sworn testimony to Congress

[mellowtigger]

The sworn testimony given to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday last week by former U.S. military staff was historic.

Read the short summary and also summarized objections...

We just had 3 credible professionals give sworn testimony (on penalty of perjury, although that's seldom enforced) which collectively claims that UFO presence in USA airspace is practically commonplace; that these UFOs can disable (not the same as merely evade) our electronic detection systems; that USA has UFOs, alien technology, and alien beings in our possession; that our Defense department cooperates with corporations to illegally siphon money from the government to fund their own private research; and that US citizens have been harmed, perhaps even killed, to keep these secrets hidden.

Beware, though, of two particular criticisms about what happened.

1. "No real details were provided."
   That's right. They were not spoken in public that day in front of cameras. Keep in mind, though, that David Grusch passed the details of his claims to an Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. That Inspector General then passed the summary to Congress, indicating that these claims were both "urgent" and "credible". (That document link provided by PBS.) This congressional committee wanted a SCIF to hear the details that same day, but they were denied access to one for this hearing. This critique applies only to a portion of the import of this event.
2. "Without solid evidence of UFOs and aliens, this testimony was pointless."
   Wrong. So wrong that it borders on distraction. The importance of this testimony was not just about UFOs. It was about a decades-long history of illegal activity and criminal suppression of information by a faction within the U.S. Government. The most dangerous claim offered that day was that we have a government-within-government that operates with no oversight. Remember: "urgent" and "credible".

I strongly recommend watching the video of the event. You can get the link from this govt webpage, but I'm embedding the YouTube video below, starting at the 18-minute mark to avoid the preceding empty broadcast. Don't skip bits. Watch the full 2 hours.

Watch on YouTube

It's riveting testimony almost the whole way through. There was very little political grandstanding. My mind wandered twice but only briefly. It's worth your time to view it. The Pentagon is, of course, attempting to discredit the event. In response, Representative Tim Burchett (a Republican who never met a conspiracy theory he disliked (I know, I'm making strange bedfellows here)) said the following:

"Unnamed sources at the Pentagon called our hearing on #UFO and #UAP insulting. You know what’s insulting to me? The fact they have never passed an audit and have “lost” over a billion of your hard earned dollars."
- Twitter, @TimBurchett, 2023 Jul 30 Sun 8:50am

Any criticism that fails to mention the claims of unaccountable government is just a distraction from recurring failures to account for the military's budget and assets. Finally, at long last, we might begin to rein in the U.S. military-industrial complex. Oh, and we might learn the truth about Roswell and Area 51 after 76 years. Sure, I guess. (free archive copy) Yeah, there's that, I suppose.

Comments

[mtbc]

Thank you, I appreciate the summary and the link.

[mellowtigger]

I haven't yet encountered a single summary in mainstream news that mentions the Inspector General's referral of these accusations as both urgent and credible... except for PBS, and they deserve credit for their good journalism. That's a very important detail that gets overlooked.