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Democratic Congressman André Carson wants hearings on UFO sightings
cbsnews.com - Face The Nation ^ | MELISSA QUINN

Posted on 07/04/2021 11:05:38 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

Democratic Congressman André Carson of Indiana said Sunday that he wants Congress to conduct hearings on purported sightings of UFOs in the wake of a Pentagon report examining the so-called "unidentified aerial phenomena" (UAPs).

In an interview with "Face the Nation," Carson, who chairs the subcommittee on counterintelligence and counterproliferation on the House Intelligence Committee, said it is his "hope" there will be a "series of hearings," including one that is public, in the "very near future."

"The report is inconclusive. What we do know is that ... there have been nearly 150 sightings. Eighty of those sightings have been detected with some of the best technology the world has ever seen," Carson said. "And we can't rule out something that's otherworldly, but that's a very small percentage."

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Government officials said there was no doubt the UAPs were physical objects, quieting speculation the incidents were the result of optical illusions caused by atmospheric conditions or sensor malfunctions.

Carson said the objects pose a technical and national security concern and called it "curious" that many of the sightings have occurred around military installations.

"We don't want our adversaries to have, one, a technological advance over us in terms of what they can do with their capabilities," he said.

The congressman said the government has to explore a wide range of possibilities regarding the purported sightings, including natural phenomena, weather balloons, drones or aircraft "that we may not be able to understand."

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1 posted on 07/04/2021 11:05:38 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Probably looking for a way to tax them.


2 posted on 07/04/2021 11:09:51 AM PDT by dblshot
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To: RoosterRedux
We don't want our adversaries to have, one, a technological advance over us in terms of what they can do with their capabilities

Congressional hearings to keep UFO technology out of the hands of adversaries?

The moron Congressman better start communicating with the aliens to make his case...after he invents a time machine and goes back several decades...

https://www.amazon.com/Case-Files-Russia-Philip-Mantle/dp/1907126031

https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Modern-China-Wendelle-Stevens/dp/0960855831
3 posted on 07/04/2021 11:12:43 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Who cares what any Democrat wants?


4 posted on 07/04/2021 11:14:05 AM PDT by EnglishOnly (eeWFight all out to win OR get out now. .)
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To: RoosterRedux

Yet another signal to alien worlds that there’s no intelligent life on this planet.


5 posted on 07/04/2021 11:18:52 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Here we go again! Democratic Congressman André Carson wants to spend a whole passel of taxpayer money to investigate what the Government has covered in the report just released to the best of its ability. That is typical for a democrat, to spend, spend, spend taxpayer money on stupid stuff that has already been handled!


6 posted on 07/04/2021 11:23:00 AM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent (O)
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To: RoosterRedux

More government waste.


7 posted on 07/04/2021 11:25:16 AM PDT by bgill
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To: RoosterRedux

Andre’ is a complete idiot who can barely read or write - he was handed the ghetto based Congressional seat [IN-7] when his Grandmother Julia Carson died. The Carson family has been in Indiana Politics for 40+ years - plus the other members of the corrupt clan are UAW officials.

The sheep in his district keep re-electing him.


8 posted on 07/04/2021 11:34:14 AM PDT by EC Washington
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To: kingu
no intelligent life on this planet.

Yup--if there were aliens with superior technology the hearings are useless and stupid since the aliens could have given that technology to whoever they wanted to and Congress (and the military for that matter) would be irrelevant.

If there were not such aliens then there is nothing to discuss.

Either way, hearings are a special kind of stupid.
9 posted on 07/04/2021 11:36:24 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Democrats looking for new donors.


10 posted on 07/04/2021 11:39:06 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: EC Washington
There already was a Congressional hearing on UFOS and aliens:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWs3c3YNs4

(opening scene from 2001...)

;-)
11 posted on 07/04/2021 11:43:15 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: RoosterRedux

The report released to the public is nine pages.

The actual report is 74+ pages....most of it is still classified.


12 posted on 07/04/2021 11:54:22 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (No masks necessary? I guess voting by mail will be eliminated for 2022 and 2024. Yippee!)
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To: RoosterRedux

Why is it that our satellites can focus on your fingernails with crystal clarity, yet all photos of UFO’s are blurry and indistinguishable from blobs???


13 posted on 07/04/2021 12:01:54 PM PDT by joe fonebone (bush league chamber of commerce worshiping republiCAN'Ts are the enemy)
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To: dblshot

Maybe democrats want ET help with voter fraud...


14 posted on 07/04/2021 12:10:17 PM PDT by GOPJ (ARSON isn't fire violence. RAPE isn't penis violence. Murder isn't gun violence.- Criminal violence )
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To: RoosterRedux

Great idea. Like there are no more pressing or important problems to deal with in this country.

/s


15 posted on 07/04/2021 12:45:31 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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“Carson said the objects pose a technical and national security concern and called it “curious” that many of the sightings have occurred around military installations.”

My guess is that the report is based on encounters where military sensors of known (and classified) capabilities were used. These would tend to be located around military installations and related deployments.


16 posted on 07/04/2021 12:45:48 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: RoosterRedux

UFO’s make a great distraction from the results of the AZ or GA audits. This is predictable.


17 posted on 07/04/2021 12:50:45 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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Maybe democrats want ET help with voter fraud...

Dems specialize in letting illegal aliens vote. This is right up their alley!
18 posted on 07/04/2021 12:54:27 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: joe fonebone

Satellite images are classified because they can be used to track the trajectory of a satellite and because the images tell our enemies just how developed our satellite sensor technology is.


19 posted on 07/04/2021 1:54:19 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Dr. Franklin
Do you think we can't multitask?

Carson was privy to the classified briefing. He knows what the DOD and ODNI were willing to release to Congress. Someone--an adversary or someone else--is entering our secure airspace around our ships, aircraft, and nuke bases whenever they want and with impunity. That renders our military useless.

Word is, this is some serious shiite.

20 posted on 07/04/2021 2:00:39 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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