WASHINGTON, DC (WTAQ) — Department of Justice Officials spoke today at the US Capitol for the first time since the 1960s on UFOs, or as they’re calling them now UAPs, or “unexplained aerial phenomena”. Wisconsin Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher grilled Pentagon officials about several reported incidents.
The following is a partial transcript of the exchange between Rep. Gallagher and top Pentagon intelligence official Ronald Moultrie and Scott Bray, the deputy director of naval intelligence.
Rep. Gallagher: It’s also been reported that there have been UAP observed and interacting with and flying over sensitive military facilities, particularly not just ranges, but some facilities housing our strategic nuclear forces. One such incident allegedly occurred at Malmstrom Air Force Base in which 10 of our nuclear ICBMs were rendered inoperable. At the same time a glowing red orb was observed overhead. I’m not commenting on the accuracy of this. I’m simply asking you whether you’re aware of it and whether you have any comments on the accuracy of that reporting.Moultrie: I’ll pass that to Mr. Bray, as you’ve been looking at the way PS over the last three years.Bray: That data is not within the holdings of the UAP Task Force.Rep. Gallagher: Okay, but are you aware of the report? Or that the data exists somewhere?Bray: I have. I have heard stories, I have not seen the official data on that.Rep. Gallagher: So you’ve just seen informal stories, no official assessment that you’ve done or exists within DOD, that you’re aware of, regarding the Malmstrom incident?Bray: All I can say, because you know, what’s within my cognizance, the UAP Task Force, and we have not looked at that incident.Rep. Gallagher: Well, I would say it’s a pretty high profile incident. I don’t claim to be an expert on this. But that’s out there in the ether. You’re the guys investigating it. I mean, who else is doing it?
A photo showing an unexplained metallic object declassified by Pentagon officials. (Department of Defense)
Gallagher is referring to a widely reported incident at Malmstrom Air Force Base in 1967.
Pentagon officials have admitted that many reported UFO sightings are real and still unexplained, and did not rule out any explanation, including a connection to extraterrestrial life.
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