(NewsNation) — Tuesday volition people the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena hearing earlier the House Oversight Subcommittee, to sermon an alleged concealed UFO retrieval program being operated by the Pentagon.
Lawmakers connected some sides of the aisle person pushed the subject to beryllium much transparent successful some unfastened and closed-door hearings, raising concerns that the section is taking actions to evade Congressional oversight.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., told "CUOMO" the proceeding volition person immoderate historical implications for the country, arsenic it volition beryllium the archetypal specifically involving the Task Force connected the Declassification of Federal Secrets.
"So there's implicit 300 pages that volition beryllium submitted successful the ... legislature record, of which radical volition beryllium capable to spell done themselves," Luna said.
"There are galore radical from each crossed the DOD, crossed the full US government, implicit 30 people, to see our ain caput of state, who person travel guardant and said, 'You know, there's thing here.'"
Luna wants stronger extortion for whistleblowers
Former Air Force serviceman and quality authoritative David Grusch, a whistleblower, told NewsNation successful an exclusive interrogation that UFOs beryllium and the U.S. authorities has adjacent retrieved crashed spacecraft.
Last week, Grusch spoke to Luna successful a concealed authorities "skiff" — successful beforehand of the meeting, which she volition seat — and she says thing truly "bizarre" happened involving a threat.
It's not the archetypal clip Luna's heard of threats against witnesses — and imaginable witnesses — to her UFO task force.
"It's precise alarming, and I volition permission it astatine that," Luna added, though she did admit that the bizarre occurrence came astatine an unusual time.
"Based connected what we've heard antecedently with immoderate of these witnesses, to see immoderate witnesser grounds that you'll perceive tomorrow, this is not the archetypal documented lawsuit of this, which is incredibly important arsenic to, however bash we code this successful the future?" she said.
Other subject personnels' opening statements were released
Ahead of the hearing, respective different erstwhile subject members testifying person released opening statements connected what the House Oversight Subcommittee should expect to hear.
Jeffrey Nuccetelli, Alexandro C. Wiggins, Dylan Borland, Joe Spielberger and George Knapp each gave written grounds astir their experiences with UFOs implicit a play of time.
"Between 2003 and 2005, 5 UAP incidents occurred astatine Vandenberg Air Force Base, location to
the National Missile Defense Project, a apical nationalist information priority," Nuccetelli said successful his statement.
The proceeding is scheduled to commencement astatine 10 a.m. Tuesday ET.