Former Officials Warn Lawmakers of Alleged Secret UAP Programs Operating Beyond Congressional Oversight | UAP

A group of former government officials and disclosure advocates told lawmakers on Wednesday that the United States government is not being transparent enough on what it knows about UFOs.

The latest in a series of congressional hearings to address what the Pentagon now calls unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP, the joint session was held by the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, chaired by Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC), and the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, chaired by Representative Glenn Grothman (R-WI.).

Testifying during the hearing were Dr. Tim Gallaudet, a retired Rear Admiral of the U.S. Navy and current CEO of Ocean STL Consulting, LLC; Luis Elizondo, a former Department of Defense official and well-known advocate for UAP disclosure; Michael Gold, former NASA Associate Administrator of Space Policy and Partnerships and a member of NASA’s UAP Independent Study Team, and Michael Shellenberger, founder of the website Public, where he published a recent article alleging the existence of a secretive UAP-related special access program (SAP) based on statements he says were provided to him by a U.S. government employee who remained on background.

During opening remarks provided at the outset of the session, Rep. Mace alluded to pushback she reportedly…