Before we begin, I would like to start with a simple disclaimer that seeks to preserve my reputation and maintain positive notions about my mental state. Let me be clear- the purpose of this article is not to convince you about the existence of aliens or to promote some ridiculous conspiracy theory. That would be weird, and I am simply too cool a guy to talk about things like that. However, in recent months, the U.S. Congress has hosted several unique public hearings regarding secret programs and intelligence reports, all centered around UFOs, alien technology, and even alien entities themselves. Guys, I am not making this up.
On Tuesday of last week (yes, last week), a hearing with the U.S. House of Representatives saw Missouri Rep. Eric Burlison play an eerie video from a U.S. military surveillance drone. In the video, a mysterious glowing orb flies at a breakneck speed off the coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Although strange, nothing initially seems too out of this world. I mean, haven't we all seen the local glowing orb out for a stroll every now and then? What happens next in the video is actually kinda crazy. The United States then tries to shoot a missile at it, which results in the missile (which costs over $100,000 to produce) bouncing off, breaking apart, and crashing into the sea. For those unfamiliar with the efficiency of U.S. military technology, this event was extremely insane. The hearing made no remarks on the idea that this was some kind of extraterrestrial technology. Instead, it sought to ask the question as to why these videos have been withheld from the general public, with this specific incident allegedly having occurred in October of last year. So what does this have to do with aliens? To explain this, we have to go back to the year my car's inspection expired: 2023.
Before we do that, though, let's get some things straight. Talking about the potential existence of alien life and discussing experiences with UFOs has, in recent years, become far less "absurd." Most of the scientific community today acknowledges that alien life is almost guaranteed to exist somewhere in the vast expanse of our universe. The term UFO, or Unidentified Flying Object, does not inherently mean an alien spaceship. Hence the name; it's as simple as an object in the sky that you have no idea what it is. As a result, sights of airplanes or blimps are often mistaken for being alien craft. To eliminate the science-fictional precedent caused by UFO books and movies, the U.S. government has opted to refer to these flying objects as UAPs or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. It is commonly believed that these numerous cases of strange glowing orbs likely have ties to the militaries of foreign adversaries and could potentially pose a threat to national security.
So anyway, back in 2023, a former U.S. Air Force Intelligence officer by the name of David Grusch spoke under oath at a congressional hearing where he claimed that the U.S. government had a secret program in which secret intelligence groups captured, contained and reverse-engineered UFOs that had crashed. These vehicles, Grush claims, were not of human origin. In some cases, the bodies of extraterrestrials who were in the craft were recovered. According to Grush, these programs were not new, and some of the technology had been recovered as early as the 1930s. Experts, of course, have rebuked Grusch's claims and noted the lack of evidence he presented when giving his testimony.
Since Grusch spoke in front of Congress, there have been three public "under-oath" hearings discussing UAPs. In November 2024, a hearing led by South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace addressed a report from another whistleblower named Mathew Brown. In this hearing, the name of the UAP recovery program was revealed as "Immaculate Constellation." Brown, who had previously worked for the U.S. Department of Defense and State Department, claimed he had been accidentally exposed to the program through an email in an event known by intelligence agencies as "spillover." That is, somebody accidentally hit "reply to all." Hey, we've all been there. The programs first discussed by Grusch were confirmed by Brown in more elaborate detail. Brown has since claimed that world adversaries like the United States, China, and Russia all collect extraterrestrial technology and use it to compete against each other. You can see the full report for yourself by simply googling "Immaculate Constellation" and reading the article on Congress's official website.
So, Congress is talking about alleged programs that recover alien spacecraft and alien bodies, and we, the public, have been lied to and kept in the dark for decades. So why doesn't anybody seem to care?
Truth be told, as much as I am fascinated with extraterrestrials and the potential existence of secret alien spaceship programs, I have come to realize that I don't really care that much. To put it simply, we humans have a lot more important things going on than to hyper-focus on crashed alien technology and reverse engineering. If such things are your vibe, keep going down the rabbit hole. It is super interesting stuff. But what I would not encourage anyone to do is worry about such things. The existence of aliens does not defeat the fact that I've got assignments due next week. The government's reverse engineering of secret alien spaceships does not mean I have any more excused absences from my political science class. If tomorrow the news announced the confirmation of alien life, that would be insane, and it would mean our world has changed forever. What it would not change, however, is how much I love the people around me, who are much more important to me than the terrestrials of this world are. If aliens came tomorrow, I would still look forward to the weekends, go out for dinner with friends, and gaze up at the night sky with absolute wonder. My world would be changed, but it would still keep spinning.
So, have we been kept in the dark about the government's sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena? Absolutely. Are they also collecting and engineering technologies from creatures outside of this world? I don't know. Am I about to go missing for revealing the truth? Golly, I hope not. The truth may still be out there, and when it does finally get revealed, we're going to have a really good HBO mini-series in the works. To all the scientists and government officials working on the Immaculate Constellation program, I wish you the best of luck. I humbly ask that you utilize that interstellar technology for good, and if, at any chance, I could get my own spaceship, that would be greatly appreciated.