Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In November 2007, an extraordinary and often overlooked UFO press conference took place at the National Press Club in Washington DC.

Hosted by filmmaker James Fox and moderated by former Arizona Governor Fife Symington, this historic event brought together high-ranking military officers, pilots, scientists, and government officials from around the world to give sworn testimony about their UFO encounters and investigations.

Speakers from Belgium, France, Iran, the United Kingdom, Chile, Peru, and the United States went on record describing radar encounters, aerial interceptions, landings, physical traces, and official investigations that could not be explained by conventional aircraft or known technology.

This episode presents the full archival footage of that 2007 event, shared with permission, and highlights why it remains one of the most important moments in modern UFO history — laying groundwork long before the events of 2017 and today’s UAP discussion.

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Check out the 20th January event here - youtube.com/@NationalPressClubLive/streams

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Timestamps
00:00 – Andy intro: why this episode matters now
01:10 – Upcoming UAP press conference & historical context
02:45 – Why the 2007 event is often forgotten
03:20 – James Fox opens the National Press Club event
04:10 – Fife Symington introduction and format of testimony

Witness Testimony Begins

06:30 – Belgian Air Force General on the Belgian UFO Wave
10:15 – French government UFO investigations and GEPAN
16:30 – Air France pilot describes mid-air UFO encounter
20:45 – French COMETA report and national security concerns
24:40 – Iranian Air Force General on the 1976 Tehran UFO incident
29:45 – Chilean military pilot on official UAP reporting systems
36:30 – Peruvian Air Force pilot ordered to shoot down a UFO
44:20 – Peruvian Air Force investigation office testimony
49:30 – UK commercial pilot on Channel Islands UFO sighting
53:40 – Nick Pope (UK MOD) on classified UFO cases
57:30 – Rendlesham Forest eyewitness testimony (USAF personnel)

FAA, CIA & Cover-Up Discussion

01:06:40 – FAA official John Callahan on radar data and CIA seizure
01:12:30 – CIA briefing and confiscation of evidence
01:18:00 – Fife Symington recounts the Phoenix Lights
01:22:20 – Why Project Blue Book was shut down
01:28:50 – Why governments fear public reaction

Press Q&A

01:31:20 – Media questions on secrecy and national security
01:34:30 – International cooperation on UFO investigations

01:36:00 – Andy outro & where to support the show

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