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Rubio commented publicly in 2023 on whistleblower claims brought to the Senate Intelligence Committee; he did not confirm Grusch's claims.
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Marco Rubio
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Senator Marco Rubio, as Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has been one of the most outspoken Republican advocates for UAP transparency. He helped mandate the creation of the UAP Task Force and later AARO through intelligence authorization acts. In 2023, Rubio stated publicly that multiple individuals with "very high clearances and high positions within our government" had come forward to his office with firsthand UAP claims, corroborating aspects of Grusch's allegations.
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David Grusch
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Former Air Force officer and intelligence official who testified in 2023 that the U.S. hides a UAP crash-retrieval program. His account is secondhand; the Pentagon says it found no evidence.
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Rubio helped mandate the creation of AARO's predecessor UAP Task Force through intelligence authorization acts.
Grusch testified under oath before Congress about alleged government UAP crash retrieval and reverse-engineering programs.
Grusch's claims of government crash retrieval programs were disputed by AARO's historical review, which found no verifiable evidence.
Kirkpatrick's AARO historical review contradicted Grusch's claims, finding no verifiable evidence of crash retrieval programs.
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