Further expanding our coverage of the November 13 House subcommittee hearing, witnesses, including former Pentagon officials, alleged that the US government withheld extensive information about unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) – more commonly known as unidentified flying objects (UFOs). – for decades. .

This testimony follows earlier claims by intelligence officials about covert UAP recovery programs, fueling calls for government transparency.

Luis Elizondo, former head of the Pentagon’s Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), testified that UAPs are real and that the United States and other nations possess advanced technologies that do not come from any known government.

Conformable Hill“Advanced technologies … monitor sensitive military installations around the globe,” Elizondo said, adding that the US has engaged in a “covert decades-long arms race” centered around UAP technology.

Claims of non-human technology, secret arms race

During hearingElizondo was joined by several other witnesses, including Michael Shellenberger, who presented a report on a UAP program purported to be codenamed “The Immaculate Constellation.”

The report states that the US executive branch has managed UAP information for years without congressional oversight.

According to Shellenberger, the program has collected a significant amount of visual and sensor-based evidence, including “high-resolution photographs” and direct observational data of UAPs. Shellenberger claimed there could be “hundreds, maybe thousands” of evidence withheld from the public, contrasting these high-quality images with blurry images released in the past.

His statement underscored concerns that the U.S. military and intelligence sectors have long withheld vital information about the UAP from elected officials.

The hearing builds on testimony last year from former intelligence officer David Grusch, who claimed the existence of a government program dedicated to reverse-engineering non-human technology.

Grusch’s claims were supported by first hand accounts from former Navy pilots who reported witnessing unexplained aerial phenomena.

No evidence of alien technology, Pentagon claims

Despite the explosive testimonies, year official Pentagon report released earlier this year offers a harsh (if somewhat prescient) rebuttal to these claims. The All Domains Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) published a report stating that there is no evidence of foreign material or reverse-engineered UAP technology under US government programs.

Instead, the report attributes the public’s fascination with UAP to pop culture, general mistrust of federal institutions, and misinterpretations of conventional technology.

The AARO report, titled Historical reportreviewed previous US government investigations into UAPs, concluding that no program had discovered extraterrestrial life or technology.

The findings continue to divide opinion, with skeptics citing the AARO report and others questioning whether the Pentagon is being fully transparent on the matter.

As lawmakers continue to push for clarity, the hearing raised more questions than answers about it The UAP secrettechnological arms races and the need for public access to classified UAP information.