pilot Ryan Graves, former Navy commander David Fravor, and former U.S. intelligence officer David Grush testified before a House subcommittee specializing in UFOs. (House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Security, Borders, and Foreign Affairs)
Luna’s Question
- How are Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) designated by DOE?
- What characteristics must an object have to be considered a UAP?
- How many UAP intrusions have been reported to the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)?
- F1 events deploy private companies that can disable drones and track the pilots. Is that technology available to DOE? Follow-up: If so, how many drones were able to track the pilots? And how many were able to be disabled?
- Follow-up: If so, how many drones were you able to track to their operators? And how many were you able to disable?
- This year alone, how many UAP intrusions have been reported internally at all critical infrastructure locations under DOE’s oversight (e.g., nuclear weapons, refining, and deployment sites such as Pantex and the Savannah River Site)?
- There have been multiple reports of frequent drone intrusions over DOE nuclear facilities, including the incident that occurred at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) on April 1, 2021. Can you tell us more about DOE’s current security measures to prevent unauthorized drone activity? Also, given the frequency of these incidents, what steps are being taken to strengthen these measures?
- A recent AARO report emphasized that better data collection is essential to understanding the UAP phenomenon. What technologies and methodologies is DOE employing to collect and analyze data related to UAP sightings, especially near critical infrastructure?
- Given the potential security and safety risks posed by UAPs near nuclear facilities, what protocols are in place to ensure the safety of DOE personnel and the public? Have there been any documented cases of personnel being adversely affected as a result of an encounter with a UAP?
- In the spirit of transparency, how is the Department of Energy handling public disclosure of UAP incidents? Are there plans to declassify and release more detailed reports on UAP sightings over Department of Energy facilities to keep the public informed and reassured?
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Before Luna’s exchange with Granholm, Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee questioned the Energy secretary about “suspicious sightings” of UFOs near nuclear facilities.
The question seemed to catch Granholm off guard.
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She responded that the Department of Defense had concluded that there was no evidence of UFOs or aliens.
“But there is the possibility of malicious drones out there,” Granholm said, emphasizing that safety and defensive measures are in place.
As both senators pointed out, UFO sightings near nuclear facilities predate drones.
This was one of several examples of unexplained UAPs listed in NASA’s Sept. 14 report. (NASA)
In 2018, a mysterious jellyfish-like object was spotted flying over a military base in Iraq. (Jeremy Corbell/Weaponized Podcast)
Recently declassified documents about a UFO program called Kona Blue detail a government plan to collect and reverse engineer crashed alien technology.
“Several highly sensitive and unconventional aerospace discoveries have been identified and significant progress has been made,” former U.S. Senator Harry Reid said in a June 2009 letter.
An excerpt from a 2009 letter from former U.S. Senator Harry Reid discussing the need to keep the government’s crashed alien technology recovery program and reverse engineering efforts secret. (Department of Defense)
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“Given the current rate of success, continued research into these subjects is likely to lead to technological advances requiring special protection in the near future…”
“Given the potential applications of these technologies in future systems, including space flight, weapons, communications and propulsion, standard management and protection procedures cannot adequately ensure that all aspects of the project will be adequately protected.”
Read the full declassified Kona Blue report
AARO, The Pentagon’s specialist unit investigating UAP said “multiple” whistleblowers mentioned Kona Blue during its investigation into the alleged aircraft recovery program.
In its report, AARO stated: History and origins Kona Blue said it was “proposed” to Homeland Security leadership but “never approved or formally enacted.”
According to AARO, the project has never received any materials or funding, and the Department of Homeland Security disapproved the project in 2011 “citing concerns about the adequacy of the program’s legitimacy” and ordered it immediately halted.
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According to AARO, its complete origins and history can be found at: It is here.
