Witnesses & participants · Government & military
Ryan Graves
Former Navy pilot and aviation-safety advocate
Photograph · Image credit
Who they are
Ryan Graves is a former Navy F/A-18 pilot and founder of Americans for Safe Aerospace. In his 2023 House statement he described firsthand sensor observations and accounts from other aviators, placing reporting stigma and flight safety at the center of his argument. The near-collision episode he recounted involved fellow pilots, not a claimed personal visual encounter with that object.
His testimony connects operational reporting problems and aviator experiences with congressional UAP oversight.
Selected contributions
Primary records
Testimony · 2023
Statement of Ryan Graves to the House Oversight UAP hearing
Graves describes sensor observations during Navy service, reports encounters involving fellow aviators, and argues for safer reporting channels. His statement distinguishes firsthand sensor experience from the near-collision account he received from other pilots.
Reading scope & citation
Prepared statement opening and W-72 experience section, PDF pages 1–2. Descriptive document title; identifies the named witness’s prepared statement. The reported near collision was experienced by other pilots, while Graves describes firsthand sensor observations.
In the timeline
- Jul 26, 2023Grusch, Graves and Fravor testify
Documented connections
Documented · testified
Ryan Graves testified at the July 26, 2023 House hearing.
A hearing documents testimony; it does not authenticate every underlying claim.
Read the relationship record →Biography sources & portrait credit
- UAP: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency ↗House Oversight Committee
- Statement of Ryan Graves to the House Oversight UAP hearing ↗U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
Portrait credit
U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability (official broadcast still). Public domain (U.S. federal government work). Via Wikimedia Commons.
Photograph. Cropped to 4:5, resized to 320 × 400 and converted to WebP.
Image source & identification ↗ · Public domain (U.S. federal government work) ↗
