LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — 8 Information Now chief investigative reporter George Knapp was among the many witnesses who testified at a congressional committee listening to on Tuesday in an effort to get the federal government to launch extra details about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, UAPs, that are generally known as UFOs.
The bipartisan committee is a job pressure looking for to get disclosure from the federal government about incidents involving UAPs.
“The government has something and they need to turn it over to us,” Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett (R) mentioned.
Throughout the listening to, a never-before-seen video was launched by Rep. Eric Burleson, Missouri (R), exhibiting what he mentioned was an MQ-9 drone monitoring of an object off the coast of Yemen in October 2024.
“That’s a hellfire missile smacking into that UFO, and it just bounced right off,” Knapp mentioned.
Knapp testified that for the reason that Forties, the general public has been advised to not fear about mysterious plane, as they aren’t actual and don’t current a menace. His curiosity in UFOs was ignited within the late 80s, however caught hearth within the following years.
A Home job pressure committee on authorities transparency holds a listening to on UAPs, additionally known as UFOs, on September 9, 2025. (Video shared throughout committee listening to)
“What got me hooked is the paper trail,” he mentioned. Paperwork that had been squeezed out of the U.S. authorities after the Freedom of Info Act was up to date in 1996, making it simpler to get once-protected paperwork.
“The documents from military and intelligence personnel — behind closed doors — admit that these things are real. They’re not fictitious,” he mentioned.
George Knapp, a KLAS-TV investigative reporter, has extensively coated UFOs for greater than 30 years. He additionally co-authored the e-book “Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Distant Ranch in Utah,” adopted by a documentary sequence, Investigation Alien, which airs on Netflix. (Video shared throughout committee listening to)
Additionally testifying was one other Las Vegas resident, active-duty U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Alexandro Wiggins, who shared his encounter with a UAP on Feb. 15, 2023, whereas on responsibility on the usJackson off the coast of Southern California.
“What I observed and what our crew recorded was not consistent with conventional aircraft,” he mentioned to what’s now known as the “Tic Tac” UPA.
“A self-lumious, Tic Tac-shaped object emerged from the ocean before linking up with three other similar objects. The four then disappeared simultaneously with a highly synchronized, instantaneous high acceleration,” He testified.
One other UAP whistleblower, Jeffrey Nuccetelli, a former USAF patrolman, described an encounter he had on Vandenberg Base, the place he mentioned he witnessed a triangular plane. He mentioned he wished to take away the stigma and confusion that surrounds experiences of sightings. He desires to “break that silence.”
“The American people have both the right and the responsibility to know the truth about unidentified aerial phenomena. That truth remains hidden,” he advised the committee.
Air Drive veteran Dillon Borland testified that after he reported seeing a 100-foot triangle that was about two tales thick flying close to Langley Air Drive Base in Virginia, he confronted reprimand.
“The retaliation I confronted and the response in opposition to people who labored on these applications is what satisfied me in March 2023 to change into a whistleblower.
“A major barrier to this committee’s inquiry into AUAPs has been the lack of cooperation and transparency from the DOD (Department of Defense) and intelligence,” mentioned U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, Florida (R), who chaired the committee.
Knapp additionally voiced that a part of the issue getting info is that government-contracted firms, resembling Lockheed Martin, aren’t topic to the Freedom of Info Act.
“This is not about fueling speculation. It’s about asking the questions every American has a right to ask. What do we know, what don’t we know, and why in a free society are we willing to be told so little?” he mentioned.
“In recent months, Congress has also been presented with evidence that points to technologies that, to our knowledge, are beyond our current capabilities,” Luna mentioned. “It is our duty as elected representatives to follow the facts wherever they lead and to ensure the facts are not buried under classification stamps or bureaucratic excuses.”
