Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) mentioned Wednesday he believes aliens have underwater bases on Earth.
“I just think travelin’ light years, I think it happens. I think it’s possible in the vastness of God’s great universe. I mean, light years, you know, the light from those stars that we see at night left there before the time of Christ,” Burchett mentioned, becoming a member of former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) One America Information present, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite
In April, Burchett implied within the wake of a categorized briefing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) that the federal government is purposefully concealing info on them to the American public.
“I think there’s a cover-up,” Burchett mentioned on the time.
“There are tens of millions of dollars that we’ve spent investigating these things. We’ve had departments tell us that they have recovery units, but they won’t release full reports. Everything’s covered up,” Burchett added.
In the summertime of 2023, following a sequence of hearings throughout which a number of whistleblowers alleged the federal government hid details about ultra-high-tech craft of international or extraterrestrial origin, Burchett requested the intelligence group’s inspector normal to additional examine the claims.
“When they tell me something’s moving at hundreds of miles an hour underwater, and our capabilities … and these things, this one was, it was large as a football field underwater. And this was a documented case, and … and I have an admiral telling me this stuff,” Burchett mentioned Wednesday.
In 2023, Burchett additionally headed up an effort to start out a UAP caucus within the Home, and he is part of a bunch of lawmakers from each events which have persistently pushed for larger transparency from officers within the navy on authorities data on UAP.