Congress may need to create incentives to get national security officials to talk.

A House Intelligence panel is set to hear Tuesday from officials including Ronald Moultrie, the Pentagon’s top intelligence official. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo

ByBRYAN BENDER

05/16/2022 01:49 PM EDT

As Congress prepares to hold the first public hearing on UFOs in half a century, the Pentagon and intelligence agencies are feuding internally over how much to cooperate with demands to investigate and share what they know, according to current and former national security officials.

Pentagon officials areunder increasing pressureto carry out Congress’ recent mandate to establish a permanent effort to coordinate research intoreports of highly advanced aircraftof unknown origin intruding into protected airspace.

The law also requires regular classified and public reports to oversight committees on new incidents involving “unidentified aerial phenomena,” including previous information or investigations that are uncovered in government…