Good morning and welcome to the hearing regarding UAP disclosures.
UAP activity at Eglin Air Force Base.
research, or official review panel has confirmed any sighting of UAP-represented extraterrestrial
about UAP.
In preparation for previous UAP hearings, the committee repeatedly asked the Department
of Defense to allow members to view videos and files related to UAP incidences.
Jim Clapper, the former director of the government's UAP task force, the former head of aviation security
It's time for the fundamental truce of UAP to be real to our nation's leaders and the
phenomena, or UAP, which is today's term for what was commonly known as UFOs, unidentified flying
Some UAP reports have perfectly normal explanations.
But we need to track down each and every single UAP.
Between 2003 and 2005, five UAP incidents occurred at Vandenberg Air Force Base, home to the National Missile Defense Project, a top national security priority.
These facilities were vital, and they were repeatedly visited by UAP.
Fund independent research and treat UAP study with the same seriousness as we would any other scientific field.
Sailors need to know that reporting UAP encounters will not harm their careers.
The documents and interviews that I obtained and have now shared with this task force show that the USSR launched what is almost certainly the largest UFO, UAP investigation in the world.
Because of my direct knowledge of the reality of certain legacy UAP programs, my professional career was deliberately obstructed and I have endured sustained reprisals from government agencies for over a decade.
Some years after that experience, I was further exposed to classified information from the UAP legacy crash retrieval programs through a sensitive position I held within a special access program.
In addition multiple agencies attempted phishing attacks to assess what I had divulged to the inspector general including being asked to disclose details of my IC IG complaint during a CI polygraph for a position unrelated to UFO UAP matters as recently as November 2024.
Numerous individuals have come forward in various ways to reveal the truth of the UAP reality as patriots and defenders of our nation.
In 2023 patriots provided this committee and the executive branch with undeniable proof of the UAP reality and I commend your continued commitment.
How widespread do you think this is across the intelligence community for those who raise concerns regarding UAP programs?
How important given everything that you've seen and experienced is the UAP Disclosure Act of 2025 in restoring both public accountability and trust?
In addition to that, what lessons from these oversight failures should guide Congress in approaching UAP oversight?
How important is it for whistleblowers to have strong protections when it comes to UAP-related disclosures or disclosures of other topics of excessive government secrecy?
My first question is, Mr. Knapp, I recently introduced the UAP Whistleblower Protection Act
How did you manage to obtain the classified Russian UAP documents, and how did you get them back in the United States?
And has any government agency debriefed you or any of your shipmates regarding the EOIR and radar confirmed UAP encounter aboard USS Jackson?
After filing your inspector general complaint over retaliation inside the Pentagon's UAP office, did you receive any kind of protection or just more retaliation?
And do you think that that experience would suggest that the internal UAP investigations may be compromised?
Just last night, I tried to get an amendment onto the National Defense Authorization Act that fit in the germaneness of that bill to have UAP disclosure.
ones who are reporting on UAP.
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.
Unfortunately, due to his participation in the disclosure of UAP, he suffered reprisal, like the removal of his clearance, denial of promotion, and loss of medical retirement.
And the other bill, the UAP Disclosure Act, which was filed last year, Senator Schumer, who I cannot believe that there's a topic that he and I agree on. But he and I agree on this topic. He is sponsored in the Senate. He put it on the National Defense Authorization Act last year. Remarkably, I can't get it on the, it was stripped out by the House last year, and I can't get it onto the bill leaving the House this year.
The only person witnessed it, saw UAP at Vandenberg at a time frame, that was interviewed was the one that witnessed the thing land.
You've interviewed numerous UAP whistleblowers over the years.
What is the estimated annual budget, your view, for the program for investigating or reverse engineering UAP-related technology, including official, misappropriated, or black budget funds?
Are any of you willing to name specific gatekeepers within the root cell of the UAP-SAP Federation?
Is there a security classification guide for UAP or NHI?
I remember in the 2003 or 2023 hearing, it was stated that all UAP-related material is classified secret or above.
It's time that we pass the UAP disclosure act.