Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A congressional oversight panel signaled it is taking UFOs seriously during a Tuesday hearing that included a group of whistleblowers, a video showing a missile bounce off a flying orb and demands for transparency.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, the chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee, began the nearly three-hour hearing on "unidentified anomalous phenomena," another name for UFOs, by saying it was past time to acknowledge their seriousness.
"This is not science fiction or creating speculation," the Florida Republican said. "This is about national security, government accountability and the American people's right to the truth."
More than 700 reports of UAPs were made to the Pentagon in 2023, the same year Congress held a hearing where members alleged a government cover up. But despite more reports of UAPs and more official acknowledgment of strange events in the sky, committee members expressed concern that federal authorities are suppressing information and that military whistleblowers are remaining silent over fears of ending their careers.
Air Force veteran Dylan Borland described to the panel how he saw a massive, triangle-shaped object hovering above the Langley Air Force Base in Virginia in the summer of 2021. He said some fluid, like lava or plasma, was moving around the aircraft. After watching it for several minutes, its center shot two or three times before shooting up to a commercial jet level, he said, leaving him with...
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