Claim · G-043
David Grusch: Rules out, as far as he knows, that the craft are U.S. products, observing that the retrievals predate many advanced programs, and says he knows of no historical cases in which an American craft was mistaken for an alien one.
David Grusch · Jul 26, 2023 · House hearing, Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs (Hearing)
Under oath Hearsay Legacy program and recoveries
Disputed
It is an assessment based on others' sources, in contrast with the official conclusion that most cases stem from misidentification, including of secret programs.
- Original words
Plus, the recoveries predate a lot of our advanced programs
- Against or denials
- The AARO historical report vol. 1 (2024) lists Project Mogul, Gambit and the U-2 among the probable sources of misinterpreted sightings; Kirkpatrick maintains that many allegations arise from unintentional or unauthorized disclosures of legitimate U.S. programs. Neither publicly examines the specific cases cited by Grusch.
Sources
- Official transcript of the July 26, 2023 hearing in the House of Representatives (GovInfo, CHRG-118hhrg53022) (primary source)
- AARO, Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with UAP, vol. 1 (March 8, 2024), copy on The Black Vault (primary source)
- Space.com, the AARO historical report: no empirical evidence of alien technology (March 2024) (press)
- Sean Kirkpatrick, “Here's What I Learned as the U.S. Government's UFO Hunter,” Scientific American (January 2024) (analysis, skeptical)
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