UAP footage and images shown during open U.S. congressional hearings — 10 items from 4 hearings. Some were presented by government agencies and later released officially; others were provided by members of Congress or witnesses and have not been authenticated. We link to the official hearing records and do not host copies.
Being shown at a hearing does not mean the U.S. government has authenticated or endorsed the footage. Descriptions follow the official transcript, hearing slides, or the releasing agency's own wording.
Agency-presentedMember/witness-provided — not authenticated by DoDAlso officially released
May 17, 2022
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence — Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (open hearing)
Reel sources: U.S. Navy, via DVIDS (dvidshub.net); Hearing transcript: docs.house.gov
Reel narration is AI-generated from the hearing record; labels show who presented each item. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. government.
Committee (Democrats) video gallery lists the open hearing; direct video URL not extracted.
Agency-presented
Sphere passing a Navy fighter's cockpit (2021)
Shown by Scott Bray, Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence
A reflective spherical object passes quickly by the cockpit of a Navy aircraft. Bray said he had no explanation for it.
Evidence it was shown: Transcript: "[Video shown.]" · Timestamp in official video: not yet verified
Agency-presented
Flashing "triangles" through night-vision goggles
Shown by Scott Bray
Navy personnel filmed what appear to be flashing triangles off a U.S. coast, through night-vision goggles with an SLR camera. Bray said these correlate to small unmanned aerial systems; the triangle shape is an artifact of the goggles.
Evidence it was shown: Transcript: "[Video shown.]" · Timestamp in official video: not yet verified
Agency-presented
Later night-vision image off a different coast
Shown by Scott Bray
A similar triangle image recorded years later while other Navy assets observed unmanned aerial systems nearby — the match that resolved the earlier video.
Evidence it was shown: Transcript: "[Video shown.]" · Timestamp in official video: not yet verified
April 19, 2023
Senate Armed Services — Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities Mission, activities, oversight, and budget of AARO (open session)
Evidence it was shown: DoD/DVIDS description states it was shared at this hearing · Timestamp in official video: not yet verified
Agency-presentedAlso officially released
South Asian Object (MQ-9 infrared, Jan. 2023)
Shown by Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick
An object with an apparent wake crosses an MQ-9 infrared view. AARO assessed it as likely a commercial aircraft, the wake a video-compression artifact.
Reel sources: AARO, via DVIDS (dvidshub.net) and aaro.mil; Hearing slides: armed-services.senate.gov
Reel narration is AI-generated from the hearing record; labels show who presented each item. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. government.
AARO lists the hearing video on aaro.mil (direct link not verified).
Agency-presentedAlso officially released
Puerto Rico Object (2013)
Shown by Dr. Jon Kosloski, AARO Director
CBP infrared video over Aguadilla appearing to show an object splitting and entering the water. AARO assessed two objects drifting with the wind over land, never entering the water.
Evidence it was shown: In AARO's official hearing slides; video playback per press reports · Timestamp in official video: not yet verified
Agency-presentedAlso officially released
Mt. Etna Object (2018)
Shown by Dr. Jon Kosloski
UAV video in which an object seems to pass through Mt. Etna's plume. AARO assessed with moderate confidence a balloon drifting with the wind, far from the plume.
Evidence it was shown: In AARO's official hearing slides; video playback per press reports · Timestamp in official video: not yet verified
September 9, 2025
House Oversight and Government Reform — Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection
Reel narration is AI-generated from the hearing record; labels show who presented each item. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. government.
House Oversight committee channel.
Member/witness-provided — not authenticated by DoD
MQ-9 off Yemen and a Hellfire missile (Oct. 30, 2024)
Shown by Rep. Eric Burlison (replayed by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna)
As described at the hearing: an MQ-9 tracks an object off Yemen; a Hellfire from a second MQ-9 strikes it, and the object continues as fragments separate. Burlison said it came from a whistleblower. DoD has not authenticated it.
Evidence it was shown: Transcript: Burlison: "I want to queue up a video that I have been given" · Timestamp in official video: not yet verified
Member/witness-provided — not authenticated by DoD
USS Jackson sensor video (Feb. 2023)
Shown by Played at Chairwoman Luna's direction; narrated by Navy Senior Chief Alexandro Wiggins
Shipboard sensor video tied to the witness's account of objects off southern California, played with audio removed and entered into the record. Its origin has not been independently confirmed.
Evidence it was shown: Transcript: Luna: "we would like to play that video at this time" · Timestamp in official video: not yet verified
Also checked
July 26, 2023 — House Oversight — Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs: no footage shown according to the official transcript ↗.
November 13, 2024 — House Oversight — joint subcommittees: no footage shown according to the official transcript ↗.
Related
F-16 shootdown over Lake Huron (Feb. 12, 2023) — Requested by the Task Force (Mar. 31, 2026 letter); later released by the Department of War in PURSUE Release 02. Not shown at a hearing. DOW-UAP-PR071 · Task Force letter ↗
This page grows as more hearing records are checked. Timestamps in the official videos will be added once verified.