The latest congressional UFO hearing featured testimony from former military personnel who told representatives that excessive government secrecy hides the fact that we are not alone in the cosmos.

Questions about whether we're alone, or if there is someone else out there, used to be just for conspiracy theories, Now whistleblowers have the attention of the U.S. Congress.

It followed a blockbuster congressional hearing last year in which Grusch, a former American intelligence official, claimed that the US government conducted a “multi-decade” program which collected and attempted to reverse-engineer crashed UAPs,

There is renewed demand for more information on what the U.S. government knows about UFOs. Jo Horwood has more.

Experts testified at a House oversight committee hearing Wednesday on potential alien life, suggesting that there are intelligent beings that live off the planet. They also urged governmental transparency from the incoming Trump administration.