U.S. Congress holds UFO hearings

Three witnesses have testified under oath to the U.S. House of Representatives about their experiences with UFOs, or as they are called today, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs)
   

David Grusch: Ex-Air Force intelligence officer, claims U.S. has secret programme to retrieve UAPs. Says “Biologics [life forms] came with some of these [UAP] recoveries”

Ryan Graves: Former Navy fighter pilot, testifies his squadron encountered flying objects, which could remain stationary in high winds, off Atlantic coast “every day for at least a couple years”

David Fravor: Retired Navy commander recalled 2004 encounter with Tic Tac shaped UAP that moved in way that baffled aviators – footage of which was released in 2017
  

U.S. MONTHLY REPORTED UAP SIGHTNGS

Jul 1947, month of Roswell incident: 22

Still from 2015 Navy video of fighter plane chasing UAP

Jul 2014: 1,131

Apr 2020: 1,056

Jul 2023: 81

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Sources: AP, BBC, Guardian, NUFORC
Pictures: Getty Images, U.S. Navy
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