The UFO Hearing Is Over. What’s Next?

With a hearing on UFOs or unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) now over, lawmakers were already turning their focus on how to proceed with a topic that has generated bipartisan interest on Capitol Hill.

“We’ve got so many ideas now,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), one of the lawmakers who has spearheaded the UAP endeavor, told reporters after the hearing came to a close.

Rep. Tim Burchett and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna talk with reporters following the Congressional UAP Hearing and discuss non-human intelligence in relation to UAP, as well as reverse engineering programs.#ufotwitter #ufo #uap pic.twitter.com/7lVlxAgOOe

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One of those ideas seems to be field hearings, which likely would take place away from Washington, D.C., as already stated by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), another leader in the UAP inquiry.

While nothing has been scheduled, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said there is a “strong possibility” there will be more UAP hearings, NewsNation correspondent Joe Khalil reported in a post to X.

The hearing on Wednesday held by an Oversight subcommittee featured testimony from David Grusch, a former U.S. military and intelligence official who has gone public with allegations about crafts of non-human origin being retrieved and kept from Congress with a “misappropriation of funds,” and two Navy veterans who have come forward with claims about mysterious flying objects that appear to defy the laws of physics and could threaten national security.

Grusch made several out-of-this-world declarations. In addition to saying he has faced “brutal” retaliation, Grusch said he knows where the U.S. government is covertly keeping UAPs and claimed to have been informed by people involved in the alleged retrieval program that there were “biologics” that were “non-human” that came with some of the recoveries dating back to at least the 1930s.

At the same time, Grusch said he was restrained in what he could divulge publicly as his whistleblower case gets resolved, but indicated he could share more in a classified setting if members were given proper clearances. Members of Congress seem eager to take him up on that offer.

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“We should be getting the document that Mr. Grusch submitted to the inspector general. We should be getting him in the SCIF (sensitive compartmented information facility) so that we can get additional information. And the military needs to come forward because at the end of the day, if we’re wrong and if these pilots are wrong then the military should prove why they’re wrong, and how, rather than just not answering the question,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) told MSNBC.

For its part, the Department of Defense (DoD) insisted that its All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), which has been tasked with investigating UFOs, “has not discovered any verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently.” Meanwhile, a NASA team is expected to release a report on UAPs in the coming weeks.

Though there has already been a push by lawmakers for legislation to encourage more disclosures, members proposed various ways in which Congress could play hardball if they meet resistance.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who appeared at the hearing Wednesday and spoke about military pilots witnessing a high-flying UAP that appeared to transcend “human capability,” floated the use of subpoenas, as well as a select committee to investigate UAPs. Another lawmaker, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), threatened to initiate the Holman Rule in a bid to rein in any uncooperative programs or agencies by squeezing available money and job positions.

Christopher Mellon, a former deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Senate staffer who has pushed for transparency on the UAP issue, encouraged Congress to use its leverage.

“By wielding the power of the purse, Congress possesses a myriad of tools (cutting funding, stalling promotions, invoking the Holman Rule, etc.) to ensure that the Executive complies with Congress’ oversight authority,” Mellon said on X. “Fundamentally, the UAP issue and it’s possible implications are of far too much consequence to be monopolized by one branch of government, regardless of party or administration.”

Burchett spoke to the potential of there being financial conflicts that result in roadblocks to full transparency with “unelected bureaucrats within the military-war complex.”

Burchett told NewsNation that leadership informed him that the intelligence community torpedoed an amendment to allow airline pilots who spot a UFO to report it to the Federal Aviation Administration, as well as Congress. In speaking with reporters, the congressman also raised issues concerning the DoD.

“Something with the capabilities of traveling lightyears, not showing a heat signature, and the energy capabilities of that — that would put the Pentagon out of business, we wouldn’t be fighting these worthless wars overseas over oil, and American boys and girls wouldn’t be dying,” the congressman said. “It would put the war pigs out of business, and they would have to go somewhere else — and I am all for that.”

Karine Jean-Pierre Gets Hammered Over Hunter Biden Plea Deal Falling Apart

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre attempted to head off questions about Hunter Biden by saying early during a press conference on Wednesday that “Hunter Biden is a private citizen, and this was a personal matter for him.”

“As we have said, the president, the first lady — they love their son, and they support him as he continues to rebuild his life,” she said. “So for anything further, as you know — and we’ve been very consistent from here — I’d refer you to the Department of Justice and to Hunter’s representatives, who is his legal team, obviously, who can address any of your questions.”

During the press conference, Jean-Pierre repeatedly dodged questions about the president’s son.

Jean-Pierre claimed that she has not spoken to Biden today. “He has been busy continuing to work on behalf of the American people, as he does every day, with internal meetings,” she claimed. “And so, I will leave it there.”

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: "I have not spoken to the president today. He has been busy."

Biden has nothing on his public schedule today. pic.twitter.com/8BZ9odx53X

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“Earlier this week, you said the president was never in business with his son,” a reporter later said. “But can you say specifically that the president did not have discussions of any kind with Hunter about his business dealings?”

“I appreciate the question,” KJP responded. “I’ve been asked this question multiple times in different various — variations in different ways. I — as you mentioned, I was asked this question multiple times on Monday. Nothing has changed. I don’t have anything to add to what I stated on Monday.”

A reporter later brought up the gun-related legal issues that Hunter Biden faces and asked what the president’s views were on the matter.

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“President Biden has spent most of his political career working on gun laws, on gun reform,” the reporter said. “Does he believe that someone who is charged with possessing a firearm illegally should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law?”

“So, here, I’m going to be — I think I know where this question is going, and I’m just going to continue to say: As it relates to this — the case that we’re seeing in Delaware, I’m just going to not speak to that,” Jean-Pierre responded. “It is an independent matter. This is up for the Department of Justice.”

“Even with the question that you’re asking me, it’s up to — it’s up to — it’s a — it’s one of those legal, criminal matters,” she added. “And it’s up to that process — that legal process. I’m just not going to speak to it here.”

The reporter continued to press KJP on the issue. “As president, he talks often about the need to get illegal firearms off of our streets,” the reporter said. “So when someone possesses one illegally, what does the president believe should happen to them?”

“I’m going to be very mindful here,” KJP responded. “I’m going to be very careful because I see where this question is going. And I’m just going to refer you, as this has been an independent investigation — it’s overseen by the Department of Justice — I’m going to let them speak to this as they are moving forward.”

Q: Does Biden believe possessing a firearm illegally "should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law"?

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: "I'm just going to not speak to that." pic.twitter.com/kRBunRIfRZ

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Later during the press conference, a different reporter pressed KJP about how the White House appears to be changing its language regarding the president’s interactions with his son over his son’s business deals.

"The president has previously said that he has never discussed overseas business dealings with his son, but the White House now says that the president has never been in business with his son. Why the updated language?"

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: "Nothing has changed." pic.twitter.com/CkNPoMWnov

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