UAP Congressional Hearings: A Timeline (2022 to 2025)
Direct answer: Since the topic reopened, the US Congress has held several public UAP hearings: the first in over 50 years in May 2022, a high-profile whistleblower hearing in July 2023, another in November 2024, and a transparency-focused hearing in September 2025. Together they produced sworn testimony, official acknowledgments that unidentified objects exist, and disputed claims of hidden programs, but no verifiable proof of extraterrestrial origin.
This is the map of the modern hearings, kept neutral. Each entry covers who testified and what came of it, with a link to the deep dive where we have one.
May 2022
The first hearing in over 50 years
A House Intelligence subcommittee, chaired by Representative Andre Carson, held the first public congressional UFO hearing since the Project Blue Book era ended around 1969. The witnesses were two senior Pentagon officials, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Ronald Moultrie and Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray. Bray said reported sightings had grown to about 400 and showed sample footage, while stressing that nothing recovered pointed to extraterrestrial origin. A classified session followed. The tone was set early: this would be framed as a safety and security matter, not a search for aliens.
July 2023
The whistleblower hearing
A House Oversight subcommittee heard from former intelligence officer David Grusch, who claimed under oath that the government runs a multi-decade crash-retrieval and reverse-engineering program, alongside Navy pilots David Fravor and Ryan Graves describing their own encounters. The Department of Defense disputed the crash-retrieval claims. This is the most consequential hearing so far and the one we cover in depth.
Read the full 2023 hearing breakdown →
November 2024
Exposing the Truth
A House Oversight Committee hearing titled Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth heard from former Pentagon figure Lue Elizondo, retired Navy Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, journalist Michael Shellenberger, and former NASA official Michael Gold. Witnesses pressed for more transparency and stronger reporting systems. As before, the session generated testimony and pressure rather than confirmed answers.
September 2025
Transparency and whistleblower protection
A House task force on declassification, chaired by Representative Anna Paulina Luna, held a hearing titled Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection. Witnesses, including military veterans and a veteran investigative journalist, described encounters and argued for stronger protections for those who come forward, and lawmakers requested additional records. It fed directly into the disclosure legislation moving through Congress.
What the hearings have and have not done
Across four years, the hearings established a few things and left others open. They confirmed that the government tracks unidentified objects and treats them as a real airspace concern, put striking claims on the record under oath, and built bipartisan momentum for transparency. They did not produce verifiable physical proof of anything extraterrestrial, and the most dramatic claims remain disputed by the agencies involved. The throughline is oversight: Congress trying to pull a long-secret subject into public view.
Frequently asked questions
Why is Congress investigating UFOs?
Mainly as a flight-safety and national security issue, since unidentified objects have entered restricted military airspace and pilots want a stigma-free way to report. Transparency and oversight of related spending are the other drivers.
How many UFO hearings has Congress held recently?
Several public ones: the first in over 50 years in May 2022, a whistleblower hearing in July 2023, another in November 2024, and a transparency hearing in September 2025, plus classified briefings.
Did the hearings produce any proof of aliens?
No. They produced sworn testimony, official acknowledgments that unidentified objects exist, and disputed claims, but no verifiable proof of extraterrestrial origin.
What is the UAP Caucus?
An informal, bipartisan group of lawmakers pushing for UAP transparency, oversight, and whistleblower protection. Its members have driven the hearings and the disclosure bills.
Who has testified at the UFO hearings?
Senior Pentagon officials, Navy pilots David Fravor and Ryan Graves, former intelligence officer David Grusch, former Pentagon figure Lue Elizondo, a retired Navy rear admiral, a former NASA official, and others, depending on the hearing.
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