members on this committee.
A major barrier to this committee's inquiry into UAPs has been the lack of cooperation and
In preparation for previous UAP hearings, the committee repeatedly asked the Department
Unfortunately, the Department of Defense notified the committee staff that due to the Department's
special access program rules, only members of the House Armed Service Committee, as well
For a non-committee member to be allowed to view these documents and videos, individual members
So I know that his testimony today is going to be of great interest and value to this committee.
Pursuant to Committee Rule 9 , the witnesses will please stand and raise their right hand.
Good morning, Chairwoman Luna, Ranking Member Crockett, and members of the task force and the committee.
I want to underscore three points for the task force and the committee.
In closing, I want to thank the committee and the task force for holding this hearing and for placing this discussion in a forum where evidence can be examined carefully and openly.
which put together an amazing pile of information that members of this committee and the world, most of which they have never seen.
We provided to the committee the documents of what they were trying to do, and essentially they were trying to build their own UFOs.
Mr. Knapp, just in the name of time, to my understanding, did you have anything you wanted to submit for Congress to see in this committee?
Good morning, members of the task force and the committee.
In 2023 patriots provided this committee and the executive branch with undeniable proof of the UAP reality and I commend your continued commitment.
POGO is committed to working with you and the Oversight Committee to address these critical issues.
Thank you for allowing me to wave on to the committee.
I remember, you know, the last committee when we had a bunch of former military personnel folks that either served on bases, were pilots, or were in different programs experiencing knowledge.
So this is now the second or third committee where we have former military folks with impeccable records, with information and knowledge.
I will say that I do applaud the chairwoman and the work of this committee because for once I feel like we are focusing on governing,
I'm not sure that even this committee getting security clearances that should allow you to see this stuff would allow you to follow where it really goes.
I'd like to thank the whistleblowers who have agreed to come before the committee today and
Thank you. Finally, I'd like to enter into the testimony, a letter I sent to the DOD regarding the case of Major David Charles Grush, a UAP whistleblower who's been extremely helpful to this committee.
I appreciate any help the committee can offer to get a response. Thank you. I yield back.
That's a good question. So I shared some of them with the Senate Intelligence Committee when I first got back because that was requested by the Russians who shared some of that information with me.
I'm not too familiar, sir. Anyone on the committee familiar with it? It's fantastic. It's the language that we need. It's language that will protect whistleblowers from any kind of reprisal. And yet, it's again and again blocked by this body in some way. Many times, it's being blocked not by elected officials, but by staff behind the scenes.
I applaud the committee for trying to tackle this monster of an issue.
Pursuit to Committee Rule 9-C.
So the task force to answer that question has to do it through full committee.
Pursuit to Committee Rule 9-C, the majority and minority will have an additional 30 minutes each to ask questions of the witnesses without objection.
Real quick, I'd like to ask the committee to replay that video that Burleson had played earlier.