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This is the official transcript of a July 26, 2023 hearing held by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability's Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs. The hearing was titled "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency." Ryan Graves, David Grusch and retired Commander David Fravor testified. Members pressed for transparency and whistleblower protections, and Graves described a near miss involving a dark cube inside a clear sphere.

  • p. 3 …David Grusch, Former National Reconnaissance Office Representative, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, Department of Defense Oral…
  • p. 15 …as well as reporting to the UAP Task Force—UAPTF—and eventually, once it was established…
  • p. 16 …In 2019, the UAP Task Force Director asked me to identify all special access programs and…
  • p. 36 …Grusch, you sat on the unidentified anomalous phenomenon task force created in the 2020 NDAA, correct…
  • p. 39 …Yes, I am familiar with the UAP Task Force 2019 Security Classification guide. I think it…
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probably guys with Ph.Ds. that we could probably argue about
that.
Mr. BURLISON. But you have not seen any documentation that
that is what is occurring? It is a theory?
Mr. GRUSCH. Only theoretical framework discussion.
Mr. BURLISON. OK. OK. Occam’s Razor is that this—these air-
crafts have they been identified that they are being produced by
domestic, you know, military contractors? Is there any evidence
that that is what is being recovered?
Mr. GRUSCH. Not to my knowledge. Plus, the recoveries predate
a lot of our advanced programs that I previously am waiving off.
So——
Mr. BURLISON. So, would it be safe to say that there could be a
scenario today where you have an aircraft that crashes because it
has been involved in one program from one Federal agency and
the—but the agency that retrieves it is not aware of that program
and to them it appears alien in origin?
Mr. GRUSCH. I mean, that is a hypothetical situation. I am not
aware of any historical situation that would match that that you
described.
Mr. BURLISON. You are not aware—it has not happened that you
are aware of?
Mr. GRUSCH. That I am aware of.
Mr. BURLISON. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, I yield back.
Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Gaetz?
Mr. GAETZ. Several months ago my office received a protected
disclosure from Eglin Air Force Base indicating that there was a
UAP incident that required my attention. I sought a briefing re-
garding that episode and brought with me Congressman Burchett
and Congresswoman Luna.
We asked to see any of the evidence that had been taken by
flight crew in this endeavor and to observe any radar signature as
long as—as well as to meet with the flight crew. We were not af-
forded access to all of the flight crew and initially we were not af-
forded access to images and to radar.
Thereafter, we had a bit of a discussion about how authorities
flow in the United States of America and we did see the image and
we did meet with one member of the flight crew who took the
image.
The image was of something that I am not able to attach to any
human capability either from the United States or from any of our
adversaries and I am somewhat informed on the matter having
served on the Armed Services Committee for 7 years, having served
on the committee that oversees DARPA and advanced technologies
for several years.
When we spoke with the flight crew and when he showed us the
photo that he had taken I asked why the video was not engaged—
why we did not have a FLIR system that worked. Here is what he
said.
They were out on a test mission that day over the Gulf of Mexico
and when you are on a test mission you are supposed to have clear
airspace. Not supposed to be anything that shows up.

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