UFOs to be discussed again at Congress: What happened at last hearing

Story Summary

• 3 of those scheduled to appear during the briefing, hosted by nonprofit UAP Disclosure Fund, testified before subcommittees of the House Oversight Committee.

• The Disclosure Fund, which advocates for government transparency about UAP, said the session will “offer a science‑driven perspective” about the phenomena.

Less than six months ago, witnesses testifying in the halls of Congress reignited public interest in UFOs with regaling accounts of shadowy government cover-ups and strange craft seen whizzing through the sky.

The hearing was the second time in as many years that elected officials paid serious heed to the possibility that extraterrestrials – or some other force – were not only invading U.S. airspace, but that the military knew about it.

Now, another type of meeting to discuss UFOs is set to take place Thursday, May 1, on Capitol Hill. But this event – described as a “briefing,” not a “hearing” – won’t include testimony under oath, but rather will be a public series of discussions with members of Congress about the unexplained objects, which the government now refers to as unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP.)