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Today I want to state clearly that this is not science fiction or creating speculation.

And the witnesses today are not alone.

phenomena, or UAP, which is today's term for what was commonly known as UFOs, unidentified flying

So I look forward to hearing from the witnesses today.

We are here today to listen to the stories of those who have witnessed events of interest to the American people, and to support the policies that cultivate an environment that welcomes and protects whistleblowers.

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I am pleased to welcome the panel of witnesses for today's hearing.

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Mr. Wiggins is testifying in his personal capacity today and not on behalf of the United States Navy.

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Thank you very much, Madam Chairman, ranking members, for allowing me to sit with you on this panel today.

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I'm honored to be able to introduce a witness here who is from my district, George Knapp, who has been the definitive expert and reporter on this topic that you're exploring today, UAPs or UFOs.

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So I know that his testimony today is going to be of great interest and value to this committee.

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We appreciate you being here today, and I look forward to hearing your testimony.

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Good morning. Thank you, Chairwoman Luna, Ranking Member Crockett, and members of the task force for giving us the opportunity to testify today.

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I am here today because the American people have both the right and the responsibility to know the truth about unidentified aerial phenomenon.

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Today, we are here to help break that silence.

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Six other service members have provided me with the information that I will share with you today.

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Thank you for the opportunity to testify today.

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Father of three and dedicated American testifying today in my personal capacity.

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I'm proud to be here alongside these witnesses today, men who have seen strange things and stepped forward to tell the world about it.

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And I submitted most of that in written form because I estimate that my statement here today would take about four and a half hours.

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I want to move on now to the Russia files because that was going to be sort of the central impetus of what I was going to talk to you about today.

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As I sit before you today I am many other whistleblowers have no job prospects no foreseeable professional future in a nation every single one of us came forward to defend.

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Chairwoman Luna, ranking member Crockett and task force members, thank you for the opportunity to testify here today about the importance of strengthening whistleblower protections especially in the context of national security.

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Additionally, without objection, the following members are waved onto the task force for the purpose of questioning witnesses at today's hearing.

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I think today there's still an issue, but because people are able to come before you and people are speaking out, I think it has been somewhat less.

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What do you and your friends think about it today?

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And I want to thank all of our witnesses for being here today.

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So being here today, if I say the wrong word, technically I can be charged with espionage.

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Thank you so much for your time today.

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Thank you so much, Madam Chair, and thank you so much to each of the witnesses that have come before us today.

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And so very thankful for what you're doing today.

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today have said.

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I'd like to thank the whistleblowers who have agreed to come before the committee today and

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Mr. Spielberger, in the past, what kinds of retaliation have they faced and what are we seeing today under the Trump administration?

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Thank you to the witnesses for being here today.

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I'll tell you that today's testimony should alarm every American, no matter their views on UAPs.

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First question, Mr. Borland, earlier today you mentioned that in a SCIF you would be able to discuss whether a member of Congress is actually legally able to access certain information.

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Is there anything in my remaining 30 seconds that you'd like to share on any of these questions that I've asked you today?

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But is there a specific evidence or footage or document that you think lends extreme credibility to what we're discussing today?

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I would say this new video we're seeing today is exceptional evidence that we're dealing with something.

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In closing, I want to thank our witnesses once again for their testimony today.

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No, I just want to say thank you so much to each and every one of you for being here today, for staying committed to this,

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as well as our Democrats that were here today, consider also signing on to that as we do feel

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