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This is the official transcript of a July 26, 2023 hearing held by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability's Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, titled "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency." Witnesses Ryan Graves, David Grusch and retired Commander David Fravor testified under oath. Members pressed for transparency, and Graves described a near midair encounter with a cube inside a clear sphere.
8 We will hear testimony from witnesses today with a long record of service to the American people and with subject matter exper- tise. Our witnesses have a unique opportunity to share their perspec- tive, insights, and their experiences with the American people and I encourage all of my colleagues to engage with these difficult ques- tions with an open mind and to follow the facts on behalf of our country. I also just want to say, more broadly, that we should look at this hearing and believe that everything is on the table as it relates to UAPs. I think an open mind is absolutely the best. I want to yield the two and a half minutes, the remainder of my time, to the representative from Florida, Representative Moskowitz, for an opening statement. He also has been very much engaged in this issue and I want to thank him for his leadership. Congressman? Mr. MOSKOWITZ. Thank you, Ranking Member Garcia. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank Tim Burchett and Anna Pau- lina Luna for their leadership in pushing this hearing forward. I want to thank, obviously, committee staff and their staff work- ing on this on a bipartisan basis because many Americans are deeply interested in this issue, and it should not take the potential of nonhuman origin to bring us together. Additionally, I want to thank the witnesses for coming forward to share your perspectives, your thoughts, and the sightings of UAPs. Unlike other hearings many times in Congress you are not here to help a political party, but you are here to share information with the American people, and it is not something that is just going on in this Administration. It is something that has spanned many administrations. For dec- ades many Americans have been fascinated by objects mysterious and unexplained and it is long past time that they got some an- swers. The American public has a right to learn about technologies of unknown origins, nonhuman intelligence, and unexplainable phe- nomena. Those are not the words of a UFO Twitter account. That is a direct quote from Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, that the American public has a right to learn about technologies of un- known origins, nonhuman intelligence, and unexplainable phe- nomena. In an interview with Fox News, recent former Director of Na- tional Intelligence John Ratcliffe confirmed the U.S. Government is aware a lot more sightings of UAPs and that they have not made that information public. I quote, ‘‘There are a lot more sightings that have not been made public,’’ Ratcliffe said to Fox News. For me, this hearing is about transparency. We, unfortunately, live in a time in which many people distrust government and our institutions and over classification of information away from the American public or even Congress contributes to today’s politics. The American people have regular questions. What are UAPs? How come the media does not report more on them? Are they for- eign adversaries? Are they U.S. technology? Are they something else?
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