US Congress Hopes to 'Pull Back the Curtain' on UFOs in Latest Hearing: How to Watch

The House Intelligence Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation will hold a hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), commonly known as UFOs, on Tuesday, May 17.

The hearing, titled "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP): Observations and Federal Investigations and Countermeasures," will be the first public congressional hearing on UFOs in more than 50 years. It comes as the US government has shown renewed interest in UAPs, following a series of high-profile incidents in recent years as well as the release of a Pentagon report on UAPs last year. This will be the second congressional hearing in the last 15 months about the subject.

The hearing is scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM ET in room 210 of the Capitol Visitor Center. It will be streamed live on the House Intelligence Committee's website.

The hearing will feature testimony from several witnesses, including Ronald Moultrie, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security; Scott Bray, the Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence; and Sue Gough, the Director of the National UFO Reporting Center.

The witnesses are expected to discuss the government's current understanding of UAPs, the potential threats they pose, and what steps are being taken to investigate them. They are also expected to discuss the recent Pentagon report on UAPs, which found that there is no evidence that UAPs are of extraterrestrial origin, but that the government does not have enough data to rule out any explanation.

The hearing is expected to be closely watched by UFO enthusiasts and the general public alike. It comes at a time of heightened interest in UAPs, and could provide new insights into the government's knowledge of these mysterious phenomena.