November 6, 2024
TO: Members, Committee on Oversight and Accountability
FROM: James Comer, Chairman
This hearing follows an unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) hearing held last
summer by the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs.
It will explore continued concerns about disclosure of UAP-related programs and
information held by federal agencies. It will explore transparency issues surrounding
the Department of Defense (DoD) and the intelligence community, including its
disclosure of spending information and its policies and procedures regarding
classification and declassification. The hearing will also examine the work of DoD’s
Congressionally mandated All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).
II. HEARING PURPOSE:
This hearing will broadly examine issues related to overclassification of information
along with a reluctance to declassify information where appropriate. It will attempt to
shed further light on recent journalistic accounts concerning secret federal research
programs on UAPs not disclosed to the American public.
III. WITNESSES:
To be determined
SUBJECT: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity Information, Technology, and Government Innovation and the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs joint hearing titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth”
On Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 11:30 a.m. ET, the Subcommittee on
Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation and
the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs will hold a joint hearing titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth.” The hearing will convene in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
If any Members would like to submit documents, exhibits, or other materials into the hearing record, they may submit them through the Committee’s electronic repository at
GOP.Oversight.Clerks@mail.house.gov.
Members are encouraged to submit such materials at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so they may be circulated to all Members prior to the hearing.
Submitting such materials after this period, or during the hearing, may delay both their distribution to other Members and their approval for entering into the record.
If you have any questions, please contact Committee staff at (202) 225-5074 or Mallory Cogar at Mallory.Cogar@mail.house.gov.