Sep 9, 2025 – CBS NEWS – House UFO Transparency Hearing
A House Oversight Committee task force held a hearing on Tuesday about transparency issues within the federal government regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, commonly known as UAPs or UFOs. Several witnesses testified about their encounters with UFOs and the need to improve protections for whistleblowers.
0:00 U.S. Air Force veteran Jeffrey Nuccetelli’s opening statement
5:51 U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Alexandro Wiggins’ opening statement
10:49 Journalist George Knapp’s opening statement
16:59 Video of alleged 2023 UFO sighting from USS Jackson
18:32 U.S. Air Force veteran Dylan Borland’s opening statement
24:14 Senior policy counsel for the Project on Government Oversight Joe Spielberger’s opening statement
29:05 Borland recounts witnessing UFO from Langley Air Force Base in 2012
34:10 Wiggins’ first thoughts after seeing alleged USS Jackson UFO
36:58 Nuccetelli on how UFO encounter impacted his life
38:04 Knapp on possibility of UFOs being a government “psyop”
39:12 Knapp on role of government contractors in UFO transparency
42:24 Knapp on obtaining classified Soviet Union UFO documents
44:36 Knapp describes alleged 1982 incident with UFOs and Soviet nukes
45:36 Wiggins says alleged USS Jackson UFO could not be explained by known technology
47:37 Nuccetelli claims Air Force destroyed records on his alleged UFO encounter
48:57 Rep. Eric Burlison plays 2024 video of “orb” surviving missile strike
52:06 Knapp describes colleague’s alleged tour inside UFO
53:25 Knapp on why he believes government isn’t transparent about UFOs
55:18 Knapp on veracity of Soviet UFO documents
56:10 Borland accuses AARO of misrepresenting “full truth” of evidence of extraterrestrial life
57:17 Knapp on how he verifies UFO claims
59:41 Knapp on government’s “long game” about disclosing UFO information
1:00:50 Witnesses weigh in on “orb” video
1:02:21 Wiggins details alleged USS Jackson UFO encounter
1:06:31 Knapp elaborates on alleged Soviet nuke incident
1:08:25 Witnesses on what Americans should take from hearing
1:12:41 Borland accuses AARO of “manipulation of public perception” 1:15:50 Nuccetelli recounts other alleged historical UFO encounters
(CBS News, “Key moments at House UFO transparency hearing,” YT, Sep 9, 2025)