I’m still catching my breath from yesterday’s supposed “reveal” at the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs. Despite the hype, there wasn’t even a whiff of extraterrestrial cologne in the air, let alone any proof of them or their fancy interstellar toys.

David Grusch, the former U.S. Air Force officer and intelligence official, dodged questions like a pro, repeatedly offering to provide answers only in a closed hearing.

Oh, the suspense!

But forgive me if I’m not biting my nails waiting for the curtain to rise on that shadowy encore.

Chairman Rep. Glenn Grothman kicked off the hearings with a fiery pro-transparency rallying cry. He said, “The lack of transparency surrounding UAPs has fueled wild speculation and debate for decades, eroding public trust in the very institutions that are meant to serve and protect them.”

I couldn’t have put it better, Glenn. The Wisconsin Republican was onto something, but did we hit pay dirt?

Close, but no cigar-shaped object.

If you’re involved in UFO and UAP research, you’ve got to spill the beans in public hearings. It’s as simple as that.

Without public transparency, UFO research will keep lurking in the same murky corner as other beloved mysteries like Roswell, JFK, RFK, Oklahoma City, Jeffrey Epstein, and 9/11.

Remember the Phoenix Lights of 1997 or the Rendlesham Forest incident? How about the UFO flap in Belgium? Or the Lonnie Zamora case? If we’ve learned anything from these, the truth is far more intricate and unnerving than what’s been spoon-fed.

Stanton Friedman, the granddaddy of ufology, put it best: “The evidence is overwhelming that Planet Earth is being visited by intelligently controlled extraterrestrial spacecraft. There is no doubt that a small number of people in governments both in the United States and overseas have been actively covering up the truth about these visits. There really is a ‘Cosmic Watergate.’”

Cosmic Watergate, indeed.

So, let’s take a wild guess. Do you think we’ve been given the whole enchilada?

If you think so, I’ve got a slightly used flying saucer to sell you driven only on Sundays by a little old gray lady from Zeta Reticuli.