2024-11-13_Gold_Written_Testimony.pdf

 
Written Testimony of Mike Gold 
 
For the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
Subcommittees on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation; 
and 
National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs 
 
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth 
 
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 
 
 
I.  Introduction 
 
Chairwoman Mace, Chairman Grothman, Ranking Member Connolly, Ranking Member 
Garcia, and distinguished Members of the subcommittees, I am grateful to all of you as well as 
your intrepid staff for the opportunity to testify regarding this fascinatin…

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(who joined me on the NASA UAP IST), our VP of Government Relations, Suzanne Gillen, and 
all of my colleagues at the company who have been supportive of my work related to UAP. 
 
The topic of UAP is often discussed in the context of national security and defense.  This 
is certainly justifiable due the nature of the phenomena.  However, it’s important to ensure that 
America’s and the world’s civil and commercial sectors are not left out of this important 
dialogue.  Agencies such as NASA have much to offer when it comes to understanding UAP, 
and this was a major finding of our IST rep…

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discussing the topic at existing domestic and international conferences.  Participation by NASA 
officials in such discussions would carry great weight and send a message to the academic 
community that the UAP topic is no longer taboo.  Such conference and panel participation could 
be done with little cost to the agency, but the impact on the quality of research done on UAP 
would be dramatic. 
 
B.  Review Archival Data 
 
 
NASA has a vast archive of data, much of which could be relevant to unraveling the 
mystery of UAP.  Again, with relatively little cost and effort, NASA could crea…

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commercial / private sector space companies, commercial / private sector companies conducting 
ocean surface or underwater activities, and all civilians who collect credible and useful data. 
 
 
I believe NASA would be effective in collecting and disseminating data on UAP due to 
its successful track record of collating information on aviation safety issues.  Specifically, the 
NASA UAP IST recommended that the Agency’s Aviation Safety Reporting System should be 
leveraged to collect UAP information as described in this excerpt from the IST’s final report 
which stated: 
 
“NASA’s Aviati…

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E.  Develop and Deploy Dedicated Instruments to Detect and Gather Data on UAP 
 
 
When NASA studies celestial objects and phenomena, planets, black holes, and galaxies, 
it does so with equipment that has been developed specifically for such tasks.  If NASA had to 
study space with data collected from fighter cockpit cameras, radar from military installations, 
and cell phones, very little good science would be done.  Therefore, it’s worth considering 
building instruments tailored to study the UAP phenomena.  Doing so would be more costly than 
other recommendations described in my test…