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The United States Department   
Of Defense And The Intelligence  
Community Are Withholding Information  
About Anomalous Phenomena From 
Congress  
  
  
Testimony by Michael Shellenberger to the Subcommittee On Cybersecurity, 
Information Technology, and Government Innovation, and the 
Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs of the 
House Oversight and Accountability Committee  
  
For a hearing on:  
  
"Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena:  Exposing 
the Truth"  
  
November 13, 2024  
  
  
 
  
  
Chairwoman Mace, Chairman Grothman, Ranking Mem…

 
 
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One of Congress’ most important responsibilities is oversight of the executive branch in 
general and the military and Intelligence Community (IC) in particular. The first article of the 
United States Constitution specifies this responsibility. This role ensures that powerful 
governmental entities operate within the bounds of the law, uphold democratic principles, 
and remain accountable to the American people.  
This responsibility extends to classified programs like Special Access Programs (SAPs). 
By law, the Department of Defense (DOD)…

 
 
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In April of this year, the Pentagon released declassified documents showing that a 
proposed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program was intended to take possession 
of and reverse-engineer retrieved UAPs.5  
While the Department’s then-top scientist advocated for the program and said there 
was “very serious science involved with” it, DHS leadership ultimately quashed the proposal 
despite support from former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and former Sen. Joe 
Lieberman. According to the declassified minutes from the meeting, Reid …

 
 
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In June of this year, Trump said that the government has information about UAPs that 
it has not released. "I have access,” he said, “and I speak to people about it. I've had actually 
meetings on it. And they will tell you there's something going on.”15 And, in his interview with 
Joe Rogan in October, Trump said the DOD or IC told him “a lot” about UAPs that has not been 
revealed.16  
That does not mean that nonhuman beings occupy or are operating the UAPs, nor that 
the US government and military contractors are hiding crashed spacecraft…

 
 
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confidence” that foreign adversaries were not behind the famous “Tic Tac” UAP that four Navy 
Pilots encountered over the water.22 And, confirmed Ratcliffe, “There are a lot more sightings 
than have been made public.”23  
Last October, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the DOD published 
their 2023 Annual Report on UAPs.24 It said that “many reports from military witnesses do 
present potential safety of flight concerns, and there are some cases where reported UAP 
have potentially exhibited one or more concerning perf…

 
 
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DOD spokesperson Sue Gough said, “The DOD has no record, present or historical, of 
any type of SAP called ‘IMMACULATE CONSTELLATION.’”  
After publication, a source told me that the SAP is controlled by the White House and 
executed and administrated by the DOD to avoid compliance with Title 10 of the United States 
Code.26 “It is essentially a DOD Program,” the person said, “as the White House directed the 
SECDEF to run it. But that's the loophole.”  
The whistleblower’s report includes seven categories of evidence. It describes in detail…

 
 
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positioned in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), the upper atmosphere, as well as military and civilian 
aviation altitudes and maritime environments.”  
The report to Congress describes in detail various UAPs. “From 1991 to 2022, the most 
common UAP shapes reported in this USG dataset were spheres/orbs, discs/saucers, ovals/tic-
tacs, triangles, boomerang/arrowhead, and irregular/organic.”  
The report describes various incidents found in the HUMINT databases.  
One involved orbs surrounding and forcing an F-22 out of its patrol area. “The F-22 
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recommended a strategy of using experts to dismiss and ridicule UAP witnesses and 
government whistleblowers.29  
AARO itself described as part of its Mission Overview Brief several key functions, 
including, "Operations - synchronizing and sequencing Theater, IC, and other capabilities for 
optimized cross-functional UAP detection, tracking, mitigation, and recovery" as well as 
"Science and Technology - revealing and exploiting elusive and enigmatic signatures through 
advanced technologies and focused, cross-sector partnerships."30  
A de…