2022 · House Intelligence subcommittee
First UAP hearing in 50 years
WhenMay 17, 2022
WhereHouse Intelligence subcommittee
Backing2 independent
Evidenceofficial records
Chaired by Rep. André Carson, this was the first open congressional hearing on UFOs since 1966. Under Secretary Ronald Moultrie and Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray testified. They said reports had grown to about 400 and showed a video of a reflective sphere zipping past a fighter cockpit. Weeks later Congress set up AARO, the Pentagon's permanent UAP office, and NASA launched its own study.
Evidence, in date order (2)
- 2022NASAofficiallaunched its own UAP study Hearing transcript (congress.gov)
- Jul 2022Congressofficialcreated AARO through the defense bill weeks later AARO official site
How plausible · Very high
Named senior officials testified in open session and showed official footage.
- ●●Access Direct observation or instruments.
- ●●Cost of speaking Named on record.
- ●●No gain sought Nothing to gain.
- ●●Restraint Reported plainly.
- ●●Character record Trained professionals.
- ●●Checkable details check out Released official records.
Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-23.
On the record
- The hearing record and video.
- AARO's creation in July 2022 through the defense bill.
Claims
The hearing confirmed the government had more than it was showing.speculationSourced, unconfirmedcommentators
No emanations that would suggest it's anything non-terrestrial; 11 near misses with US aircraft and no collisions; no attempt to communicate. (firsthand; Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray)firsthandOn the record
Something there measurable by multiple instruments, inconsistent with what we know of physics. (analysis; Rep. Adam Schiff)analysisOn the record
In The picture
The pictureDisclosure is being managed. The 2017 New York Times story, the intelligence community’s own report finding 143 of 144 cases unexplained, the hearings from 2022 to 2025, the Disclosure Act being gutted and PURSUE’s seven releases in 2026, the latest carrying DIA’s own 2008 contract files on crashes abroad and a vault…
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Sources
- Hearing video (May 17, 2022)
- Hearing transcript (congress.gov)
- AARO official site
- KLAS: Defense officials confirm UFO sightings (17 May 2022)
- Wikipedia: The Age of Disclosure