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In his testimony, Moultrie acknowledged the reality of UAP and the potential threat they pose to national security. |
Ronald Moultrie is the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence & Security. He testified before Congress in May 2022 at a historic public hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).1
Congressional Testimony on UAP
In his testimony, Moultrie acknowledged the reality of UAP and the potential threat they pose to national security. Asked about a reported incident at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Moultrie passed the question to Scott Bray, Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence, who said: "That data is not within the holdings of the UAP Task Force." Bray said: "I have heard stories. I have not seen the official data on that," and "We have not looked at that incident."2 Asked about any initiatives between Project Blue Book and the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP), Moultrie said: "Not aware of anything that is official that was done in between those two," and "I haven't seen other documented studies that have been done by DOD in that regard." He said he was "not aware of any contractual programs that are focused on" UAP apart from "what we are doing in the Navy task force."2 Whistleblowers have alleged the existence of a long-standing "Legacy Program."1
On the new office, Moultrie said: "The NDAA for fiscal year 2022 has helped us to establish a dedicated office to oversee processes and procedures for the timely collection, processing, analysis, and reporting of UAP-related data." He added that "we have, as of this week, picked the Director for that effort," and said the office's name "will likely change."2
Footnotes
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Elizondo, Luis. Imminent. William Morrow, 2024. ↩︎
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House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation, hearing "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena," May 17, 2022, statements of Ronald S. Moultrie and Scott W. Bray, and question period. https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/114761/documents/HHRG-117-IG05-Transcript-20220517.pdf ↩︎