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Next congressional hearing? Yep… UFOs

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by citygator, Jul 25, 2023.

  1. citygator

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    Well….next on the agenda of congress is a days long UFO hearing. Although I put a nutty quote from a republican below and they are in the majority with strong pushes from Matt Gaetz, Anna Paulina Luna, and led by Tim Burchett, I believe there is some bipartisan interest in the panel (link at bottom).

    If aliens are reading this… please subjugate us.. you can’t be worse than our current leaders.

    Well you can watch it here starting at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) on Wednesday (July 26):



    The US government is holding a historic UFO hearing this week. Here's how to watch
    On Wednesday (July 26), the United States House of Representatives will hear testimony from three witnesses regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP, a new term that encompasses not just unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in the air, but also any craft or phenomena that are seen in space or underwater that can't be identified.

    "The Pentagon and Washington bureaucrats have kept this information hidden for decades, and we're finally going to shed some light on it," Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.)

    Wednesday's hearing will include testimony from two former U.S. Navy aviators, Ryan Graves and David Fravor, both witnesses to separate highly publicized encounters with what appeared to be unconventional aircraft operating in U.S. military airspace.

    In addition, the hearing will call David Grusch as a witness. Grusch was the subject of a report published last month in which the decorated former combat officer and veteran of the Pentagon's intelligence community claimed to have received "extensive classified information about deeply covert programs that he says possess retrieved intact and partially intact craft of non-human origin." While Grusch's statements have been controversial to say the least, they have received attention from both major news outlets and U.S. politicians.

    https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4107752-lawmakers-press-for-transparency-ahead-of-ufo-hearing/

    Burchett, Luna and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) visited a Florida Air Force base to meet with pilots about their UAP sightings, but the group was prevented from meeting the pilots at the last second by the Pentagon and was not shown the sensitive information promised, Luna said.
     
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  2. BigCypressGator1981

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    Seems like a colossal waste of time from any sort of practical standpoint. But I also really want to believe UFOs are extraterrestrial craft visiting earth so I’m kinda intrigued nonetheless.
     
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  3. tampagtr

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    Are the aliens Democrats or Republicans? Trying to determine my position on this
     
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  5. duggers_dad

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    Well, at least we’ve got UFOs going for us.
     
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  6. mrhansduck

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    I don't have any issue with investigating this stuff generally, but I don't trust the motivations or seriousness of those mentioned either. Maybe it's better they spend time on this than causing messes elsewhere.
     
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  7. mutz87

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    Might turn out to be a waste, but yeah, I found myself intrigued despite never having been...given how the ufo stuff has always been laden with imaginations running amok. If credible evidence is presented, I'll be even more intrigued.
     
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  8. duchen

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    Finally. A productive use of their time. Did you ever see the Documentary, “To Serve Man.” It’s on Amazon Prime if you have it. They come here, help us and make life easy. To fatten us up and eat us! We are like farm animals! A code breaker broke this around 1960. Watch it!
     
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  9. mutz87

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    Well, after years of nutso conspiracy-mongering about pretty much everything under the sun, there's good reason to have some trepidation of that happening.
     
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  11. gatorjnyc

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    The truth is out there. Can't imagine Matt Gaetz will find it though.
     
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    He can't find his own ass with both hands, so no he won't find truth on this either.
     
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  13. dave_the_thinker

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    I live in full view of Gulf Breeze so I have some firsthand knowledge of this issue.

    This is an important issue that we can't close our eyes to. Unless of course you find yourself in a small room with extraterrestrials, then you definitely should close your eyes.

    If you must keep your eyes open, remember to blink randomly. Don't blink in a pattern or they take it as aggression.

    Nothing happened, OK? I am the same man as before. Just wait until you hit 45 and have to get a checkup, then you won't be laughing.
     
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  14. channingcrowderhungry

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    I saw a weird large red glowing orb out over the Atlantic Ocean when I was about 23. Was there, unmoving, for about 2 minutes, and then gone.
     
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    If Luna and Gaetz are conducting the hearing, any aliens intercepting the broadcast will rightfully conclude there is no intelligent life here.
     
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  16. AndyGator

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    Damn, I saw the exact same thing! In my sighting, the yellow/orange orb boiled the ocean as it disappeared under the surface. :cool:
     
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    What was the name of the short lived comedy where aliens were eating the brains of politicians and talking over their bodies?

    These hearings could explain so much. Maxine, Ted, Rand, ;)
     
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  18. Sohogator

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    Saw it too! But also a green flash right at the end. Weird.
     
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    What could go wrong?
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  20. channingcrowderhungry

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    That sounds like the 8pm sighting. Mine was at about 3am!
     
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