David Grusch is a former US Air Force officer and intelligence official who claimed the existence of secret programs related to non-human craft.
David Charles Grusch is a former US Air Force officer and intelligence official. He served 14 years in the Air Force, achieving the rank of Major, and later worked for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office. From 2019 to 2021, he represented the National Reconnaissance Office on the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force.
In 2022, Grusch filed a whistleblower complaint with the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. Reportedly, the complaint was deemed "credible and urgent" for referral to congressional intelligence committees. In July 2023, he testified before a House of Representatives subcommittee, claiming the existence of secret US programs dealing with crashed craft of non-human origin and their reverse engineering.
Grusch's claims have not been publicly corroborated by the United States government. NASA and the US Department of Defense have denied the existence of such programs or verified extraterrestrial materials. In 2025, Grusch was announced as a special advisor to Congressman Eric Berleson as part of efforts to promote transparency regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena.
Grusch is a former US Air Force officer and intelligence official. He testified before Congress regarding claims of secret programs related to non-human craft.
He claimed the existence of secret US programs dealing with crashed craft of non-human origin and their reverse engineering. These claims have not been publicly corroborated.
No. The United States government has not publicly corroborated them, and NASA and the Department of Defense have denied the existence of such programs or verified extraterrestrial materials.
In 2022, he filed a complaint with the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. Reportedly, it was deemed credible and urgent for referral to congressional intelligence committees.