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Chris Mellon

Politicians & Government

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Senate Intelligence Committee minority staff director who became a leading advocate for government UAP transparency.

Chuck Schumer

Politicians & Government

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced the UAP Disclosure Act of 2023 as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The legislation, modeled on the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act, w…

David Fravor

Military

Retired Navy commander who led the VFA-41 squadron and says he saw a "Tic Tac"-shaped object off Southern California in 2004. He testified to Congress in 2023; the object remains unidentified.

David Grusch

Whistleblower

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.

Kirsten Gillibrand

Politicians & Government

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) authored the amendment to the FY2022 NDAA that created the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) within the Department of Defense. She has been a persistent advocate for scientific…

Luis Elizondo

Whistleblower

Former Pentagon intelligence official who says he led the AATIP UFO program before resigning in 2017. The Pentagon has disputed his role; he says the U.S. holds UAP technology.

Marco Rubio

Politicians & Government

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 AAR…

Ryan Graves

Military

Ryan Graves is a former U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet pilot who reported frequent UAP encounters during training exercises off the East Coast of the United States from 2014 to 2015. He described objects that appeared on…

Sean Kirkpatrick

Politicians & Government

Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick was the first director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), serving from its creation in 2022 until his departure in December 2023. Under his leadership, AARO released a historical rev…

Tim Burchett

Politicians & Government

Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN) has been one of the most vocal members of Congress on UAP transparency. He helped organize the July 2023 House Oversight subcommittee hearing that featured testimony from David Grusch, …