Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) referred to as for the federal government to disclose what it is spending taxpayer cash on referring to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) amid rising calls from lawmakers for elevated transparency on the problem.
“They’re spending tens of millions of dollars on this subject. And then they turn around tell us they don’t exist,” the Tennessee Republican informed NewsNation’s Blake Burman on “The Hill” Friday.
Burchett careworn the necessity for better authorities transparency on extraterrestrial life whereas discussing the current hiring of former intelligence officer and UFO whistleblower David Grusch by Rep. Burlison (R-Mo.).
“I think he can help us ask questions that need to be asked, that should be asked, that maybe we’re not asking the right questions because we’re not supposed experts on this,” Burchett mentioned of Grusch.
“I want to know what they’re spending the money on,” he later added.
The subject of UAPs has acquired better consideration from Congress in recent times, with congressional hearings in 2024 and 2023 diving deeper into whether or not or not authorities sectors are withholding proof from lawmakers.
“They need to they need to disclose everything and do it now,” Burchett mentioned on Friday. “America needs to know. We need to demand that of our elected officials. Quit joking around about little green men and flying saucers. We’re spending tens of millions of dollars on something that, goddamnit, we deserve to know. Give us the information.”
Grusch, an Air Pressure veteran and former member of the Nationwide Geospatial-Intelligence Company, made headlines in 2023 after he claimed the federal government is withholding info about UFOs and UAP and that it has recovered nonhuman crafts with nonhuman species inside, amongst different issues.
He was appointed to Burlison’s workplace as a senior adviser for an preliminary interval of 4 months, NewsNation reviews.
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