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Former Navy fighter pilot and Americans for Safe Aerospace founder; aircrew reporting and aviation safety.
5 claim entries · source check 10 November 2026
The record so far
His own sensor observations are separated from other pilots’ visual encounters. Unidentified observations do not by themselves demonstrate alien technology.
Background in plain English
In plain English: Graves brings pilot and sensor experience and now organises a route for witnesses to report encounters. ASA’s live website identifies him as founder and executive director. Americans for Safe Aerospace — current work and leadership.
How to read this record
“Official text checked” verifies what the document says, not whether the underlying allegation is true. Podcast entries below are clearly marked when they rely on transcript review. This is a growing source record, not a complete archive of every appearance.
Claims at a glance
Each entry keeps a stable reference so it can be compared with other people and later statements. The date is the statement or episode date; earlier events are identified in the text.
RG01 · Radar and infrared detections
2023-07-26 · Personal sensor experience described in official written statement
Graves describes his squadron detecting unknown objects after a radar upgrade in 2014 and checking tracks with infrared sensors. His prepared statement describes his own sensor experience.
Ryan Graves — prepared House witness statement · pp. 1–2
RG02 · Another flight’s cube-in-sphere near-pass
2023-07-26 · Colleagues’ encounter relayed in prepared testimony
He recounts another flight’s reported near-pass with a cube-like object inside a sphere in the W-72 training area. This is not presented as his own visual near-collision.
Ryan Graves — prepared House witness statement · p. 2
RG03 · Unexplained reported performance
2023-07-26 · Witness assessment; underlying sensor data not supplied here
He describes objects maintaining position against strong winds and remaining airborne for long periods without familiar visible flight surfaces. The statement does not establish a non-human origin.
Ryan Graves — prepared House witness statement · p. 2
RG04 · Stigma and underreporting
2023-07-26 · Safety assessment and policy advocacy in prepared testimony
Graves argues professional stigma discourages aircrew from reporting and urges better reporting and investigation.
Ryan Graves — prepared House witness statement · p. 1
RG05 · Current reporting and public education
Checked 2026-11-10; page undated · Current organisational self-description checked
ASA identifies Graves as its founder and executive director and describes protected reporting, research, policy and a continuing interview podcast. This establishes current public work, not verification of every submitted encounter.
Americans for Safe Aerospace — current work and leadership
In their own words
Short extracts checked against the linked written source. Read the full exchange for context. Podcast wording is not presented as audio-verified while that check is pending.
“These sightings are not rare or isolated; they are routine.”
Ryan Graves — prepared House witness statement · 26 July 2023 · prepared statement p. 1
Dated appearances and source trail
Ryan Graves — prepared House witness statement
2023-07-26 · Original source
Relevant prepared-statement passages on sensor observations, another flight’s near-pass, stigma and reporting read. Written testimony is not a record of every word delivered orally; the reported near-pass is not described here as Graves’s own visual encounter.
House hearing — official published transcript
2023-07-26 · Original source
Relevant Grusch exchanges checked in official text. Other witnesses’ accounts are not attributed to him.
Americans for Safe Aerospace — current work and leadership
Publication date not established · Original source
Live organisational site read 10 November 2026. Names Graves as founder/executive director, lists current work and a November 2026 podcast episode. A live-site check date is not an invented original statement date.
Who worked with whom?
- Grusch and David Fravor — fellow hearing witnesses. The official record lists all three on 26 July 2023. Co-appearance is not a shared retrieval programme. House hearing — official published transcript.
- Christopher Mellon — ASA advisor. ASA currently lists Mellon among its advisors. Americans for Safe Aerospace — current work and leadership.
What remains unresolved
The reviewed material does not provide UKPX with a publicly inspectable recovered craft, biological sample, or an independently repeatable test establishing non-human manufacture. Statements about classified submissions should be followed through the actual available records; their existence alone would not settle their contents.
AARO’s March 2024 historical report states that it found no empirical evidence for government or private-company reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial technology. UKPX reviewed its introduction and executive summary (printed pp. 6–10) through an archived copy. This is a dated official assessment, not an individual finding on later statements. AARO / DoD — Historical Record Report, Volume I · Read the archived government report.
Review queue and coverage
- Review the full oral exchanges separately from the prepared statement.
- Index later podcast accounts with clear separation between Graves, guests and reports submitted to ASA.
- Seek released raw sensor data and analysis before strengthening origin or performance conclusions.
Review date: 10 November 2026. Initial UKPX profile. Later additions should retain the earlier wording/date, link repetitions to the same claim, and distinguish corrections, elaborations and new assertions.