Claims that the world's biggest military powers are secretly hoarding alien technology have surged back into the spotlight. The spark came from explosive testimony delivered in Washington, where a whistleblower alleged that exotic craft of non-human origin are already in the possession of the United States, Russia and China.
According to sworn statements given to Congress, the United States, Russia and China are allegedly in possession of exotic craft of non-human origin, sparking fears of a covert arms race far beyond conventional weapons.
In 2023, former US intelligence officer David Grusch stunned lawmakers by claiming that American agencies had recovered multiple crashed UFOs, some partially intact. Speaking under oath, Grusch alleged that secret programmes had existed for decades to retrieve, store and study exotic craft outside normal oversight. He also claimed that rival powers including Russia and China were running similar operations, locked in silent competition to unlock technologies that defy known physics.
Since that testimony, Grusch has largely fallen silent, but other whistleblowers have stepped forward, reinforcing the idea that disclosure is being drip fed to the public. Supporters argue that the lack of visible evidence does not weaken the claims, insisting that such material would be guarded more tightly than even the Manhattan Project during the Second World War.
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