Luis Elizondo tells House committee U.S. possesses non-human technology
Witness Luis Elizondo claims the U.S. and its rivals are engaged in a secretive arms race using non-human technology funded by misallocated taxpayer dollars.
Luis Elizondo testified on Oct. 16, 2026, that the United States and its adversaries possess advanced UAP technologies not made by any human government.[2]
The testimony suggests the U.S. government is engaged in a clandestine effort to reverse-engineer non-human technology. This claims a shift from viewing UAP as mere sightings to treating them as assets in a global security competition [2].
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, specifically involving its subcommittees on Cybersecurity, Information [3], held a hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena on September 9, 2025 [4]. The proceedings were addressed to Chairwoman Luna and included written testimony from multiple witnesses, including Elizondo and Mike Gold [2][4].
Claims of a secretive arms race
Elizondo stated that "UAP are real" and that they utilize technologies not created by any government on Earth [2]. According to the witness, these advanced technologies—which he specified were not made by the U.S. government or any other government—are currently being used to monitor sensitive military installations around the world [2].
He further alleged that the U.S. and some of its adversaries are in possession of these technologies [2]. Elizondo characterized this situation as a struggle for technological dominance, stating, "I believe we are in the midst of a multi-decade, secretive arms race" [2].
The witness claimed this arms race is funded through the misallocation of taxpayer dollars and hidden from public and congressional oversight [2]. This suggests a systemic effort to keep the nature of these assets and the associated funding streams away from the legislative branch.
Congressional testimony and stigma
The hearing followed decades of what Mike Gold described as a stigma surrounding the study of UAP [1]. Gold provided written testimony to the committee, noting that this social pressure had previously prevented necessary public discourse and scientific study of the phenomena [1][3].
In his testimony, Gold complimented the parties involved in the hearing for having the "courage to publicly and robustly address" the issue [1]. He argued that the Committee's decision to proceed with the hearings demonstrated a necessary break from the historical trend of avoiding the topic [1].
The documents from the hearing reflect an effort by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability to address these issues publicly [1][4]. However, the testimony provided by Elizondo consists of claims regarding classified programs and non-human technology that have not been independently verified by the committee's public records [2].
What we don't know
- What specific UAP technologies are currently in U.S. possession?
- Which specific adversaries possess these technologies?
- How much taxpayer money has been misallocated to the alleged secretive arms race?
- What evidence supports the claim that non-human technologies are monitoring military installations?
- What are the specific "classified programs" alluded to in the testimony?
Context
Source documents
Sources
- PDF Written Testimony of Mike Gold For the U.S. House Committee on ... — congress.gov, Oct 16, 2026
- PDF Written Testimony of Luis Elizondo - Congress.gov — congress.gov, Oct 16, 2026
- Written Testimony of Mike Gold — oversight.house.gov, Oct 16, 2026
- George-Knapp-Written-Testimony.pdf — oversight.house.gov, Oct 17, 2026
Photos and video from the reports
Further reading
- Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) – NASA Independent ...
The NASA Independent Study Team's final report addresses how the agency can scientifically approach the study of UAP.
