Has the United States government ever made contact with UFOs?

That question has been on Americans' minds for decades.

The idea that the U.S. government is hiding some truth about alien life has long been the stuff of entertainment, French groups, and conspiracy theories.

But more recently, that claim has gotten much more serious attention, including from the government itself.

Our colleague Joel Sheckman, who covers national security, has been reporting on it.

For the past three years or so, you've had a number of congressional hearings where these whistleblowers

have come public saying that they had become aware of secret alien programs within the government.

Do you believe our government has made contact with intelligent extraterrestrials?

Something I can't discuss in public setting.

That they do, that the government might even have some form of alien bodies in their possession.

If you believe we have crashed craft stated earlier,

do we have the bodies of the pilots who piloted this craft?

As I've stated publicly already in my News Nation interview, biologics came with some of these recoveries. Yeah.

As Joel has been digging into the government's growing interest in UFOs,

he's gained access to an unprecedented Pentagon investigation.

The probe looked into reported alien sightings and allegations that the government has been hiding secret alien programs.

What Joel learned is that there was a cover-up having to do with aliens.

Just not the cover-up people expected.

Welcome to The Journal, our show about money, business, and power.

I'm Jessica Mendoza. It's Friday, October 17th.

Coming up on the show, the real UFO cover-up inside the US government.

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