DISCLOSURE / FILEUnidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency, House Oversight Subcommittee Hearing (Grusch / Fravor / Graves), Hearing Page, House Oversight Committee.html
Hearing page for the 26 July 2023 House Oversight National Security Subcommittee hearing on UAP at which David Grusch, David Fravor, and Ryan Graves testified.
Brief
The House Oversight Committee's National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee convened a public hearing titled 'Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency' on 26 July 2023. Witnesses were former intelligence officer and whistleblower David Grusch, retired Navy Commander David Fravor, and former Navy pilot Ryan Graves. Grusch testified that the U.S. government operates a non-disclosed UAP crash retrieval and reverse-engineering program. This record is the committee's hearing landing page; no transcript text was extracted into this asset.
Metadata
- Agency
- U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Release
- 2023-07-26
- Type
- PDF • .html
- Length
- 61.1 K
- Classification
- UNCLASSIFIED
- Programs
- UAP crash retrieval and reverse-engineering program (alleged)
- Tags
- congressional hearing, whistleblower testimony, UAP retrieval program, Nimitz 2004, 2023, House Oversight
Key points
- Hearing convened by the House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs on 26 July 2023.p.1
- Three witnesses appeared: David Grusch (whistleblower, former intelligence officer), David Fravor (former Navy commander, 2004 Nimitz encounter), and Ryan Graves (former Navy F/A-18 pilot).p.1
- Grusch alleged the U.S. government operates a secret UAP retrieval and reverse-engineering program.p.1
- Hearing title frames the topic around national security, public safety, and government transparency.p.1
- Record is the committee's hearing landing page rather than the verbatim transcript; full testimony text is not extracted in this asset.p.1
Most interesting
- First open congressional hearing in which a named former intelligence official testified under oath that a non-disclosed UAP retrieval program exists.
- Brought together a whistleblower (Grusch) with two of the most cited Navy aviator witnesses (Fravor, Graves) in a single panel.
- Convened by an Oversight subcommittee whose remit covers national security, the border, and foreign affairs, signaling a security framing rather than a science framing.