YouTube livestream · Mysteries with a History · 9 June 2026
Cristina Gomez: live from the Capitol steps as Grusch returns to Congress
Cristina Gomez's live stream of the full press conference on the Capitol steps on 9 June 2026, with her reaction. James Fox and Leslie Kean hosted; Reps. Luna, Burlison, Burchett, Moskowitz and Perry spoke, then Kean and David Grusch. Fox and Burlison cited Aldo Rebelo's confirmation of Varginha and an FBI inquiry into it, Kean relayed Kirk McConnell on senators briefed about recovered bodies, and Grusch described foreign adversary crash-retrieval intelligence withheld by DIA and an Air Force push for an Espionage Act investigation of him.
Leads to follow
- The 1971 Australian assessment Grusch cited (National Archives of Australia, pages 7 to 16).
Notes
- From the PC watch reading the /streams tab, 30 Oct 2026.
- Gomez found the event short and light on substance; Gallaudet, Borland and Nuccetelli stood silently behind the speakers.
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9 Jun 2026
Grusch and the UAP task force on the Capitol stepsPress conference hosted by James Fox and Leslie Kean
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Witness testimony (10)
He investigated Varginha 1996 for 16 years; dozens of firsthand reports describe direct contact with living non-human beings who, according to multiple Brazilian witnesses, were flown from Brazil to the United States in January 1996. Former Brazilian defence minister Aldo Rebelo 'confirmed the incident occurred' and said that if the US disclosed information on the case, Brazil could do the same. Fox asked the President to declassify all files on it.Rebelo's confirmation is reported here by Fox; Rebelo's own words are not on file.firsthandJames Fox (Capitol steps, 9 Jun 2026) → Cristina Gomez livestream → told itVarginha: the "ET de Varginha" and the Army inquiryGrusch and the UAP task force on the Capitol steps, 9 June 2026
The whistleblower protections and the UAP Disclosure Act have been stonewalled time and again by intelligence agencies and House staff. The next step is a meeting with the White House to ask temporary or permanent immunity for whistleblowers who can give locations of craft or advanced technology; in the Q&A she said she believes the White House will grant permanent immunity from the Espionage Act.firsthandAnna Paulina Luna (Capitol steps, 9 Jun 2026) → Cristina Gomez livestream → told itThe UAP Disclosure ActGrusch and the UAP task force on the Capitol steps, 9 June 2026
The task force has reviewed Russian and Brazilian records, 'including a formal FBI inquiry into the '96 Varginha incident', and Aldo Rebelo 'came forward and admitted that this event was true'. It has sent targeted inquiries to MIT Lincoln Laboratory, MITRE and every agency connected to UAP, worked with lawmakers on four continents, and continues to receive 'credible claims of recovered craft and reverse-engineering programs' that point to 'specific facilities, contractors, records'. Matthew Sullivan's death 'deserves far more scrutiny'. He asked the President to waive NDAs and grant immunity to everyone who comes forward.Burlison calls Rebelo 'the Minister of Defense at the time'; Rebelo was defence minister in 2015-16, not in 1996. The FBI inquiry has not been released.firsthandEric Burlison (Capitol steps, 9 Jun 2026) → Cristina Gomez livestream → told itVarginha: the "ET de Varginha" and the Army inquiryMIT Lincoln LaboratoryThe MITRE CorporationMatthew James SullivanGrusch and the UAP task force on the Capitol steps, 9 June 2026
In a SCIF 'some little punk in a man bun tells me the president's on a need-to-know basis'. Officials deny it in public and confirm it in the SCIF; craft 'have been moved into private entities' out of reach of FOIA. When the 2023 hearing began, staff tried to fold it into the Chinese balloon inquiry, and a member tried to disrupt a SCIF session with Grusch.firsthandTim Burchett (Capitol steps, 9 Jun 2026) → Cristina Gomez livestream → told itGrusch, Fravor and Graves under oathGrusch and the UAP task force on the Capitol steps, 9 June 2026
The agencies would 'secretly go to the chairman of committees' to strip UAP language out of bills. 'We know about these advanced technology programs. We know they come out of Area 51', citing the helicopter used on the bin Laden raid, 'that Congress never funded'.firsthandRep. Jared MoskowitzJared Moskowitz (Capitol steps, 9 Jun 2026) → Cristina Gomez livestream → told itThe UAP Disclosure ActGrusch and the UAP task force on the Capitol steps, 9 June 2026
In his official duties he was exposed to human and signals intelligence on 'foreign adversary UAP crash retrieval, exploitation and study efforts', adversary views on US legacy reverse engineering, and US-held audio-visual information on 'the recovered vehicles and the associated biological material'; he says he cross-verified it internally against disinformation. Some of it was published across the IC and analysed at centres such as NASIC, but DIA has not given it to Congress despite lawful requests in summer 2025; he asked that it go through mandatory declassification review.His own words; extends the earlier secondhand Coulthart summary of the same statement.firsthandDavid Grusch (Capitol steps, 9 Jun 2026) → Cristina Gomez livestream → told itNational Air and Space Intelligence CenterGrusch and the UAP task force on the Capitol steps, 9 June 2026
Through his ongoing federal litigation with the Department of War he learned that the Air Force worked with an outside agency to seek an Espionage Act investigation of him for alleged unauthorised disclosures after his 2023 testimony. He is still fighting record withholding and has not been granted his medical military retirement.Adds the Espionage Act and the litigation source to his earlier account of an Air Force criminal referral.firsthandDavid Grusch (Capitol steps, 9 Jun 2026) → Cristina Gomez livestream → told itUnited States Air ForceGrusch, Fravor and Graves under oathGrusch and the UAP task force on the Capitol steps, 9 June 2026
Asked about the beings, he said they range on a continuum 'from corporeal bipedal type life to... sentient plasmoid life', several of which the US government knows of. Asked how many craft, 'several dozen', adding that he did not have full access. A program he would not detail was a National Security Council program whose secrecy began with an Eisenhower executive order in 1954.Fits his earlier estimate of 25 to 100 crashes.firsthandDavid Grusch (Capitol steps, 9 Jun 2026) → Cristina Gomez livestream → told itGrusch and the UAP task force on the Capitol steps, 9 June 2026
Matthew Sullivan 'was on the legacy program'; Grusch served on active duty with him in the Air Force and will not discuss what Sullivan knew until the federal investigation is complete.firsthandDavid Grusch (Capitol steps, 9 Jun 2026) → Cristina Gomez livestream → told itMatthew James SullivanGrusch and the UAP task force on the Capitol steps, 9 June 2026
He pointed readers to a declassified 1971 Australian secret assessment, now in the National Archives of Australia, pages 7 to 16, in which the Australian government's nuclear branch chief discusses the US cover-up and CIA involvement.Lead: the document has not been located or read.firsthandDavid Grusch (Capitol steps, 9 Jun 2026) → Cristina Gomez livestream → told itGrusch and the UAP task force on the Capitol steps, 9 June 2026
Alleged / one person's word (1)
Kirk McConnell, for decades on the staff of the congressional intelligence and defence committees, 'was present in classified settings when highly credible sources briefed senators, including Marco Rubio, about recovered non-human bodies'. She asked the President to prioritise releasing evidence on recovered non-human biological entities, since biology raises no national-security case.McConnell stood behind her as she said it and did not speak; he has not said it himself on file.secondhandLeslie KeanKirk McConnell → Leslie Kean (Capitol steps, 9 Jun 2026) → told itKirk McConnellMarco RubioGrusch and the UAP task force on the Capitol steps, 9 June 2026