The U.S. government has long operated a secretive UFO crash retrieval program and has routinely intimidated witnesses who know about the effort, all while engaging in a high-stakes arms race with adversaries around the world that also have transformative and possibly alien technologies.

Those were just a few of the bombshell charges a witness made at a House hearing Wednesday. It was the second such hearing in as many years focused on “unidentified aerial phenomena,” or UAP.

Once dismissed as pure science fiction, the issue has become a serious, bipartisan matter for many lawmakers on Capitol Hill, in military circles and in the scientific community.

At the hearing, former military officials said the Pentagon and intelligence agencies have a vast trove of information, including high-resolution photos and videos, of UFOs that have been hidden from the public and even from Congress.

The witnesses said UAP research programs deep inside the Defense Department, CIA and other arms of the government operate with virtually no oversight and with off-the-books budgets.

Army veteran and former Defense Department official Luis Elizondo suggested to the House panel that the U.S. and its adversaries are working feverishly behind the scenes to develop military capabilities based on technology retrieved from UAP.

“Advanced technologies not made by our government, or any other government, are monitoring sensitive military installations around the globe. Furthermore, the U.S. is in...

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