The issue remains a hot-button bipartisan talking point

THE US government is hiding alien bodies, says a UFO whistleblower.

On Friday, members of Congress held a special session to ask questions on the existence of extraterrestrial life, however, it did little to demystify what the government knows about the topic.

A classified session on UFOs did little to answer lawmakers questions on the existence of nonhuman bodiesCredit: Getty

Thomas A. Monheim spoke with the members of the House Oversight Committee on Friday on claims made by David GruschCredit: Getty

Thomas A. Monheim, the inspector general of the intelligence community, spoke with the members of the House Oversight Committee on whether there was any credibility to claims made by a high-profile whistleblower in July.

David Grusch, a former intelligence official, testified that the US government had nonhuman bodies taken from several UFO crash sites and that the military was misusing money to cover up a "UAP crash retrieval and reserve engineering program," resulting in people being injured to cover up these operations.

Grusch also claimed that his superiors retaliated against him in the past for making similar claims.

The Pentagon has denied these allegations.

There was some wonder if Monheim's presentation would offer some insight into Grusch's claims.

"This is the first real briefing that we’ve had that we’ve now made, I would say, progress on some of the claims Mr. Grusch has made," Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz told The New York Times.

"This is the first time we kind of got a ruling on what the I.G. thinks of those claims."

What the ruling was is classified at this time, as lawmakers were barred from repeating what they had heard in the session.

"There’s a lot of new questions and a lot of new areas to ask and poke in based on what we got in this meeting," said Moskowitz.

California Rep. Robert Garcia said he "would have loved to receive much more information" from the session but added that he did learn "interesting additional information to continue the investigation and ask more questions."

Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett, who has been vocal in learning what the government knows about UFOs and possible extraterrestrial life, said that he's trying to gain as much information as possible.

Burchett called it "whack-a-mole. You go to the next one until we get some answers."

However, he said the meeting "just verified what I thought."

An official said the government still has no evidence of extraterrestrial life visiting Earth, which did little to satisfy lawmakers.

"It’s just become evident that there is over-classification and that we are continually being stonewalled," said Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna.

"We are authorizing money that is supposed to be spent on certain programs, and yet there is compartmentalization in which Congress doesn’t have access to oversight in those programs. And that’s a problem."

Illinois Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi said he was "more concerned" leaving the briefing than he had been going in.

"Mr. Grusch has made allegations that we’re still trying to figure out the veracity of, and we haven’t gotten the answers that we need," he told the outlet.

"Unfortunately, I don’t think that we’re looking at the substance of his claims, and instead we’re dancing around the procedural nature of his claims."

Efforts to improve transparency around aliens have gotten better but suspicions are still rampant regarding potential information being hidden from the public.

In December, legislation was passed by Congress that ordered the government to publicly disclose records related to unidentified aerial phenomena within 25 years of their creation.

This does not include information that must remain classified for national security reasons.

On Thursday, Garcia introduced a bill with Wisconsin Rep. Glenn Grothman to bring about reporting of UAPs by civilian aviation personnel.

The Pentagon has denied allegations made by David Grusch on a cover-up involving extraterrestrialsCredit: Getty

Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna believes the public is being 'stonewalled' in the search for more information on UFOsCredit: EPA