Hopefully the public is getting an understanding of how long our government has actually been involved in this topic, despite decades of denial," said Luis Elizondo.

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Wednesday pushed its probe into UFOs and the secrecy surrounding them with a hearing aimed at forcing more transparency from the

Navy Rear Admiral, former Department of Defense Official, and investigative journalist all agree in testimony there's something out there.

A former Defense Department official has claimed that the United States has conducted programs aimed at retrieving UFOs to study and understand extraterrestrial technology. On Wednesday, a congressional hearing was held as part of an investigation into UFOs,