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Adam Gabbatt and Marina Dunbar

Startling claims made at UFO hearing in Congress, but lack direct evidence

four men in suits stand with their right hands raised
Tim Gallaudet, Luis Elizondo, Michael Shellenberger and Michael Gold are sworn in to testify during the House hearing on 13 November 2024. Photograph: Anna Rose Layden/EPA

US government employees have been injured by UFOs and the US government has conducted a secret UFO retrieval program, a former department of defense official told a congressional committee on Wednesday, though the hearing lacked any direct evidence to back up the startling claims.

The hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), which has become the more accepted term for UFO, also heard that the government had a “huge amount” of secret information on UAPs, including “photos, video, photos, other information”. But it also learned, following a query from the Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert, that there was no evidence of aliens having a secret underwater “base” on this planet.

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