EXCLUSIVE: David Grusch's whistleblower UFO testimony is slammed by head of Pentagon office as 'insulting' for accusing government of cover-up at bombshell congressional hearing

PUBLISHED: 13:49 EDT, 28 July 2023 | UPDATED: 21:45 EDT, 28 July 2023

• Sean Kirkpatrick, head of the Pentagon's UFO office, has slammed whistleblowers' testimony at Wednesday's congressional as 'insulting'

• In a personal statement posted on his LinkedIn page, Kirkpatrick said he was 'deeply disappointed at the denigration' of civil and Defense staff

• David Grusch was one of three military whistleblowers who testified under oath that they had knowledge of a government cover-up of non-human spacecraft

The head of the Pentagon's UFO office has slammed Wednesday's shocking congressional hearing in which three whistleblowers claimed they had firsthand encounters or knowledge about secret government programs involving technology that is 'non-human.'

Sean Kirkpatrick issued a statement Friday denying some of the witnesses' claims – drawing a fiery rebuke from lawmakers.

David Grusch, a former top intelligence official, on Wednesday testified that in his role liaising with Kirkpatrick's office on UFOs he discovered the government was keeping crashed non-human spacecraft secret from the public and, illegally, from Congress.

But in his statement Kirkpatrick called the testimony 'insulting' and claims Grusch was 'never a representative' to his unit, officially called the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).

The claims directly contradict Grusch's previous description of his government roles, vetted by both the House Oversight Committee and media, that he served as the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) lead on UFOs reporting to AARO until April this year.

Kirkpatrick, in a personal statement reportedly posted on his LinkedIn page, slammed the hearing, saying he was 'deeply disappointed at the denigration' of civil and Defense staff.

'I cannot let yesterday's hearing pass without sharing how insulting it was to the officers of the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community,' he wrote.

'To be clear, AARO has yet to find any credible evidence to support the allegations of any reverse engineering program for non-human technology.'

Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna, who was instrumental in organizing Wednesday's congressional hearing, ripped into Kirkpatrick for criticizing the hearing's witnesses, including two former Navy pilots who encountered strange objects over the ocean moving in ways that 'defy physics'.

'That's crazy to me that they would even try to discredit them,' the Florida Republican told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview.

'The fact that Kirkpatrick just tried to discredit the other two witnesses that were legitimate pilots for the military, that had the "Gimbal" and "Tic Tac" videos that were confirmed by DoD is the exact reason why I think people don't trust AARO.

'The evidence was brought forward by multiple veterans who actually had confirmed video footage of the tic tac and gimbal, of advanced technologies that exist,' she added.

'The DoD even admitted it. Like, what are they talking about?'

In November 2004 Fravor encountered a strange ‘tic tac’-shaped object while flying his jet in a training exercise off the coast of southern California. Another pilot filmed it on infrared video, a clip which was then leaked to the New York Times in 2017.

Graves had a similar UFO encounter around 2015 off the US east coast, and his fellow pilots got the object, which he described as a cube within a sphere, on video too.

The Department of Defense has authenticated three videos of the objects seen by the pilots David Fravor and Ryan Graves, shot from their fellow pilots' jets, and has not provided an explanation for the accounts of their incredible speed and agility.

The comments from the top DoD official and the lawmaker set the stage for a blazing row that is erupting after the bombshell testimony this week – as Luna vowed to follow Grusch's claims by interviewing more witnesses, issuing subpoenas and demanding documents from the Pentagon.

Kirkpatrick's statement said: 'none of the whistleblowers from yesterday's hearing ever worked for AARO or was ever a representative to AARO, contrary to statements made in testimony and in the media.'

A source close to Grusch described his roles to DailyMail.com as first the National Reconnaissance Office representative to the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, a previous incarnation of AARO.

Grusch then moved to the NGA as 'co-lead who reported to AARO, and was responsive to AARO tasking,' the source said.

They said proof of his role would be readily available from Grusch's NGA performance report and government emails – though neither have been publicly released yet.

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Defense news magazine The Debrief got the first interview with Grusch in June. It reported he 'served as the reconnaissance office's representative to the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force from 2019-2021.'

The site said that 'from late 2021 to July 2022, he was the NGA's co-lead for UAP analysis and its representative to the task force.'

Grusch also described his role in a televised interview with cable channel NewsNation last month.

Luna said the House Oversight Committee conducted an extensive background check before the hearings that verified his government roles.

'Oversight did and also NewsNation were apparently provided documentation and confirmed it,' she said.

Among Grusch's eye-popping claims at Wednesday's hearing were suggestions the government may have been involved in murder, while covering up its alleged UFO secrets.

Grusch told lawmakers that he was scared for his own life after becoming a whistleblower.

'Allegations by [hearing] witnesses of retaliation, to include physical assault and hints of murder, are extraordinarily serious, which is why law enforcement is a critical member of the AARO team, specifically to address and take swift action should anyone come forward with such claims,' Kirkpatrick wrote in his statement.

He said testimony would lead viewers to wrongly conclude 'AARO has been ineffective, non-transparent, and delinquent in its legislated mission.'

The UFO office chief said instead his staff 'have been working diligently, tirelessly, and often in the face of harassment and animosity, to satisfy their Congressionally-mandated mission. They are truth-seekers, as am I. But you certainly would not get that impression from yesterday's hearing.'

Kirkpatrick also claimed Grusch 'refused to speak with AARO'. But Grusch testified under oath that he previously met with the AARO boss, told him about the alleged crashed craft cover up, and that Kirkpatrick did not bother to follow up.

UFO researcher Dean Johnson posted a copy of the statement on Twitter Friday, saying he 'received verification directly from Dr. Kirkpatrick that he wrote it' on Thursday.

Kirkpatrick said in the statement it was 'my own personal observations and opinions, which do not necessarily represent official DoD or IC positions.'

DoD spokeswoman Susan Gough told DailyMail.com: ‘The Department is aware of Dr. Kirkpatrick’s post, which are his personal opinions expressed in his capacity as a private citizen and we won’t comment directly on the contents of the post.

‘We do want to reinforce the Department’s unwavering commitment to openness and accountability to the American people and Congress. The dedicated military service members, civilian personnel, and federal contractors who support AARO’s efforts are deserving of the full confidence of our lawmakers and the American public.

‘While much remains to be done to fulfill AARO’s mandate, AARO’s committed team has made great progress since its establishment only a year ago.’

Gough also denied the claims of violence or murder.

‘The Department has no information that any individual has been harmed or killed as a result of providing information to AARO,’ she said. ‘Any unsubstantiated claims that individuals have been harmed or killed in the process of providing information to AARO will serve to discourage individuals with relevant information from coming forward to aid in AARO’s efforts.’

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