As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
On September 9, 2025, the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets convened a hearing titled “Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection” to address ongoing concerns about unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), government secrecy, and protections for whistleblowers. The session featured testimonies from military veterans, an active-duty Navy officer, a journalist, and an oversight expert, who shared personal accounts of UAP encounters and highlighted discrepancies between public government statements and internal records.
Key witnesses included U.S. Air Force veteran Jeffrey Nuccetelli, who described multiple UAP incursions near Vandenberg Space Force Base between 2003 and 2005, involving massive, pulsating objects that outperformed known aircraft and were reported up the chain without follow-up guidance. Another Air Force veteran, Dylan Borland, gave his first public testimony about a 2012 UAP sighting at Langley Air Force Base, alleging over a decade of retaliation, including career obstruction and harassment, after uncovering information on legacy UAP programs. U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Alexandro Wiggins recounted a 2023 incident aboard the USS Jackson, where a self-luminous Tic Tac-shaped object emerged from the ocean, linked with three others, and accelerated away without sonic booms or visible propulsion, as detected by multiple sensors. Journalist George Knapp testified on historical government dismissals of UAPs as non-threatening, contrasting them with FOIA-obtained documents acknowledging their advanced capabilities, and suggested tracking funds shifted to private contractors to evade oversight. Joe Spielberger from the Project on Government Oversight emphasized the need for stronger whistleblower safeguards to encourage reporting.
A major highlight was the public debut of video footage presented by Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), showing a U.S. MQ-9 drone firing a Hellfire missile at a high-speed orb-shaped UAP off the coast of Yemen in October 2024. The missile appeared to strike the object but “bounced right off,” with the UAP continuing undamaged and taking debris with it, prompting witnesses like Nuccetelli and Wiggins to confirm that no known U.S. technology could withstand such a hit or exhibit that behavior. Knapp noted that Congress has been denied access to a larger collection of similar videos, underscoring broader secrecy issues.
Committee members, including Reps. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), Scott Perry (R-Pa.), and chair Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), pressed witnesses on improving reporting protocols, protecting whistleblowers from reprisals, and investigating potential government involvement in UAP cover-ups or conspiracies. The hearing emphasized aviation safety risks from UAP encounters, the need for standardized sensor data collection and training, and ending over-classification to foster public trust and potential technological breakthroughs. Lawmakers called for legislative action, including enhanced protections for UAP whistleblowers and greater disclosure from agencies like the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), amid bipartisan support for continued oversight.
10 Best-Selling UFO and UAP Books
UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record
This investigative work presents case-driven reporting on unidentified aerial phenomena, focusing on military and aviation encounters, official records, and the difficulties of validating unusual sightings. It frames UAP as a topic with operational and safety implications, while also examining how institutional incentives shape what gets documented, dismissed, or left unresolved in public view.
Communion
This memoir-style narrative describes a series of alleged close encounters and the personal aftermath that follows, including memory gaps, fear, and attempts to interpret what happened. The book became a landmark in modern UFO literature by shifting attention toward the subjective experience of contact and the lasting psychological disruption that can accompany claims of abduction.
Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucers
This classic argues that UFO reports can be read alongside older traditions of folklore, religious visions, and accounts of strange visitations. Rather than treating unidentified flying objects as only a modern technology story, it compares motifs across centuries and cultures, suggesting continuity in the narratives people use to describe anomalous encounters.
Hunt for the Skinwalker: Science Confronts the Unexplained at a Remote Ranch in Utah
This book recounts an investigation of recurring reports tied to a specific location, combining witness interviews, instrumentation, and field protocols. It mixes UFO themes with broader anomaly claims – unusual lights, apparent surveillance, and events that resist repeatable measurement – while documenting the limits of organized inquiry in unpredictable conditions.
The Day After Roswell
Framed around claims connected to the Roswell narrative, this book presents a storyline about recovered materials, classified handling, and alleged downstream effects on advanced technology programs. It is written as a retrospective account that blends personal testimony, national-security framing, and long-running debates about secrecy, documentation, and how extraordinary claims persist without transparent verification.
The UFO Experience: A Scientific Inquiry
Written by an astronomer associated with official UFO investigations, this book argues for treating UFO reports as data rather than tabloid spectacle. It discusses patterns in witness reports, classification of encounter types, and why a subset of cases remained unexplained after conventional screening. It remains a foundational text for readers interested in structured UFO investigations.
The Hynek UFO Report: The Authoritative Account of the Project Blue Book Cover-Up
This work focuses on how official investigations managed UFO case intake, filtering, and public messaging. It portrays a tension between internal curiosity and external pressure to reduce reputational risk, while highlighting cases that resisted straightforward explanations. For readers tracking UAP governance and institutional behavior, it offers a narrative about how “closed” cases can still leave unanswered questions.
In Plain Sight: An Investigation into UFOs and Impossible Science
This modern overview synthesizes well-known incidents, government acknowledgments, and evolving language from “UFO” to “UAP,” with emphasis on how public institutions communicate uncertainty. It also surveys recurring claims about performance characteristics, sensor data, and reporting pathways, while separating what is documented from what remains speculative in contemporary UAP discourse.
Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens
Built around case studies, this book presents narratives from people who report being taken and examined by non-human entities. It approaches the topic through interviews and clinical framing, emphasizing consistency across accounts, emotional impact, and the difficulty of interpreting memories that emerge through recall techniques. It is a central title in the alien abduction subset of UFO books.
Missing Time: A Documented Study of UFO Abductions
This book introduced many mainstream readers to the concept of “missing time” and the investigative methods used to reconstruct reported events. It compiles recurring elements – time loss, intrusive memories, and perceived medical procedures – while arguing that the pattern is too consistent to dismiss as isolated fantasy. It remains widely read within UFO research communities focused on abduction claims.
