Congressional Oversight · CONG-001

Historic public UAP oversight hearing (first open congressional UFO/UAP hearing in over 50 years)

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation · 2022-05-17

Record

Date: 2022-05-17
Congress / body: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation
Type: Public bipartisan committee hearing; subsequent closed session
Members tracked: Chair André Carson (D); Ranking Member Rick Crawford (R); witnesses Ronald S. Moultrie and Scott W. Bray
What is documented: Bray stated UAP database had grown to approximately 400 reports; described UAPTF creation Aug 2020 and successor AOIMSG; presented Navy footage, explaining triangular shapes as optical effects in one case. Members of both parties participated.
Limitations / research notes: Public hearing does not validate extraordinary UAP interpretations; ~400 counts reports, not verified anomalous craft; bipartisan participation does not imply agreement on causes.
Primary source: https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/114761/documents/HHRG-117-IG05-Transcript-20220517.pdf