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Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency

What this is

That Ryan Graves, David Grusch and David Fravor were sworn before testifying at this hearing, and that Grothman presided over the swearing-in.

7 passages read  ·  54 pages held  ·  the rest is not described

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“Mr. GROTHMAN. Alright. Now I would like to introduce our witnesses. Our first witness is Lieutenant Ryan Graves. ... The next witness, David Grusch, is a former senior intelligence officer with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and was a senior technical advisor for UAP issues. And, finally, retired Navy Commander David Fravor, squadron leader who worked as a naval aviator for 18 years. ... I look forward to hearing from all three of you today. Pursuant to Committee Rule 9(g), the witnesses will please stand and raise their right hands. Do you solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? [Witnesses are sworn.] Mr. GROTHMAN. Let the record show that all the witnesses answered in the affirmative.”
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- The ellipses mark text passed over between witness introductions, not text withheld by anyone. - Elsewhere on this page a member says "Congress created the All-Domain Resolution Office in the NDAA of 2022", dropping "Anomaly" from the office's name. Printed as spoken.

“I was informed in the course of my official duties of a multi-decade UAP crash retrieval and reverse engineering program to which I was denied access”
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“the incident was never investigated. None of my crew were ever questioned”
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“Absolutely, based on interviewing over 40 witnesses over 4 years. Mr. GARCIA. And where? Mr. GRUSCH. I know the exact locations and those locations were provided to the Inspector General and some of which to the intelligence committees”
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“In the 2003 timeframe, a large group of Boeing contractors were operating near one of the launch facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base when they observed a very large 100-yard sighted red square approach the base from the ocean and hover at low altitude over one of the launch facilities. This object remained for about 45 seconds or so before darting off over the mountains”
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“when you reported your experiences with a UAP did any of you face any repercussions with your superiors? Yes or no. Mr. GRAVES. No. Commander FRAVOR. No. Mr. GRUSCH. I have actually never seen anything personally, believe it or not”
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“The Princeton tracked it. The Nimitz tracked it. The E2 tracked it. We never saw it on our radars. Our fire control radars never picked it up. The other airplane that took the video did get it on a radar. As soon as it tried to lock it, it jammed the radar, spit the lock and he rapidly switched over to the targeting pod, which you can do in the F”
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What this document is used for, page by page

Every claim on this map that rests on this document, and every claim tested against it and deliberately not used — in the order you would meet them reading the file itself. Where the check was written down, our wording is followed by the document’s own sentence, so you can hold the two side by side. 16 of 26 name a page.

Printed page 96 claims
David FravorRyan Graves co-testified
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Ryan GravesDavid Grusch co-testified
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Glenn GrothmanHouse Oversight UAP Hearing (2023) chaired it, introduced its three witnesses and administered the oath to them under Committee Rule 9(g)
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Printed page 145 claims
David FravorAlex Dietrich fellow pilots
Luis ElizondoTo The Stars Academy joined after resigning
caveat: scoped
What this page does not carry. Claim: Elizondo joined TTSA after resigning. The caution is about PROVENANCE - Fravor relating events he was told about - not about whether it happened. A weaker witness for the same fact.reviewed 2026-08-21
Christopher MellonTo The Stars Academy among those who formed it
caveat: scopedour wording was corrected
What this page does not carry. Fravor's testimony places Mellon among those who formed To The Stars Academy. Advisor is a different relationship to an organisation, not a narrower version of the same one, and the document supports the stronger role. The advisor title comes from TTSA's own 2017 disclosures and is not in this record. Operator decision, 2026-08-21.reviewed 2026-08-21 · decided by the operator
To The Stars AcademyTom DeLonge among those who formed it
caveat: scopedour wording was corrected
What this page does not carry. Claim: Del Longe co-founded TTSA and was CEO. Co-founding is in the testimony; only the CEO title is not. Title is a modifier.reviewed 2026-08-21
To The Stars AcademySteve Justice among those who formed it
caveat: scopedour wording was corrected
What this page does not carry. Same sentence as link 35: Fravor names DeLonge, Mellon, Justice and others as forming To the Stars Academy. The Aerospace director job title is not in this record. Treated identically to Mellon for consistency, since it is the same source sentence. Operator decision, 2026-08-21.reviewed 2026-08-21 · decided by the operator
Printed page 231 claim
Sean KirkpatrickDavid Grusch disputed claims
the record disagrees with itself
Printed page 241 claim
Ryan GravesVandenberg UAP Incursions (2003-2005) relayed the October 2003 red square to Congress two years earlier, second-hand, from a witness who came to his organisation
Printed page 281 claim
Bill NelsonNASA served as its Administrator
caveat: scopedour wording was corrected
What this page does not carry. Claim: Nelson led NASA as its 14th Administrator, 2021-2025. The hearing confirms he held the office. The ordinal and the date range are modifiers sourced elsewhere.reviewed 2026-08-21
Printed page 412 claims
David FravorNimitz Encounter (2004) flew the intercept; his sworn account is the only first-hand pilot testimony of it this project holds
Nimitz Encounter (2004)House Oversight UAP Hearing (2023) recounted under oath at this hearing, in the fullest first-hand account of it this project holds
No page named10 claims — the document is named, the page is not
David FravorDavid Grusch co-testified
Tim BurchettDavid Grusch led hearing testimony
Anna Paulina LunaDavid Grusch questioned in hearing
David GruschDylan Borland both testified before House Oversight, at separate hearings - Grusch 26 July 2023, Borland 9 September 2025
our wording was corrected
Robert GarciaDavid Grusch oversaw the subcommittee hearing where he testified
Robert GarciaDavid Fravor oversaw the subcommittee hearing where he testified
Robert GarciaRyan Graves oversaw the subcommittee hearing where he testified
Robert GarciaTim Burchett fellow subcommittee member at the July 2023 hearing
Tim BurchettHouse Oversight UAP Hearing (2023) co-led and questioned witnesses
Anna Paulina LunaHouse Oversight UAP Hearing (2023) co-led and questioned witnesses