Air Force veteran David Grusch stood on Capitol Hill Tuesday, asserting that the U.S. government possesses undisclosed proof of alien life and has engaged in a cover-up to conceal this information.
Grusch, a former intelligence officer, appeared with members of the House Oversight Committee's Task Force to call for the White House to disclose evidence of extraterrestrial existence. He claimed that the government is aware of multiple forms of alien life, ranging from corporeal beings to sentient plasma energy, and has examined "non-human biologics," which researchers interpret as recovered bodies from crashed UFOs.
Lawmakers present, including Congressman Eric Burlison of Missouri, echoed these concerns, stating that the American public has been kept in the dark. Burlison and fellow representatives Anna Paulina Luna, Tim Burchett, and Jared Moskowitz urged President Trump to grant permanent immunity to whistleblowers with knowledge of UFOs and extraterrestrials. They specifically called on government and military personnel to reveal the locations of alleged extraterrestrial technology.
Grusch, who served 14 years in the Air Force and worked as an intelligence officer for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), previously testified before Congress in 2023. He alleged that secret government departments have been involved in UFO retrieval and reverse-engineering programs for decades. Grusch stated that elements within the U.S. government had obstructed Congressional oversight concerning extraterrestrial matters, leading him to become a whistleblower.
Congressman Tim Burchett suggested that private companies have been entrusted with alien technology to circumvent public disclosure requirements under the Freedom of Information Act. "The problem you have is that these things have been moved into private entities so that they don't have a FOIA," Burchett explained. He also indicated that staff members tasked with overseeing classified information have attempted to obstruct meetings held in Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs).
The lawmakers cited alleged incidents, including a 1996 event in Varginha, Brazil, where the military reportedly encountered non-human entities and UFOs. Aldo Rebelo, who was a federal deputy at the time and later Brazil's Minister of Defense, has reportedly admitted the event's veracity.
While Congress demands the release of specific records and videos, skeptics point to recent Pentagon declassifications of UFO files as inconclusive. The Pentagon has been releasing batches of declassified files, images, and videos of unexplained aerial phenomena since May 8, but critics argue these do not offer concrete evidence of extraterrestrial life, with many images attributed to camera errors or misidentified objects like balloons and drones.