“At the start, when these things first started invading our skies in large numbers, we were scared. It was right after World War II, and we did not know what they were, and they did not want to panic the public”Source: House Oversight UAP Hearing - September 9, 2025 · 09 Sep 2025Read it in context →
Government Secrecy
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4 statementsSworn testimony comes first.“And we should remind viewers and witnesses, which I think is really important, that we also cannot share classified information in public settings.”Source: House Oversight UAP Hearing - July 26, 2023 · 26 Jul 2023Read it in context →
“Now, I understand fully the Department of Defense is hesitant to share information that could also undermine our national security by revealing information on the capabilities of our own aircraft, our sensors, and other sensitive material.”Source: House Oversight UAP Hearing - July 26, 2023 · 26 Jul 2023Read it in context →
“At the same time, many people believe that we are withholding information from them and that is dangerous also.”Source: House Oversight UAP Hearing - July 26, 2023 · 26 Jul 2023Read it in context →
Other public statements
7 statementsReports, documents, interviews and broadcasts where the speaker was not under oath.“terrestrial arms race occurring sub-rosa over the past eighty years focused on reverse engineering technologies of unknown origin”Source: The Debrief: Intelligence Officials Say US Has Retrieved Non-Human Craft · 05 Jun 2023Read it in context →
“Multiple agencies nesting UAP activities in conventional SAP/CAP programs without appropriate reporting to oversight authorities”Source: The Debrief: Intelligence Officials Say US Has Retrieved Non-Human Craft · 05 Jun 2023Read it in context →
“The recoveries of partial fragments through and up to intact vehicles have been made for decades through the present day by the government, its allies, and defense contractors.”Source: The Debrief: Intelligence Officials Say US Has Retrieved Non-Human Craft · 05 Jun 2023Read it in context →
“publicly unknown Cold War for recovered and exploited physical material”Source: The Debrief: Intelligence Officials Say US Has Retrieved Non-Human Craft · 05 Jun 2023Read it in context →
“UAP-related classified information has been withheld and/or concealed from Congress by 'elements' of the intelligence community”Source: The Debrief: Intelligence Officials Say US Has Retrieved Non-Human Craft · 05 Jun 2023Read it in context →
“The existence of complex historical programs involving the coordinated retrieval and study of exotic materials, dating back to the early 20th century, should no longer remain a secret”Source: The Debrief: Intelligence Officials Say US Has Retrieved Non-Human Craft · 05 Jun 2023Read it in context →
“craft recovery operations are ongoing at various levels of activity”Source: The Debrief: Intelligence Officials Say US Has Retrieved Non-Human Craft · 05 Jun 2023Read it in context →