I'M JOVANA LARA, IN FOR ELLEN LEYVA. DAVID: I'M DAVID ONO. IT'S A QUESTION SOME HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SOLVE FOR DECADES NOW: IS THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PURPOSEFULLY COVERING UP INFORMATION ABOUT ALIENS? JOVANA: AFTER SOME OF TODAY'S TESTIMONY ON CAPITOL HILL, YOU MAY BE A BELIEVER. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ROB HAYES TAKES US TO THE INTERSTELLAR INQUIRY. REPORTER: A BI-PARTISAN HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SWEARING IN THREE FORMER MILITARY VETERANS TODAY. THEIR TESTIMONIES, AN EFFORT TO GET THE GOVERNMENT TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT WITH ITS UAP OPERATIONS. >> THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT IT IS NOT A JOKE. REPORTER: DAVID FRAVOR IS A RETIRED NAVAL AVIATOR AND ONE OF THE PILOTS INVOLVED IN WHAT IS NOW CALLED THE TIC TAC INCIDENT OFF THE COAST OF SAN DIEGO IN 2004. HE DESCRIBED THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND THE OBJECT AS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO THE SURVIVAL OF THE UNITED STATES. >> THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE FACED WAS FAR SUPERIOR THAN ANYTHING WE HAD AND YOU COULD PUT THAT ANYWHERE. IF YOU HAD ONE, YOU CAPTURED ONE, YOU REVERSE ENGINEERED IT AND GOT IT TO WORK, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT COULD GO INTO SPACE, GO SOMEPLACE, DROP DOWN IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, DO WHATEVER IT WANTS AND LEAVE AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. REPORTER: FORMER NAVY PILOT RYAN GRAVES DESCRIBES ANOTHER INCIDENT IN 2014 OFF THE COAST OF VIRGINIA. >> TWO F-18 SUPER HORNETS WERE SPLIT BY A UAP. THE OBJECT, DESCRIBED AS A BLACK CUBE INSIDE A CLEAR SPHERE, CAME WITHIN 50 FEET OF THE LEAD AIRCRAFT AND WAS ESTIMATED TO BE FIVE TO 15 FEET IN DIAMETER. REPORTER: EARLIER THIS YEAR A PENTAGON OFFICIAL SAID THEY WERE INVESTIGATING 650 UAP CASES WITH NO EVIDENCE OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE. BUT TODAY'S EXPERTS SAY THE SIGHTINGS HAVE BEEN ROUTINE AND THAT MORE PILOTS WOULD REPORT THEM IF THEY WERE GUARANTEED IT WOULDN'T HURT THEIR CAREERS. >> RIGHT NOW WE NEED A SYSTEM WHERE PILOTS CAN REPORT WITHOUT FEAR OF LOSING THEIR JOBS. REPORTER: JUDGING BY VIDEOS LIKE
