不明飞行物（UFO）长期以来一直吸引着美国人——最近的民意调查显示，大多数美国人认为政府在隐瞒有关这些现象的信息。这场辩论也已延伸至国会山。
Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) have long captivated Americans — a majority of whom, recent polling suggests, believe the government is hiding information about the phenomena. And the debate has also made its way to Capitol Hill.
近年来，围绕不明飞行物的讨论——政府现在称之为不明异常现象（UAP）——在国会两党中都升温了。
In recent years, conversations surrounding UFOs, which the government now refers to as unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), have heated up on both sides of the congressional political aisle.
2022年，在民主党占多数的情况下，众议院情报小组委员会举行了五十多年来首次关于不明飞行物的国会听证会。两名领导五角大楼UAP特别工作组的官员作证，其中一人明确表示，他们正在鼓励飞行员报告目击事件。
In 2022, under a Democratic majority, a House Intelligence subcommittee held the first congressional hearing on UFOs in over five decades. Two officials leading the Pentagon’s UAP task force testified, with one making clear they were encouraging pilots to report sightings.
美国人仍然不信任政府对这些现象的处理方式。盖洛普8月的一项民调发现，虽然近半数美国人怀疑UFO源于地外文明，但78%的人认为政府掌握的关于目击事件的信息比其向公众透露的要多。
Americans still remain distrustful of the government’s handling of these phenomena. An August Gallup poll found that, while nearly half of Americans are skeptical that UFOs are of extraterrestrial origin, 78 percent believe the government knows more about the sightings than it tells the public.
顺应公众的关注，第二届特朗普政府解密了关于UFO的档案，并成立了一个新的治理委员会，以协调对目击报告的调查。
In line with the public’s fascination, the second Trump administration has declassified files on UFOs and created a new governance board to coordinate investigations into reports of sightings.
一些议员在呼吁政府在这一问题上保持透明方面发挥了积极作用。而且，随着民主党明年有望重新夺回众议院控制权，《国会山报》分析了该党的UFO透明化倡导者可能如何处理调查和解密工作。
Some lawmakers have taken an active role in calling for government transparency on the topic. And, with Democrats likely to take back control of the House next year, The Hill has broken down how the party’s UFO clarity advocates may address investigations and declassifications.
共和党继续掌握UAP核心小组的控制权 民主党领导层此前曾支持加强联邦UFO调查透明度的努力。众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯（民主党-纽约州）——如果民主党重新夺回众议院控制权、现任议长迈克·约翰逊（共和党-路易斯安那州）卸任，他是民主党议长的可能人选——曾在2023年表示，他支持在可行的情况下与公众分享有关这些现象的数据。
GOP keeps the reins of the UAP Caucus Democratic leadership has previously backed efforts to increase transparency surrounding federal UFO investigations. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Democrats’ likely House speaker choice should the party reclaim the lower chamber and current Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) step down, said in 2023 he supported sharing data on the phenomena with the public whenever feasible.
杰弗里斯在2023年7月表示：“我确实支持透明度，只要这些能够进入公共领域的信息具有启发性，无论以何种方式，或许能够消除我们社会中日益增多的一些阴谋论。”据《国会山报》的广播合作伙伴NewsNation报道。但国会已经有一个专门致力于调查和解密UFO信息的核心小组。
“I do support transparency to the extent this information that can be put into the public domain that is enlightening, one way or the other, and perhaps is able to dismiss some of the conspiracy theories that exist increasingly in our society,” Jeffries said in July 2023, as reported by The Hill’s broadcasting partner, NewsNation. But Congress also has a caucus already dedicated to investigating and declassifying UFO information.
2023年，众议员蒂姆·伯切特（Tim Burchett，共和党-田纳西州）创立了UAP核心小组，目前成员包括他本人以及众议员贾里德·莫斯科维茨（Jared Moskowitz，民主党-佛罗里达州）、安娜·保利娜·卢纳（Anna Paulina Luna，共和党-佛罗里达州）、南希·梅斯（Nancy Mace，共和党-南卡罗来纳州）、埃里克·伯利森（Eric Burlison，共和党-密苏里州）和安迪·奥格尔斯（Andy Ogles，共和党-田纳西州）。
In 2023, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) founded the UAP Caucus, which currently includes himself as well as Reps. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) and Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.).
根据其网站介绍，该核心小组“致力于围绕UFO进行研究、披露和政策制定”，并希望将小组扩大至参议院。
The caucus is “dedicated to the study, disclosure, and policy development surrounding” UFOs, according to its website, and hopes to expand the group to include the Senate.
莫斯科维茨是该核心小组唯一的民主党人，他在佛罗里达州共和党重新划分国会选区后，面临艰难的连任竞选。还有两名成员即将离开核心小组，因为梅斯将退休，奥格尔斯在提名竞选中失利。
Moskowitz is the caucus’s only Democrat, and he is in a tough battle for reelection after Florida Republicans redrew the state’s congressional districts. Two more members are set to leave the caucus, as Mace is retiring and Ogles lost renomination.
但该核心小组还包括“荣誉提名”成员——包括参议员在内的成员，他们虽然技术上不属于核心小组，但对支持其目标“发挥了重要作用”。
But the caucus also includes “honorable mentions” — members, including senators, who are not technically part of the caucus but are “instrumental” in supporting its goals.
“荣誉提名”民主党人支持该事业 《国会山报》联系了被列为UAP核心小组成员或“荣誉提名”的、正在竞选连任的众议院民主党人。
‘Honorable mention’ Democrats support the cause The Hill reached out to House Democrats running for reelection who are listed as either members or “honorable mentions” of the UAP Caucus.
众议员安德烈·卡森（Andre Carson，民主党-印第安纳州）是该核心小组的“荣誉提名”之一，他在发给《国会山报》的声明中指责特朗普政府在UFO报告和调查透明度工作上“拖延推诿”。他特别点名了一份“历史UAP记录报告”，并呼吁立即发布。
Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.), one of the caucus’s honorable mentions, accused the Trump administration in a statement sent to The Hill of having “slow walked” UFO reporting and investigation transparency efforts. He specifically singled out a “historical UAP record report” and called for its immediate release.
“我呼吁立即发布这份报告，该报告预计将提供关于UAP历史军事和情报调查的额外调查结果，包括事件是如何被调查的、机密计划的作用，以及相关活动是否已适当向国会披露，”卡森说。
“I’m calling for the immediate release of this report, which is expected to provide additional findings of historical military and intelligence investigations of UAP, including how incidents were investigated, the role of classified programs, and whether relevant activities were appropriately disclosed to Congress,” Carson said.
在2022年的众议院听证会上，卡森推动为飞行员和其他军事官员的UFO报告去污名化。这位印第安纳州民主党人当时表示，围绕该现象的污名“妨碍了良好的情报报告”，他声称一些飞行员在报告未识别飞行器时“被人嘲笑”。
During the 2022 House hearing, Carson pushed to destigmatize UFO reporting for pilots and other military officials. The Indiana Democrat said at the time the stigma around the phenomena had “gotten in the way of good intelligence reporting,” as he alleged some pilots “were laughed at” when the reported unidentified aircraft.
卡森是众议院情报委员会成员。其他列入UAP核心小组“荣誉提名”名单的众议院民主党人包括众议员亚历山德拉·奥卡西奥-科尔特斯（纽约州）、罗·坍纳（加利福尼亚州）和杰米·拉斯金（马里兰州）。
Carson is a member of the House Intelligence Committee. Other House Democrats on the UAP Caucus “honorable mentions” list include Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Ro Khanna (Calif.) and Jamie Raskin (Md.).