Hearings

April 19, 2023 Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities held a hearing on the Mission, Activities, Oversight, and Budget of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)

Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, Director of AARO, was the sole witness. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand led the hearing. The purpose of the hearing was to discuss the recently established AARO Office and the work the AARO has done in the last year since its establishment. Dr. Kirkpatrick was at the hearing to testify as to his experience leading the AARO and how the top issues they are facing is lack of funding and understanding people’s unwellness to report the sightings as well as further stigmatization of UAPs. 

June 5, 2023 Former intelligence official sounds the alarm on UFO’s  in whistleblower interview on NewsNation

David Grusch, who co-led the UAP portfolio for the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and was on the UAP Task Force, came forward as a whistleblower. He discussed the investigations and information he witnessed in an interview with NewsNation and claimed the U.S. government has a covert program to recovery debris from crashed non-human origin spacecraft.

July 26, 2023

House Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a hearing titled, “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications in National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency.”

Witnesses included David Grusch, Former National Reconnaissance Officer Representative, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force at the Department of Defense, Ryan Graves, Executive Director for Americans for Safe Aerospace, and Retired Commander David Fravor, Former Commanding Officer in the United States Navy.

Bills

S. 2226

National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024

Introduced 07/11/2023 and Passed Senate on 7/27/2023

Unidentified Phenomena: The measure would bar funds for any classified program involving unidentified anomalous phenomena that hasn’t been briefed to Congress and the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.

Upcoming

Anticipating legislation from Rep. Burchett to establish a safe and transparent UAP reporting system, stemming from testimony he gave during the July 26th House Oversight Committee hearing.

A10 and MUFON will work with his office as this is developed.

2023 Public Policy Updates

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