House panel will hold first public hearing on UFOs in decades

[Calista241]

Source: CNN

A House panel will hold an open congressional hearing next Tuesday about UFOs for the first time in over 50 years.

It will focus on a Pentagon program that was established last year after the US intelligence community released a preliminary assessment on 144 reports of "unidentified aerial phenomena'' since 2004 -- and could explain only one.

The House Intelligence Committee's subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation will hold the public hearing on May 17 at 10 a.m. ET. It will be followed by a closed, classified hearing on the Pentagon program, known as the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group.

The two witnesses are Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security Ronald S. Moultrie and Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott W. Bray.

"The American people expect and deserve their leaders in government and intelligence to seriously evaluate and respond to any potential national security risks -- especially those we do not fully understand," said Indiana Democratic Rep. André Carson, the chairman of the subcommittee holding the hearing, in a statement.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/10/politics/ufo-hearing-house-intelligence-committee/index.html

[hamsterjill]

1. I sure wish that quote applied to Trump.

"The American people expect and deserve their leaders in government and intelligence to seriously evaluate and respond to any potential national security risks -- especially those we do not fully understand," said Indiana Democratic Rep. André Carson, the chairman of the subcommittee holding the hearing, in a statement.”

Seems to me there are several potential national security risks, one orange bastard walking around untouched.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Alternative realities for those so inclined

[ck4829]

3. Aliens have Crazy Planet Tours

"And on your right, you will see the homeworld of a species that only lives on one planet yet has a nuclear arsenal that can render it uninhabitable. They have great potential but they turn their political system into races where the least competent and most corrupt can easily gain power. They also frequently fall into bizarre fads like 'perineum sunning' or 'owning the libs'."

[durablend]

4. Will this prove once and for all

That MTG emerged from one?

[Harker]

5. Unhinged Fascist Orangemen?

Oh. Dang.

[Bayard]

6. To seek out new life, and new civilizations...

Because our own sucks right now. This is the planet your mother warned you about.

Bring it on!

[Achilleaze]

7. I for one welcome our new Airborne Object Overlords

[llashram]

8. distraction

better keep the 'House Panels--all' trying to keep our human, civil, gender, and voting rights. TO HELL WITH ALIENS!!!

[yaesu]

9. I would much prefer a public hearing on GOP corruption foreign influence on our election system. nt

[Rebl2]

11. So would I

I think they have more important work to do than this

[marie999]

10. Question, are there UFOs? Answer, yes.

Question, what are they? Answer, How the hell should I know, they are UFOs. End of meeting.

[Martin68]

12. Oh, like this is the most pressing issue of the moment. I'm as curious about extra-terrestrial life

as the next guy, but I think the House should be concentrating all its resources on getting one bills passed the might help Democrats get re-elected.

[brooklynite]

14. What do unidentified aerial objects have to do with extraterrestrial life

[Martin68]

15. Umm, if they don't then what is the interest?

[brooklynite]

16. I'm not interested...

None of the available data suggests proof (or even inference) of exterrestrial visitors.

Set aside the strong likelihood of life (even intelligent) elsewhere in the galaxy. The distances needed to be crossed (even at light speed) would call for massively larger vessels than have ever been reported.

[Archae]

13. Fact is, just about everyone and their Mothers has a video camera nowadays...

BUT...

Still, all we get are blurry blobs of light and fakes.

[OverBurn]

17. Our own Navy said they had sightings everyday for a month.

Objects exceeding every know modern aircraft ability. It would be nice to hear more info on the "Tic Tac" Navy videos. Very interesting IMO. Hard to believe that all they have are those crappy B&W radar screen shots. Every damn phone has a HD camera nowadays, the freaking Navy has to have better video than they have showed.

I don't think any country has better tech than we do. What were they? I'd like to know.

[godfree2]

18. fear grifting is massively profitable

no to see but bloated budgets & profit

[BadGimp]

19. I'm ready!