Controversy over alleged 'non-human biological remains' found by the US military

The news has spread like wildfire through social media. On July 26, a subcommittee of the US Congress held a hearing about UFOs or, as it is currently called, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).

The most eyebrow-raising testimony was that of David Grusch, a former US Air Force intelligence officer. He affirmed, under oath, that the US military collected non-human biological remains found in UAP "crash" sites.

As The New York Times detailed, David Grusch spoke of covert US military programs and, when asked if he had "personal knowledge of people who've been harmed or injured in efforts to cover up or conceal this extraterrestrial technology," the former officer affirmed.

But when Grusch was asked if the government had murdered witnesses to hide UAPs, he simply said he couldn't talk about that in a public session.

David Grusch's statement came after he said that the US government possessed the remains of an alien craft that crashed into Earth in an interview with NewsNation in June.

Two former Navy fighter pilots, David Fravor and Ryan Graves, also testified before the subcommittee, and both detailed experiences in flight with items that were impossible to identify. None, however, wanted to speculate that the origin of these phenomena was extraterrestrial.

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The promoters of this subcommittee want to force the Pentagon to abandon secrecy, which encourages speculation.

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Most of the strange phenomena studied by the US authorities have an explanation (drones, meteorological effects, space junk...)—however, the Defense Department has not solved a percentage of sightings.

A Pentagon report admitted that 144 sightings of military pilots since 2004 are unexplained. According to calculations by the Department of Defense collected by the BBC, there would be around 5% of unresolved cases.

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David Grusch's statement before Congress about alien ships and alien remains in government power remains of the 'Roswell case.'

Image: From the Roswell Daily Record - [1][dead link] Archived copy: [2], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27397055

In 1947 in Roswell, New Mexico, a farmer reported remains found on his ranch. The army stormed in to take them away while a local newspaper talked about a "flying saucer," sparking speculation.

However, some believe the cold war is the explanation. The theory is that the farmer found an army balloon for Project Mogul, dedicated to spying on the Soviet Union. Hence, these remains were quickly made to disappear, and silence was kept.

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In recent years, interest in the UFO phenomenon has been reborn. Before being shot down, the Chinese balloon that crossed North American territory in February made the military authorities analyze the sky more carefully. And they found a surprise.

Balloons of unknown origin began to appear in the skies of the United States and Canada. At first, the Pentagon did not rule out the extraterrestrial origin since it did not fit with the objects that China usually uses.

However, it was finally concluded that the balloons belonged to private companies and were used for meteorology or aerial photography activities. They had been out of radar reach.

Former officer David Grusch may be a believer rather than a whistleblower, but no one can deny that some UAPs are tough to explain, and maybe transparency changes can come from his claims.