Happening on Capitol Hill Tuesday, members of Congress are holding another hearing on UAPs. That’s the government’s term for “unidentified anomalous phenomena.” They don’t like saying “UFOs” anymore. Too much baggage. “UAP” sounds more scientific. More … Pentagon-friendly.

As this hearing unfolds, I hope lawmakers are asking some very basic questions.

The subject has fascinated me since childhood. It began with “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” The eerie music, the flashing lights, Richard Dreyfuss molding Devil’s Tower out of mashed potatoes.

Later came “The X-Files,” with its tagline: I want to believe.

That’s about where I am. I want to believe. But I’d also like something stronger than a grainy clip. The jury is still out for me.

Here in the Pacific Northwest, we’ve been part

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