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The Welcome back to the UFO Rabbit Hole podcast. I'm your host, Kelly Chase. As I'm sure you're all aware, Wednesday, July 26th,

marked a watershed moment in the push for disclosure as a hearing was held by the House Oversight

Committee. Three witnesses, former U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant Ryan Graves, retired U.S. Navy pilot

commander David Fravor, and high-level intelligence official turned

UFO whistleblower David Grush, offered their testimony under oath with regard to both the

reality of the UFO phenomenon and their experiences with what they alleged to be an elaborate

cover-up orchestrated by the government. In the days leading up to the hearing,

tensions were at an all-time high. Many doubted that these hearings would serve to move the needle

and predicted more of the same stonewalling and obfuscation that we've seen from the last two rounds

of congressional hearings. And even among those with a more optimistic view, there was still the persistent undercurrent

of anxiety that our hopes would be dashed in the final hour. But that is not what happened.

In the last episode, I talked about what I was hoping to see from these hearings. Specifically,

one, I wanted to see that all three of the witnesses were taken seriously and were

able to give their full and explicit testimony about what they know to Congress and the American

people. And two, I wanted to see that Congress was telegraphing strongly and clearly that they're

taking this matter seriously and that they wanted to get to the bottom of why the

whistleblowers that have already spoken to Congress seemingly backed out of this hearing.

Just these two things would have marked a major turning point in our fight for meaningful disclosure.

And not only did we get that, we got so much more.

Wednesday's hearing didn't just signal major progress in the push for disclosure,

but I would go so far as to say that when it comes to UFO secrecy, Pandora's box has

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