HHRG-118-GO12-Wstate-GallaudetPhDRearAdmiralUSNavyRetT-20241113.pdf

 
 
 
 WRITTEN TESTIMONY BY  
DR. TIM GALLAUDET, REAR ADMIRAL, U.S. NAVY (RET.)  
 
CEO, OCEAN STL CONSULTING, LLC AND FORMER ACTING UNDERSECRETARY AND ASSISTANT 
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE AND ACTING ADMINISTRATOR AND 
DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF NOAA 
 
HEARING ON  
 
UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA: EXPOSING THE TRUTH 
 
COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT & ACCOUNTABILITY  
SUBCOMMITTEE ON CYBERSECURITY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND GOVERNMENT 
INNOVATION AND 
SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, THE BORDER, AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES  
 
NOVEMBER 13, 2024 
 
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email was brief but alarming, with words to the effect: “If any of you know what these are, tell 
me ASAP. We are having multiple near-midair collisions, and if we do not resolve it soon, we will 
have to shut down the exercise.” 
     Attached to the email was what is now known as the “Go Fast” video4, captured on the 
forward-looking infrared sensor5 onboard one of the Navy F/A-18 aircraft participating in the 
exercise. The now declassified video6 showed an unidentified object exhibiting flight and 
structural characteristics unlike anything in our arsenal. The implication of the emai…

 
 
 
     For the remainder of my government service, including my time as an Under Secretary of 
Commerce and NOAA Administrator, this incident disturbed me. It highlighted a dangerous 
culture of over-classification12, where even pressing safety-of-flight issues could be swept aside 
under the pretense of secrecy. 
     Having never signed a non-disclosure agreement regarding UAPs, and now, as a private 
citizen, I have become an advocate for greater transparency from the U.S. government and 
continue to speak out to validate the credibility of witnesses13 and other former government 
and m…

 
 
 
taxpayers have a right to know why our military’s massive budget is inadequately addressing 
this national defense deficiency.24 
     Additionally, more government UAP transparency has the potential to yield socioeconomic 
benefits25 through increased open research.26 Our present understanding of physics is not 
capable of explaining many observations of UAP, and more research might lead to unimaginable 
advances in energy, transportation, medicine, agriculture, not to mention the paradigm shift 
that NHI represent in areas such as astrobiology, psychology, sociology, and international …

 
 
 
setting to provide the dates involved if that would help the committee to formulate a specific 
request for access. 
     The foundational issue is one of governance and public accountability. The continued 
excessive secrecy surrounding UAPs has not only hindered our ability to effectively address 
these phenomena but has also eroded trust in our institutions and compromised the safety of 
both military and civilian aviators. While recent initiatives, such as the establishment of the All-
domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), NASA’s UAP study team, and research efforts by 
institutio…

 
 
 
originate at the top with the Commander in Chief, or are agency directors, deputy directors, and 
lower-level bureaucrats driving ODNI and NSC direction in this matter?  
     Congress should also demand the DOD leverage the issue of UAP incursions in our seas and 
skies as a catalyst to mitigate our vulnerability to aerial drones, which are increasingly observed 
to be operating in restricted airspace with impunity.34 
     Lastly, Congress should vigorously seek answers from other executive branch departments 
and agencies known to have some involvement with UAP information, such as th…

 
 
 
democratic institutions and ensure the nation’s security. Congress should pass these provisions 
of the UAP Disclosure Act as well as other UAP legislation awaiting action by Congress. These 
recommendations are endorsed by the UAP Disclosure Fund38 which I support as a strategic 
advisor. 
 
(3)  After the UAP Disclosure Act is passed, consider strengthening it in a future reauthorization 
with additional provisions to establish a whole of government approach to UAP. 
 
     Currently, activity regarding U.S. government UAP information is occurring within a handful 
of departments and a…