Grusch said that he was asked in 2019 by the head of a government task force on UFOs to identify all highly classified programs relating to the task force’s mission. At the time, Grusch was detailed to the National Reconnaissance Office, the agency that operates US spy satellites.
“I was informed in the course of my official duties of a multi-decade UFO crash retrieval and reverse engineering program to which I was denied access,” he said.
Grusch also said that he believes the US government has been aware of “non-human” activity since the 1930s.
The Pentagon has denied Grusch’s claims, saying that investigators have not found any evidence to support them. However, Grusch’s testimony has generated bipartisan interest in Congress, and some lawmakers have called for the government to be more transparent about its UFO research.
The hearing comes as the Pentagon has been under increasing pressure to investigate UFOs. In December, the department released a report that said it had received “several hundreds” of new reports of UFO sightings since launching a renewed effort to investigate the phenomenon.
The report said that the vast majority of the UFO sightings could be explained by known objects, such as balloons or airplanes. However, the report also said that there were a small number of sightings that could not be explained, and that the government was still trying to determine what they were.
Grusch’s testimony adds to the growing mystery surrounding UFOs. It remains to be seen whether the government will ever be able to provide definitive answers about what these objects are and where they come from.
In the meantime, Grusch’s claims have sparked a renewed debate about the possibility of extraterrestrial life. While some people remain skeptical, others are intrigued by the possibility that we may not be alone in the universe.