Ryan Graves — Written Statement (House Oversight UAP Hearing, July 2023)
Summary
This transcript is the written testimony of Ryan Graves, a former Navy lieutenant and F/A-18 pilot, presented to the House Oversight subcommittee on July 26, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Graves discusses UAP encounters experienced by Navy aviators in the Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group along the US east coast, highlighting safety and national security concerns.
Key highlights
Graves emphasizes that UAP sightings are routine and underreported.p.1
“These sightings are not rare or isolated; they are routine.”
He describes a specific incident involving a dark gray cube inside a clear sphere.p.2
“one of the pilots saw a dark gray cube inside of a clear sphere”
Graves states that UAP can accelerate to Mach 1 and defy conventional explanations.p.2
“The UAP could accelerate at speeds up to Mach 1”
He founded Americans for Safe Aerospace to support UAP witnesses.p.3
“I founded Americans for Safe Aerospace to create a center of support”
Graves notes that UAP reporting systems for commercial pilots are inadequate.p.4
“the absence of UAP reporting for commercial pilots creates a domain awareness gap”
Outliers
Graves mentions a classified email regarding UAP safety concerns that was removed without discussion.p.2
“the email was removed from his system and that of his deputy”
Source
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