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Gallaudet House Oversight Testimony — November 13, 2024

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Summary

Written testimony from retired Rear Admiral tim-gallaudet to the House Oversight Committee’s joint hearing “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth” on November 13, 2024. Gallaudet recounts a January 2015 incident as Commander of naval-meteorology-and-oceanography-command in which the operations officer of U.S. Fleet Forces Command sent an “URGENT SAFETY OF FLIGHT ISSUE” email — attaching what is now known as the “Go Fast” FLIR video — about repeated near-midair collisions during a USS Theodore Roosevelt pre-deployment exercise; the email vanished from his and other recipients’ accounts the next day and was never raised again. Gallaudet attributes the silence to a compartmented special access program excluding senior officials and frames the episode as evidence of over-classification endangering aviators. He calls for congressional oversight of aaro (which he accuses of running an “hours-long influence operation” on him), passage of the UAP Disclosure Act UAP Records Review Board provisions stripped from the FY2024 NDAA, and a future whole-of-government UAP coordinating cabinet department. He also flags an unreported 2017 satellite-imagery UAP case raised to him by chris-mellon and emphasizes unidentified-submerged-objects as a parallel concern.

Key Claims

  • January 2015 “URGENT SAFETY OF FLIGHT” email: Sent on Navy secure network by the U.S. Fleet Forces Command operations officer to subordinate commanders; warned of “multiple near-midair collisions” during the Roosevelt-era pre-deployment exercise off the U.S. East Coast and threatened to shut the exercise down. Attached the now-declassified “Go Fast” FLIR video.
  • Email disappearance: The email vanished from Gallaudet’s and other recipients’ accounts the following day; the Fleet Forces commander and ops officer never discussed the incident again, even in weekly safety meetings.
  • Inferred SAP: Gallaudet concluded UAP information was held inside an intelligence-agency-managed compartmented program from which even flag officers were excluded.
  • AARO disinformation allegation: During a 2024 meeting with the then-acting AARO director (per Gallaudet’s later 2026 clarification, tim-phillips) and senior staff, Gallaudet says he was the target of an “hours-long influence operation” defending AARO’s Historical Records Report Vol. 1, attacking the USS Nimitz “tic tac” case, and disparaging UAP whistleblowers.
  • No NDA: Gallaudet states he never signed a UAP-related non-disclosure agreement.
  • Constitutional argument: Failure to brief the Gang of Eight or the Senate Intelligence Committee on UAP SAPs is “not only illegal” but creates a separation-of-powers crisis.
  • 2017 satellite case: Chris Mellon (personal communication, Nov 11, 2024) flagged a 2017 satellite-imagery UAP case never shared with Congress; Gallaudet offered to provide dates in closed session.
  • Recommendations: (1) AARO/ODNI/NSA briefings and oversight; pursue UAP at IC, NASA, DOE, DHS, NSF; leverage UAP to fix drone-incursions vulnerabilities. (2) Pass the UAP Disclosure Act UAP Records Review Board provisions stripped from the FY2024 NDAA conference. (3) After enactment, designate a cabinet department lead for whole-of-government UAP coordination — endorsed by the sol-foundation.
  • USOs and water space: UAP exhibit transmedium travel through the air-sea interface; the Pentagon’s >$900B FY2025 defense budget inadequately addresses unidentified-submerged-objects.
  • Affiliations: galileo-project research affiliate; uap-disclosure-fund supporter; Sol Foundation senior strategic advisor; supports Americans for Safe Aerospace.

Notable Quotes

“If any of you know what these are, tell me ASAP. We are having multiple near-midair collisions, and if we do not resolve it soon, we will have to shut down the exercise.” — Fleet Forces Command operations officer, paraphrased by Tim Gallaudet

“The very next day, the email disappeared from my account and those of the other recipients without explanation.” — Tim Gallaudet

“I was the object of an hours-long influence operation which attempted to convince me of the validity of the severely flawed historical records report, question well known UAP reports such as the U.S.S. Nimitz ‘tic tac’ encounter, and disparage several former government authorities…” — Tim Gallaudet

“Unelected officials in the U.S. government do not have an exclusive right to this knowledge about the nature of reality. The American people have a right to that knowledge.” — Tim Gallaudet

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