Capitol Hill UFO Press Conference: Grusch Reveals Multiple Non-Human Life Forms, Legacy Programs, Sentient Plasmoid Entities, and Dozens of Aware U.S. Bases

On Tuesday, June 9, 2026, a bipartisan group of lawmakers and UFO whistleblower David Grusch held a high-profile press conference on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. The event focused on demanding declassification of UAP-related records, stronger whistleblower protections including immunity and NDA waivers, passage of disclosure legislation, and greater congressional oversight.

The press conference featured UAP whistleblower David Grusch, a former intelligence officer and Air Force veteran, alongside Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), and others, with involvement from journalists and advocates like Leslie Kean and filmmaker James Fox. Highlights include accusations of stonewalling by career bureaucrats and intelligence officials, references to President Trump’s directives on releasing files, and Congress’s constitutional duty to oversee classified programs.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna opened by announcing progress with the new Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets and pushed for UFO whistleblower immunity so individuals could reveal locations of craft or advanced technology without fear. She expressed gratitude for the Trump administration’s efforts. Rep. Eric Burlison described receiving a “Tom Clancy-style dead drop” of sensitive UAP information such as MQ-9 footage and questioned barriers to sharing with Congress. He called for specific details on recovered craft, reverse-engineering programs that may have operated without oversight for decades, penalties for withholding information from Congress, and transparency as the default position.

David Grusch reiterated the urgency of transparency on topics that extend beyond life in the universe and involve national security. He accused political appointees of non-compliance with disclosure laws and gatekeeping. Grusch detailed several key claims, stating that the U.S. government is aware of several kinds of non-human intelligence forming a continuum from corporeal, bipedal-type life to what he would consider sentient plasmoid life. He described his exposure to a legacy reverse-engineering program and audiovisual materials of recovered vehicles and biological material. Grusch also noted that several dozen U.S. bases are aware of non-human technology.

Regarding the 1996 Varginha incident in Brazil, Grusch referenced the case involving recovered non-human entities and craft, some reportedly transferred to the United States, and urged declassification of related U.S. files citing Air Force records and J. Allen Hynek’s work.

He additionally confirmed knowing and working with Matthew James Sullivan, a defense worker and scientist involved in the legacy crash retrieval program who died in May 2024 shortly before potential testimony. Grusch also highlighted adversarial UAP programs, noting that foreign adversaries have their own crash retrieval and exploitation efforts, including intelligence gathering on U.S. legacy programs and views on non-human biologics.

Grusch also described a “declassified 1971 Australian formally classified secret assessment” that had been released to the Australian National Archives a couple of years earlier (around 2021–2023). He urged people to read pages 7 through 16, noting that it was written by the nuclear branch chief of the Australian government and discusses a U.S. cover-up on UAPs along with CIA involvement in the 1970s.

The document is a 1971 memo/report by Harry Turner, then head of the Nuclear Branch in Australia’s Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO). As a senior defense scientist and physicist with experience in nuclear intelligence, including oversight related to British nuclear tests at Maralinga, Turner produced a sober internal assessment of UFO reports based on official US sources such as CIA records, USAF documents, Project Blue Book materials, and Congressional hearings. The report, part of the publicly available National Archives of Australia file series A13693, 3092/2/000, analyzes how early US Air Force investigations concluded that many UFO sightings involved real phenomena exhibiting flight characteristics far beyond contemporary American or Soviet technology, often pointing toward an extraterrestrial or interplanetary origin.

Turner describes how the 1952 wave of mass sightings, particularly the Washington D.C. flap, alarmed the CIA due to overloaded military communications and the risk of Soviet exploitation. Through the 1953 Robertson Panel, the agency influenced the USAF to transform Project Blue Book into a public tool for debunking and ridiculing UFO reports, thereby reducing public alarm while shielding secret American programs. These included funding for the Canadian Avro saucer project, which featured disc-shaped designs matching UFO descriptions, and a substantial push into anti-gravity and gravity control research involving multiple universities and defense contractors. Such efforts, Turner reasoned, implied official US acknowledgment of advanced vehicles likely employing gravity-control propulsion.

The memo critiques the disconnect between this private seriousness and the public facade, noting how retiring US officials later contradicted the official narrative. Turner also examined Australia’s own handling through the RAAF, which maintained only minimal, part-time efforts focused solely on air defense and uncritically adopted the American public stance. This resulted in unscientific identifications and a lack of proper scientific or intelligence analysis. He argued that Australia should not remain ignorant of the true situation and recommended transferring responsibility to another department better equipped for comprehensive intelligence assessment, scientific study, and public relations. An attached section drawing from approximately one thousand landing or near-landing cases compiled by Jacques Vallee and J. Allen Hynek highlighted evidence of apparent “weapon systems,” including devices that interfere with electrical circuits such as vehicle engines and headlights, induce paralysis in witnesses, and emit heat rays, often in defensive scenarios. Residual physical effects on the environment, such as ground traces, offered promising avenues for scientific investigation.

Grusch elevated this document as a low-barrier, verifiable entry point for researchers because it represents an allied intelligence analysis that directly corroborates longstanding claims of US secrecy, a dual public-private policy, and the reality of extraordinary phenomena, all drawn from declassified and official channels. Its accessibility and credibility make it a compelling reference in broader UAP disclosure discussions, underscoring how these issues were seriously evaluated in government circles decades ago.

Investigative journalist Leslie Kean reported that former Senate staffer Kirk McConnell was present for classified briefings alongside Sen. Marco Rubio concerning recovered alien bodies. Rep. Eric Burlison also highlighted former Brazilian Minister of Defense Aldo Rebelo’s recent confirmation that the Varginha incident was real with non-human entities and craft recovered.

According to podcaster Jesse Michels, Aldo Rebelo — who had access to Brazil’s classified military archives — confirmed that both the 1996 Varginha incident and the 1977 Colares flap involved non-human beings. This revelation was publicly referenced by David Grusch and filmmaker James Fox during the June 9, 2026, Capitol press conference, where they cited it as support for calls to declassify related U.S. files. As of June 9, the full Michels–Rebelo interview has not yet been released to the public.

This event builds on Grusch’s landmark 2023 Congressional testimony. While agencies like AARO have previously stated no verifiable evidence for some claims, advocates argue critical information remains hidden due to over-classification and gatekeeping. The gathering signals a shift from testimony to concrete action, including pushes for the UAP Disclosure Act and enhanced whistleblower safeguards.