Congress has started a hearing to revisit the topic of UFOs in attempt to "pull back curtain".
Lawmakers are hopeful that it will lead to new information on a subject that is the focus of many conspiracy theorists but has also recently attracted serious attention from government officials.
The hearing is titled Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth, and refers to UAPs, the new preferred acronym for UFOs, which has become an increasingly popular term among believers - and US officials - to describe mysterious airborne objects.
The hearing is the second congressional and aims to “further pull back the curtain on secret UAP research programs conducted by the US government, and undisclosed findings they have yielded”, according to a House statement.
“Americans deserve to understand what the government has learned about UAP sightings, and the nature of any potential threats these phenomena pose. We can only ensure that understanding by providing consistent, systemic transparency. We look forward to hearing from expert witnesses on ways to shed more light and bring greater accountability to this issue,” say Republican representatives Nancy Mace and Glenn Grothman, who are leading the hearing.
Luis Elizondo, a decorated former counterintelligence officer who has claimed for years that the US government is hiding knowledge of UAPs, will be amongst the expert witnesses at the hearing.