2023-07-26_Grusch_Opening_Statement.pdf

Opening Statement 
 
Mr. Chairman, Ranking Members, and Congressmen, 
 
Thank you, I am happy to be here. This is an important issue, and I am grateful for your time.  
 
My name is David Charles Grusch. I was an intelligence officer for 14 years, both in the US Air 
Force (USAF) at the rank of Major and most recently, from 2021-2023, at the National Geospatial-
Intelligence Agency at the GS-15 civilian level, which is the military equivalent of a full-bird 
Colonel. I was my agency’s co-lead in Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) and trans-
medium object analysis, as well as reporting to U…

staff, which included the coordination of the Presidential Daily Brief (PDB) and supporting 
contingency operations.  
 
In 2019, the UAPTF director tasked me to identify all Special Access Programs & Controlled 
Access Programs (SAPs/CAPs) we needed to satisfy our congressionally mandated mission.  
 
At the time, due to my extensive executive-level intelligence support duties, I was cleared to 
literally all relevant compartments and in a position of extreme trust in both my military and 
civilian capacities. 
 
I was informed, in the course of my official duties, of a multi-decade UAP crash…

In an era, fraught with division and discord, our exploration into the UAP subject seems to resonate 
with an urgency and fascination that transcends political, social, and geographical boundaries. A 
democratic process must be adhered to when evaluating the data and it is our collective 
responsibility to ensure that public involvement is encouraged and respected. Indeed, the future of 
our civilization and our comprehension of humanity’s place on earth and in the cosmos depends 
on the success of this very process. 
 
It is my hope that the revelations we unearth through investigations of th…