Former Air Force Intelligence Officer who came forward with claims regarding government’s knowledge of UAPs.
In 2023, David Grusch, a United States Air Force (USAF) officer and a former intelligence official, was interviewed by various media outlets and testified in a U.S. congressional hearing. Grusch claimed that conversations with unnamed officials led him to believe that the U.S. federal government maintains a secretive ‘UAP’ recovery program and is in possession of “non-human” craft. In 2022, Grusch filed a whistleblower complaint with the U.S. Office of the Intelligence Community Inspector General to support his plan to share information with the U.S. Senate.
He claims to have viewed documents reporting that Benito Mussolini’s government recovered a “non-human” spacecraft in 1933, which the Vatican and the Five Eyes assisted the U.S. in procuring in 1944 or 1945. Grusch claims second-hand knowledge that American citizens have been harmed and killed as part of their government’s efforts to cover-up the information. In response to his claims from June 2023, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) stated that no evidence of extraterrestrial life had been discovered and that there was no verifiable information about anyone possessing and reverse engineering any “extraterrestrial materials”.
In a testimony given to the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability in July 2023, Grusch repeated several claims under oath. Testimonies were also delivered by Ryan Graves, a retired fighter pilot, and David Fravor, a retired U.S. Navy commander, on their experiences related to UFOs. Grusch testified that he could not elaborate publicly on some aspects, but offered to provide further details to representatives in a sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF).
