For the last several weeks, rumors have been swirling that Congress was upset at the DoD over perceived foot-dragging on the topic of UAP. Sen. Gillibrand was demanding answers about a funding shortfall for the new AARO office, and many Congresspeople seemed frustrated with the lack of clarity from the military around the spy balloon shoot-downs. So when it was announced that a new public UAP hearing would be held soon, the community went wild. Speculation about what would come up in the hearing ranged from persistent rumors of whistleblower testimony about crash retrievals and reverse engineering programs all the way up to overt confirmation of non-human intelligence. In the end, the April 2023 hearing didn't cover any of that, and was more of a status update and view inside operations at AARO. We did get a new UAP video, a revised timeline for the next UAP report, some insight into how AARO investigates UAP cases, and hints of further hearings coming soon.

References

Sen. Gillibrand, Rubio, letter about AARO funding shortfall

Sen. Gillibrand asks DNI Haines about AARO funding

Sen Gillibrand asks SecDef Austin about AARO funding

Liberation Times: Congress Prepares For UFO Hearings As Frustrations Escalate Among Politicians

Liberation Times: Make Or Break Time For Kirkpatrick As UFO Senate Hearing Approaches

Reddit: Big news coming soon

Dr. Garry Nolan: "within 6 months, insiders will step forward, and that will change things"

James Fox: “multiple whistleblowers have testified to AARO and Senate Intel committee that UFO crash retrieval programs exist”

Dr. Garry Nolan: “whistleblower testimony is about crash retrieval and contact”

USSF MajGen Olson speaks on worldwide UAP sightings

Ross Coulthard on Need to Know discussing upcoming hearing

Full video of the April 19 Hearing

AARO slide on UAP Reporting Trends from 1996-2023

Drone footage of flying metal sphere in the Middle East

The Debrief: Senate Hearing on UAP Reveals New Videos and Common Features, but Says No Proof of ET

The Debrief: No Evidence of ET? Controversy Erupted After the Senate UAP Hearing. Here’s What the Critics Missed