UAP whistleblower forced into hiding for 'safety concerns' following testimony

09 January 2024 , 21:37

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TMZ's new documentary shows how the US government personally attacked David Grusch after his damning testimony to Congress in July (Image: REX/Shutterstock)

Following his revelatory testimony to Congress last summer about extraterrestrials and alien tech, whistleblower David Grusch was forced to cancel an appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast due to 'security concerns.'

A new three-part documentary produced by TMZ, " UFO Revolution: To Expose Biggest Government Cover-Up Ever," outlines an investigation into the government's cover-up of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena(UAP) sightings, with former intelligence official outlining how his life has further been scandalised by the subject matter.

Toward the end of the first episode, filmmaker Jeremy Corbell recalls an instance where he, fellow journalist George Knapp and Grusch were set to discuss the UAP sightings and the US government's hand in concealing them on Joe Rogan's podcast "The Joe Rogan Experience."

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Journalist Jeremy Corbell reprisal from the US government can be devastating (Getty Images)

The scheduled chat was hindered when Grush failed to appear, citing a "security concern in the aftermath of his whistleblower testimony to Congress as the reason," according to Corbell.

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"Look man, reprisals are real," Corbell said in the documentary. "The effect of trying to silence people is absolutely real as well." He then speaks about his experience trying to gather evidence from witnesses, who often fear they would face consequences if they speak out.

The filmmaker asserts that a good portion of those witnesses work within agencies that would likely target them for revealing the truth. Often times, those people get burned by their employers once they officially file their complaint through the system—something he said should essentially be expected when dealing with secrets of this magnitude.

"To people like David Grusch who really just took it on the chin, came forward and said what he could say in that setting," Corbell said. "Yeah man, you're going to take shots. You better be truly, deeply be prepared to the core of who you are to take those hits."

A UAP was recorded off the coast of Florida in 2015 (AARO/SWNS)

Grusch faced an onslaught of reprisals from the government after the hearing, saying the agency had opened a retaliatory whistleblower investigation into him as he spoke before Congress in July. "It was very brutal and very unfortunate," he said. "Some of the tactics they used hurt me personally and professionally to be quite frank."

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In an interview with NewsNation's "Elizabeth Vargas Tonight," the former high-ranking government official lamented how his life has been "a nightmare" in the months following the July hearing. “Since I went public, certainly, this has been a nightmare for me,” he said. “I mean, I was an intelligence officer for 14 years, behind the curtain, if you will.”

He admitted that going public with the classified information wasn't his first idea, seemingly to prevent harsh backlash from the US government, but did so anyway because it was "for the right reasons."

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