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UFO whistleblower praises historic Congressional hearing on 'non-human' craft: ‘Inflection point’

Former Navy pilot Ryan Graves reacted to the historic congressional hearing this week on UFOs, calling it an “inflection point” in an interview with Fox News Digital.

“It does certainly feel like it’s an inflection point. We saw a lot of interest from the representatives that attended. The questions were really on point. They were very serious, and I think they were a bit shocked at how big of a national security concern this actually can represent,” Graves said Thursday of House members present at the hearing. 

“Congress wasn’t fully aware of how big of an aviation safety issue this was,” said Graves, who serves as executive director of Americans for Safe Aerospace, 

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Graves was referring to unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs, an acronym that has recently dominated the public imagination. Clips of Graves and two other whistleblowers — David Fravor, former commanding officer in the U.S. Navy, and David Grusch, U.S. Air Force officer and former intelligence official — have gone viral after they gave sworn testimony in front of Congress as to personal experiences with what many Americans would describe as UFOs. 

Graves described the seemingly physics-defying nature of UAPs during the hearing. “These objects were staying completely stationary in Category 4 hurricane winds. These same objects would then accelerate to supersonic speeds.”

The most common UAPs, he explained, were “dark gray or black cubes inside of a clear sphere.”

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The hearing, titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency,” was held in front of the House’s Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.

Graves told members of Congress during the hearing that he felt some anger after Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., recounted the stories of pilots at Eglin Air Force Base who were afraid to reveal their personal experiences with UFOs to the public. Graves, who is also the first active duty pilot to speak to Congress about UAP, has designed a “pipeline” service for whistleblowers to come forward about their experiences with aerial phenomena. 

“It’s just frustrating because that’s essentially the worst case scenario for me,” Graves said of pilots who felt pressured not to report on UAPs.

Graves emphasized that he’s been pushing for pilots to be able to talk about their experiences and “share safety knowledge about this issue” without feeling like “they’re doing something wrong. This is their lives on the line,” he added. “They’re responsible for those aircraft, they signed for them. And if you’re a commercial pilot, you’re accepting responsibility for potentially hundreds of lives.”

“And to think that they have to work in the shadows in order to ensure the safety of their operations — for me, it’s just unacceptable,” Graves said. 

Graves agreed that the “logical next step” was for whistleblowers to meet with members of Congress in a “closed session,” responding to Grusch’s suggestion at multiple points during the hearing that he could reveal more about UAPs to Congress in a “SCIF,” or Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility.

Graves told Fox News Digital that one of his major takeaways from the hearing was not only “national security” but also “the fact that this is an aviation safety issue.” He continued, “I think the representatives were disappointed at how the commercial sector’s aviation sector has not responded to this issue. I hope they hear loud and clear that they’re serious about this now.”

While Graves and his fellow whistleblowers Fravor and Grusch all testified about their personal experiences with UAPs, some claims are getting more attention than others. 

Notably, Grusch was asked by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., if he believed that the government had made contact with “intelligent extraterrestrials.” He answered that he could not discuss the topic in a “public setting.”

Grusch did, however, claim that the government was in possession of biological material, which he called “biologics,” from “non-human” species. 

Grusch told Congress that he could further discuss evidence of his claims in a SCIF.

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Kuster, Burns focus on inflation, abortion in race for New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District

U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster said her Republican challenger was concealing his position on abortion legislation, while Robert Burns accused the five-term Democratic incumbent of not doing enough in Congress to deal with rising costs during their second and final debate Friday.

The two candidates for New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District agreed during their WMUR-TV debate on tax exemptions and credits for people who are making their homes more energy efficient, but differed on the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for families.

Burns, who runs a quality control and pharmaceutical safety company, said he would not support the program. “What we need to do is lower the cost of energy for everybody, not just a select few that are going to get a $500 voucher,” he said. Kuster supports the program and asked for more money.

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In bringing down costs overall, Kuster said she believes in a multi-pronged approach, including the production of lower-cost food closer to home. Burns said he is in favor of opening up more gasoline production in the United States and building new plants to process diesel fuel.

“The Biden administration was in complete denial over the inflation and the oncoming economic disaster that we’re heading towards right now,” Burns said. “She’s been in there for 10 years. They haven’t been able to take care of these problems.”

Kuster responded that New Hampshire is “woefully behind” neighboring states in using solar energy. She said she was pleased about the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes investment in renewable energy.

“We can’t keep chasing oil and gas and pipelines forever,” she said.

Burns said Congress should have been working on investing in nuclear power and advancing battery technology years ago, but now, “it’s a little late.”

“But why is the state dragging their feet on the net-metering? That’s a big problem here,” Kuster said.

“Are you running for governor or Congress?” Burns said.

On the subject of abortion, Burns, who is pro-life, said he supports a federal “heartbeat bill” banning abortion at 12 to 15 weeks. He said he has always agreed there should be an exception for the life of the mother.

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Kuster, who supports the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would protect the right to access abortion care nationwide after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, said Burns was attempting to change his position.

She said Burns has described himself as “100 percent pro-life at conception” and that Republicans in Congress are sponsoring a bill that would ban abortion at conception. She said the legislation that Burns supports would criminalize abortion, putting women and doctors in jail.

“Well, of course, that’s completely untrue,” Burns, adding, “this is absolute fear-mongering.”

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On other topics, both candidates disagreed with a decision by Florida’s governor to pay for flights from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard that carried migrants who entered the country illegally. They also were against the setup of immigration checkpoints on New Hampshire highways.