A House task force on government transparency will hold a hearing next week on unidentified flying objects (UFOs), also known as unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs).
“The American people deserve maximum transparency from the federal government on sightings, acquisitions, and examinations of UAPs and whether they pose a potential threat to Americans’ safety,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), who chairs the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, said in a statement Wednesday.
“Whistleblowers who provide details on spending information and policies and procedures regarding the classification and declassification of UAPs should be able to do so without retribution,” Luna said.
The hearing is slated to take place at 10 a.m. Tuesday and will be streamed online.
Witnesses slated to testify at the hearing include Air Force veterans Jeffrey Nuccetelli and Dylan Borland and Navy vet Alexandro Wiggins, who have all previously discussed witnessing aerial phenomena; and journalist George Knapp.
The hearing is slated to focus on Pentagon disclosures about UFOs and the effectiveness of the Department of Defense (DOD)’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).
A separate House Oversight subcommittee last held a hearing on the topic in the fall, when witnesses testified that the government had not been forthcoming with information about documented UFO cases stretching back decades.
