Who?

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

LISTEN: Laslo & Schumer

Ask a Pol asks:

Have you looked at any of these tranches of UFO files coming out of the Pentagon?

Key Schumer:

“We’re interested in making things public,” Sen. Chuck Schumer tells Ask a Pol. “You know that.”

Caught our ear:

Do you take this effort by the White House seriously?

“Who knows,” Schumer tells us.

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Chuck Schumer (9-30-2026)

SCENE: As Chuck Schumer and his security detail head to his awaiting black SUV, Ask a Pol asks the Senate minority Leader about the Pentagon’s UFO files.

Matt Laslo: “Mr. Leader!”

Chuck Schumer: “Hi.”

ML: “Have you looked at any of these tranches of UFO files coming out of the Pentagon?”

CS: “We’re interested in making things public, you know that.”

ML: “But have you looked at ‘em? Do you take this effort seriously by the White House?”

CS: “Who knows?”

ML: “’Who knows?’”

Schumer and his security detail enter his awaiting black SUV.

ML: “Have a good October, sir.”

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Who?

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) — Ranking Member, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI)

LISTEN: Laslo & Warner

Ask a Pol asks:

Did you ever get answers from the Pentagon on the UAP incursions that effectively shuttered Langley Air Force Base for 17 days in 2023?

Key Warner:

“Mostly ended up being Chinese drones,” Sen. Mark Warner exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP.

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Caught our ear:

“No,” Warner replied when we asked whether he’s seen pictures of the objects that hovered over Langley. “I’ll ask around.”

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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mark Warner (8-7-2026)

Matt Laslo: Did you ever get answers on the Langley [UAP] incursions in 2023?

Mark Warner: That was — mostly ended up being Chinese drones.

Laslo: Oh, really?

Can you spare $5 a month?

Warner: Yeah.

Laslo: Confirmed?

Warner: Huh?

Laslo: Have you seen ’em...?

Warner: No.

Laslo: ...pictures or...?

Warner: No. Let me — I’ll ask around.

Laslo: Yeah? Fair.*

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*PSA: Please note this interview is from August, when I was dealing with (ongoing…) legal issues with the nation’s TV networks. Said legal issues have been costly, because I’ve been barred from credentialing my ever-rotating team of independent journalists at the Capitol, thus no extra hands on deck to help publish Ask a Pol (one of the 5 or so fledgling new media startups I run).

Who?

Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) — fmr. Chair, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (aka HPSCI)

LISTEN: Laslo & Turner

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Ask a Pol UAP asks:

Have you seen any of these six tranches of declassified UFO files the Pentagon has been releasing?

Key Turner:

“You know we’re not doing this,” Rep. Mike Turner tells Ask a Pol UAP.

Caught our ear:

“You were in one,” Turner Dad-jokes as he turns around and points to Laslo.

Laslo laughs.

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Mike Turner (9-16-2026)

SCENE: After casting one of his last votes in the US Capitol ahead of November’s elections, former HPSCI Chair Mike Turner exits the Capitol and surprises Laslo, who’s sitting on the steps.

SCENE cont’d: Laslo hops up and hustles to catch up to Turner, while also turning his mic on and fumbling with his phone in the other hand to get video of the exchange...because Turner’s never given us an on-the-record UFO interview…and we knew he’d hate it…

Matt Laslo: Oh, I wanted to ask you about these declassified UFO files. [OFF CAMERA]

Mike Turner: What? [OFF CAMERA]

Laslo: I gotta film you. [OFF CAMERA]

Turner: Why? [OFF CAMERA]

ON CAMERA

Laslo: Because my editors* want them now.

*Interactive political journalism: Laslo was talking about all our Ask a Pol UAP supporters out there. Keep the questions — ie, assignments — coming!

Turner: You know we’re not doing this.

Turner nervously smiles while motioning to Laslo to kill his camera.

Laslo: But have you seen any of these?

Turner: I like you, though.

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Laslo laughs.

Turner: You’re a good guy.

Laslo: But have you seen any of this declassified UFO stuff from the Pentagon?

Long awkward silence as Turner walks away from Laslo, before Turner cracks a joke.

Turner: You were in one.

Turner and his sunglasses turn around and point to Laslo.

Laslo: I was?

Laslo laughs.

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Turner: You look different, though.

Laslo couldn’t make out what Turner said in real time, but yes, Laslo got a haircut in August…

Laslo: ’Preciate ya.

Before Congress left town to campaign for their political lives, we stocked away a dozen or so interviews — including videos of Laslo pissing off Mike Turner and annoying Jim Himes! — to drop between now and the Nov. 3 elections.

As a small THANK YOU, we’re inviting our supporters to direct our publishing schedule by voting in one of our irregular subscriber-only AskaPolls.

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*We totally forgot all these pics — from congressional aides wheeling in cartloads of booze to our run-in with Liberian President Joseph Boakai — that we took while staking out lawmakers for 12+ hours on the last day the House was in session.

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AskaPOLL: Which interview should we drop first?

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Some others that didn’t fit:

• Sen. John Cornyn on FAA closing El Paso airspace

• NDAA negotiator Joe Courtney

• HPSCI OG Andre Carson

• UAP Caucus member Andy Ogles

• etc, etc. etc.

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PS — apologies we launched this so late (Laslo was watching Michigan, Maine and New Jersey debates on C-SPAN…cause he really needs to get a life…).

Because the shortest time frames Substack offers for polls are 1 hour or 1 day, we’re gonna just cut off voting at 4 pm EST Friday. Then we hope to drop the winning interview as a lil UFO happy hour. Cheers, fam!

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Who?

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) — Chair, Oversight & Government Reform Committee

LISTEN: Laslo & Comer

Ask a Pol UAP asks:

Whatever happened to you guys maybe having a UAP hearing on those missing scientists?

Key Comer:

“They keep canceling days on us. So we were trying to do that in the third week [of September]... but [GOP leaders] canceled it. So we’ll, we’ll try to pick it back up in November,” Rep. James Comer exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP. “ I think it’ll be an aggressive lame duck period.”

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What was that hearing supposed to be on?

“I don’t know that we ever agreed on a topic,” Comer continued. “I’d like to have another one. I think there’s demand for it. It’s just getting good witnesses in is always a challenge.”

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“Honestly, you would need to talk to [UAP Caucus Co-chair Tim] Burchett and [Secrets Chair Anna Paulina] Luna,” Comer told us when we pressed him on the hearing topic. “And [Rep. Eric] Burlison, really. Burlison more than anybody.”

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. James Comer (9-16-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo spots Oversight Chair James Comer approaching the US Capitol in the middle of one of the last votes for members of the House of Representatives until after the November 3 midterm elections.

So Laslo quietly slides past a large gaggle of TV cameras, producers and on-air “talent” ammassed on the Capitol steps, to snag this exclusive with the powerful Oversight Chair.

Msatt Laslo: Hey!

Comer: Hey.

Laslo: Hey, whatever happened to you guys maybe having a UAP hearing on those scientists?

Comer: Well, they keep canceling days on us. So we were trying to do that in the third week [of September]...

Laslo: Oh, really?

Comer: ...but they canceled it. So we’ll, we’ll try to pick it back up in November.

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Laslo: Yeah?

Comer: I think it’ll be an aggressive lame duck period.

Laslo: What was that hearing supposed to be on?

Comer: I don’t know that we ever agreed on a topic.

Laslo: But you guys were aiming for it?

Comer: Yeah. I’d like to have another one. I think there’s demand for it. It’s just getting good witnesses in is always a challenge. So...

Laslo: Well, because you wanted one on those missing scientists?

Comer: On the what now?

Laslo: Those scientists.

Comer: Yeah.

Laslo: Remember that string of scientists?

Comer: Yes. Honestly, you would need to talk to [UAP Caucus Co-chair Tim] Burchett and [Secrets Chair Anna Paulina] Luna.

Laslo: Yeah, yeah.

Comer: And [Rep. Eric] Burlison, really. Burlison more than anybody.

Laslo: Yeah. Fair. Fair.

Comer heads into the Capitol to cast his last vote until after the November 3 midterm elections.

Comer: Alright, I gotta vote.

Who?

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — Member, Senate Intelligence Committee

LISTEN: Laslo & Rounds

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Ask a Pol asks:

Someone told us that it was China that shut down Langley [Air Force Base] in 2023 for 17 days, causing our entire fleet of F-22 Raptors to be moved?

Key Rounds:

“I can’t talk about that right now,” Sen. Mike Rounds exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.

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Is the US deploying similar advanced tech?

“Let’s put it this way, they don’t keep me or members of our [Intelligence] Committee awake at night,” Rounds says. “But I suspect we keep them awake at night.”

That’s the American way.

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Do you think we have that under control? Because it’s not really good if China is in US airspace.

“Let’s just say we learn every day, and our adversaries are very good at taking advantage of our freedoms here,” Rounds tells us. “But that’s the reason why we’ve got legislation* in right now to prohibit China from owning land anywhere near one of our sensitive areas or our bases. There’s a reason behind that.”

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* we believe Rounds is referring to his bipartisan Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security (PASS) Act. It would “ban individuals and entities controlled by China, Russia, Iran and North Korea from purchasing agricultural land and businesses located near U.S. military installations or sensitive sites,” according to the Senator’s official site.

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mike Rounds (9-24-2026)

SCENE: After the last Senate votes of the week, Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo catches Sen. Mike Rounds before he hops in an aide’s car before flying home for the weekend.

Matt Laslo: “Hey, were you part of a recent briefing with AARO?”

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Mike Rounds: “Not that I know of.”

Laslo: “I think [Sen. Kirsten] Gillibrand had one a month or so ago.”

Rounds: “No.”

Laslo: “No?”

Rounds: “I wasn’t part of it.”

Laslo: “Have you looked at any of these — I guess the Pentagon’s released six tranches of these?”

Rounds: “Yeah, yeah. Most of them, nothing new in it that we haven’t seen before.”

Laslo: “Someone told me that it was China that shut down Langley [Air Force Base] in 2023 for 17 days, causing our entire fleet of [F-22] Raptors to be moved?”

Rounds: “I can’t talk about that right now.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Rounds: “I’m sorry.”

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Laslo: “Do you think we have that under control? Because it’s not really good if China is in US airspace.”

Rounds: “Let’s just say we learn every day, and our adversaries are very good at taking advantage of our freedoms here.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Rounds: “But that’s the reason why we’ve got legislation in right now to prohibit China from owning land anywhere near one of our sensitive areas or our bases. There’s a reason behind that.”

Laslo: “Do we have comparable — do we have comparable tech? Like are we flying over Chinese nuclear sites?”

Rounds: “Let’s put it this way, they don’t keep me or members of our [Intelligence] Committee awake at night, but I suspect we keep them awake at night.”

Laslo: “That’s the American way.”

Rounds: “See you later.”

Laslo: “Have a good one, sir.”

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Who?

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) — Ranking Member, House Oversight Committee; previously Ranking Member, Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets

LISTEN: Laslo & Garcia

Ask a Pol asks:

Do you know what happens to the Secrets Task Force if Democrats capture the majority in this year’s midterm elections?

Key Garcia:

“The what’s Task Force?” Rep. Robert Garcia asks Ask a Pol UAP.

The Secrets Task Force.

“The Secrets Task Force?” Garcia — the recently former Ranking Member of the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets — inquired. “Is that a name for something else?”

[Garcia’s aide tells him something off mic]

“Oh,” Garcia says. “Oh…”*

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* we’re so confused over Garcia’s confusion, as he’s the former Ranking Member of the Task Force on the Declassification of Secrets (commonly referred to as the Secrets Task Force by everyone in this space in and out of Congress, including in many of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interviews with Garcia himself — at least before he took over as the top Democrat on the entire House Oversight Committee last year).*

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**google confirms we’re not (totally) insane, though we don’t trust Google at Ask a Pol. Que sera sera.

ICYMI — 2025 throwback…Garcia’s been MIA since last fall

Caught our ear:

“We want to win first, since I think that once that happens and I think we’ll make decisions about what the subcommittees will be and what the task forces will be and what we keep,” Garcia exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “And a lot of that will be also with a negotiation. And really, honestly, I want to make sure that Leader [Hakeem] Jeffries is going to have some ideas of what he wants, some of the, kind of, task forces to be.”

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Robert Garcia (9-22-2026)

SCENE: The House of Representatives remains on recess until after America’s November elections, but a dozen or so House Democrats were back in Washington this week “to Receive Public Testimony on Fatal Shootings by Federal Immigration Agents forum.”*

ICYMI — co-hosted by Oversight Ranking Member Garcia

* forums are what the minority party is resigned to, because they can’t officially hold a hearing without a member of the majority participating.

After waiting in the hall and foyer for a few hours outside the bicameral meeting, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo waits in the wings as Garcia finishes thanking the witnesses who’ve lost loved ones in ICE shootings.

Once a rushed Garcia’s exits the hearing room, Laslo races down a Senate hallway and through a tight stairwell with the Congressman and his aides, before leaving the House visitors at one of the Senate’s underground trams.

Matt Laslo: “Is a Select Committee — do you know what happens to the Secrets Task Force if you guys take over?”

Robert Garcia: “The what’s Task Force?”

Laslo: “The Secrets Task Force.”

Garcia: “The Secrets Task Force? Is that a name for something else?”

[Garcia’s aide tells him something off mic]

Garcia: “Oh, oh.”

Laslo: “Yeah, Luna’s...”

Garcia: “I know the Secrets you’re talking about. I don’t — I think over the course of the next few [months] — we’re not going to... We want to win first, since I think that once that happens and I think we’ll make decisions about what the subcommittees will be and what the task forces will be and what we keep. And a lot of that will be also with a negotiation. And really, honestly, I want to make sure that Leader [Hakeem] Jeffries is going to have some ideas of what he wants, some of the, kind of, task forces to be. So I think we’ll — but it’s interesting. I’m always interested in that stuff.”

Laslo: “Well, there’s chatter about a Select UFO Committee, because the Pentagon’s now released six tranches of these files. No chatter about that?”

Garcia: “I think we’re not going to make any decisions until we know what happens after November.”

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Laslo: “Yeah?”

Laslo switches topics while he has access to Garcia for one of the last times until after the November elections.

Laslo: “And real quick on free press, what do you make of the Premier XI here, UN General Assembly, and right ahead of that, the President attacks the media and boots them out of the White House — what example are we setting on the world stage?”

Garcia: “Well, I mean, I don’t think we should be surprised -- he’s been attacking the press. I mean, of course, it’s ironic, because he always talks about he’s the most open, transparent, or believes in the freedom of the press or freedom of speech. He’s all about bringing back freedom of speech, which is a total lie. He’s been attacking freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and I think limiting access to the White House — what he’s done is quite unprecedented in the modern era. I mean, it hasn’t happened, what he’s doing right now, to go after CNN and Politico and MS[NBC], I think are just horrific. And I think we could probably expect more, and probably expect more from his Trump TV.”

The underground tram Garcia and his aide have been waiting for arrives.

Aide: “We gotta go.”

Garcia: “Thank you.”

Laslo: “’Preciate ya.”

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NOTE FROM EDITORS: Overall, there’s a lot less mainstream media coverage of the Pentagon’s release of its 6th tranche of formerly classified UFO files. In our search for coverage of the War Department’s latest release, we came across a ton of past reporting, which is not represented in our list.

Also, for the first time, in our search we stumbled on a ton of random UFO coverage, like the Boston Globe’s Sept. 4th piece, “Niece of N.H. couple famous for alien abduction story to speak at Exeter UFO Festival.” Seven of those storiescaught our eye for one reason or another and are listed below as “RANDOM BONUS I - VIII.”

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1. Pentagon releases more UFO files, including documents on secretive military program — CBS

2. Trump’s UFO Dump Leaves Earthlings Wanting More — For now, we are where we’ve been all along: just guessing and groping for answers in the dark of the cosmos. — The Free Press

3. Pentagon drops new UFO files that critics call a distraction — The Daily Beast

3. LOST FILES: Mystery of missing Skinwalker Ranch documents and $22million probe into UFO sightings — The Sun (U.S.)

4. Pentagon releases sixth batch of UFO files — NewsNation

   BONUS: Pentagon issues waiver to allow personnel to come forward on UAPs (Sept. 14, 2026)

5. Pentagon’s new UFO file drop includes audio from 1952 Project Blue Book briefing — The Hill

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6. Cincinnati UFO hunters keep looking for answers — Axios Cincinnati

* first I’ve heard that Axios is in Cincinnati, so moved em up higher in list, even though they would have been 25th in search on Duck Duck Go. - Prof. Laslo

7. Watch: Sixth batch of UFO files includes orbs from 1952: The footage was filmed by a US Navy officer who reported the group of bright airborne objects to the Air Force’s UFO investigation programme. — BBC

8. Pentagon releases sixth batch of declassified UFO files including video of swarm of objects over Utah in 1952 — Live NOW from Fox (via yahoo!)

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   9. UFO Video in Latest Drop of Defense Department Was Featured in 1956 Docudrama,* Despite Claims It’s Never Been Seen Before — Mediaite

   * BONUS: Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers (1956)

   10. New UFO files reveal chilling details of 1952 ‘flying saucer’ incident: Newly released UFO files detail more mysterious orb sightings — The News International

11. New UFO Files disclosure reveals six flying objects over the Middle East — AOL

12. Pentagon Releases 6th Batch Of UFO Files, Including New Details About Infamous 1952 UFO Sighting In Utah — BroBible

13. War Dept. Unveils Sixth UFO Files on WAR.GOV/UFO — Mirage News

    RANDOM BONUS II: There’s ‘Hope’ for this divisive alien invasion film that mixes art and schlock — NPR (Sept. 18, 2026)

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14. New UFO file drop includes audio from 1952 Project Blue Book briefing — KSNW Wichita

15. Mysterious ‘flying saucers’ filmed moving in circles in new bombshell UFO files — Daily Star

16. Pentagon releases new UFO videos, decades-old files in fresh transparency drop — ABC 15 News

17. Pentagon Releases Sixth Batch of Declassified UFO Files — Arab Times, Kuwait

18. Pentagon releases new UFO files showing ‘flying saucers’ that baffled military for decades — Daily Mail

    1. Daily Mail BONUS: Pentagon releases stunning new UFO files showing ‘flying saucers’ and mysterious formations that baffled the military for decades

19. Secret aerospace research program, unexplained injuries, antigravity & more: What’s in the Pentagon’s sixth batch of UAP files — The Economic Times

20. White House slammed over ‘distraction’ UFO file release — Irish Times

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21. Pentagon creates ‘legally protected’ route for military-connected insiders to disclose UFO information — IBTimes UK

22. Pentagon releases more UFO files — KSDK-TV St. Louis

23. Pentagon releases new UFO videos, decades-old files in fresh transparency drop — KUTV, CBS 2

24. ‘Floating orbs’ zooming at 480 mph among UFOs spotted by US military, latest file drop reveals — New York Post

25. Could aliens ever visit Earth? An aerospace scientist unpacks the challenges of interstellar spaceflight — yahoo! tech

26. Chinese tourist pleads guilty in NASA Kennedy Space Center drone case — Florida Today

28. Pentagon releases 6th batch of UFO files: Files contain video footage of objects appearing to swarm over Utah in 1952 — AA (Anadolu Ajansı )

29. Pentagon Releases Sixth Batch of Declassified UFO Files Including Video of Swarm of Objects over Utah in 1952 — Ground News

30. Pentagon Releases Sixth Batch of UFO Files in New UAP Disclosure — Cedar News

31. RAW: PENTAGON RELEASES SIXTH BATCH OF UFO FILES — Local 3 News, Chattanooga, Tenn.

32. Pentagon releases sixth batch of UFO files: The Pentagon released its sixth batch of UFO files, featuring videos of unexplained sky sightings recorded over decades. — Fox 10, Phoenix

33. Pentagon releases sixth batch of UFO files — WKYC Studios, Cleveland

34. Sixth batch of declassified UFO files released by Trump administration: The latest tranche of documents date from the Cold War to the present day, including sightings from the military and police officers — The Times

35. Pentagon releases sixth batch of declassified UFO files — News.Az (“Azerbaijani informational-analytical news portal “)

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36. Pentagon releases sixth batch of UFO files — Modern Ghana

37. Pentagon releases sixth batch of declassified UFO files including 1952…* — Fox 26 Houston, Facebook

* Facebook was forcing me to log in to read full headline, and I wasn’t in the mood to give Zuck more clicks than he deserves… - new media Prof Laslo

38. Video: Pentagon Releases Sixth Batch of UFO Files — Coast to Coast AM with George Noory

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38. USA releases a sixth batch of documents on UFOs and other unidentified aerial phenomena: The United States releases a sixth package of declassified files on UFOs and unidentified aerial phenomena as part of the plan promoted by Trump. — DEMÓCRATA (Parliamentary media outlet*)

* Anyone heard of them? Or know what a “DEMÓCRATA - Parliamentary media outlet” is? - Prof. Laslo

40. Pentagon releases sixth batch of UFO files — CNN Facebook*

* have had CNN on most all day and, unlike the last few UFO file drops, haven’t heard a segment on the release. You catch one? Link me and will add it. – media Prof. Laslo**

** CNN does have this headline “The people partying before breakfast,” which includes a UFO video teaser after a video of white people awkwardly dancing and pouring coffee….

ICYMI — official Pentagon release

Department of War Publishes Sixth Release of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Files on WAR.GOV/UFO (Sept. 18, 2026)

Who?

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC)

LISTEN: Laslo & Mace

Ask a Pol asks:

On UAP, have you been a part of any of these talks with the FBI or with Stephen Miller’s new UFO group in the White House?

Key Mace:

“A couple times by different agencies,” Rep. Nancy Mace exclusively tells Ask a Pol.

When does the public get to see that stuff?

“Are they going to release those tapes that I know I’ve seen that aren’t out yet?” Mace says. “It is curious. I want people to see them. I want people to see what I’ve seen. That’s what I want.”

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Caught our ear:

Have you reiterated that to the White House? Like, does Stephen Miller’s group know where to look?

“I didn’t know Stephen Miller was doing that,” Mace tells us. “I didn’t realize that he was. I’ll say something.”

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Nancy Mace (9-1-2026)

SCENE: After voting on the House floor, Rep. Nancy Mace and her new puppy walk back to her office across the street from the US Capitol.

Laslo: On UAP, have you been a part of any of these talks with FBI or with Stephen Miller’s group in the White House?

Mace: Uh, a couple times by different agencies.

Laslo: When does the public get to see that stuff?

Mace: Are they going to release those tapes that I know I’ve seen that aren’t out yet?

Laslo: Really? That’s curious.

Mace: It is curious. I want people to see them.

Laslo: Yeah?

Mace: I want people to see what I’ve seen. That’s what I want.

Laslo: That’s interesting. Have you reiterated that to the White House? Like, does Stephen Miller’s group know where to look?

Mace: I didn’t know Stephen Miller was doing that.

Laslo: Yeah.

Mace: Yeah. I didn’t realize that he was. I’ll say something. But yeah.

Laslo: Yeah?

Mace: It’s fascinating. That’s interesting.

Laslo: Bye puppy.

Who?

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN)

LISTEN: Laslo & Burchett

Ask a Pol asks:

We hear you guys are working a lot with Stephen Miller? And then also this FBI group?

Key Burchett:

“Yeah, they’ve been very cooperative,” Rep. Tim Burchett exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “Stephen Miller has put it on a priority. He’s actually assigned people to it, so I think that shows that it goes to the highest levels.”

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Caught our ear:

There’s a rumor that we’re getting some big UAP news?

“I’m not going to believe it until I see it, brother,” Burchett tells us. “We get those leaks a lot, and then some of them bear a little fruit and some of them don’t. So I’m just going to wait and hold my opinion until I see it.”

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Tim Burchett (9-1-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo walks and talks with Rep. Tim Burchett as he heads from a vote in the US Capitol to his office across the street just ahead of Congress’ 10-day Labor Day recess.

Matt Laslo: There’s a rumor that we’re getting some big UAP news?

Rep. Tim Burchett: ‘Fake’ UAP news?

Laslo: No, BIG.

Burchett: ‘Big,’ oh.

Laslo: Earth-moving.

Burchett: Yeah, they say that, but I, I’m not going to believe it until I see it, brother. We get those leaks a lot, and then some of them bear a little fruit and some of them don’t. So I’m just going to wait and hold my opinion until I see it.

Laslo: I hear you guys are working a lot with Stephen Miller? And then also this FBI group?

Burchett: Yeah, they’ve been very cooperative. Stephen Miller has put it on a priority. He’s actually assigned people to it, so I think that shows that it goes to the highest levels.

Laslo: And I hear the FBI is — do you feel like the FBI is being honest?

Burchett: Do what?

Laslo: Do you feel like the FBI is being honest partners in this?

Burchett: I don’t know. In the past they haven’t. But there’s a new chief in the White House, so let’s see what happens. I’d like to be pleasantly surprised.

Laslo: What should folks expect next?

Burchett: I just want some proof. I’m tired of it. I want them just to come clean with everything. But I realize that’s not the way this place works. I’m afraid I’m just going to be disappointed, so I’m not going to get my hopes up. But I’m going to keep pushing.

Laslo: Yes, sir. Have a good one.

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Who?

Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) — Secrets Task Forces; Oversight & Government Reform Committee

LISTEN: Laslo & Burlison

Ask a Pol asks:

What’s up with the whispers that UFO whistleblower David Grusch might get his NDA waived? Are you talking with Stephen Miller and the administration about that?

Key Burlison:

“They’ll waive it, but what he needs is his clearances all brought back,” Rep. Eric Burlison exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “If you don’t clear his record and demonstrate that you’re able to make him right, you’re sending a message to everybody else who might want to come forward that you’re going to get punished if you come forward.”

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Will Grusch get an apology…?

Will President Donald Trump personally be granting Grusch a waiver? What would that look like?

“Yeah. I mean, honestly, the administration — and I’ve talked to them, they will readily admit that it was probably, they probably went too far with him,” Burlison says.

Who in the Trump administration would admit that — the FBI?

“I’m not going to say,” Burlison says.

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Caught our ear:

“The DOE [Department of Energy] is definitely part of this,” Burlison tells us. “I made sure that they did not exclude the DOE, because there’s just — there’s so much lore about them and their involvement.”

Do you think that’s where it might be? Or do you still think the Pentagon has the most?

“I think that the CIA and I think that the FFRDCs [Federally Funded Research & Development Centers] has (sic) the most information,” Burlison says. “And the private contractors.”

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Eric Burlison (9-2-2026)

SCENE: Ahead of a congressional vote, Rep. Eric Burlison was flanked by VICE Media founder Shane Smith and a film crew as the congressman made his way to the US Capitol earlier this week.*

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*PSST: Luna also told us she met with Harris this week. No idea what’s in the works.

VICE Camera Operator: I’m just going to walk behind you.

Eric Burlison: That’s good.

Matt Laslo: I’m going to ruin your shot, bro. You have a good August?

Burlison: Yeah, well, I was busy.

Laslo: Yeah? Tis the season.

Burlison: Yeah.

Laslo: What’s up with these whispers about [UFO whistleblower David] Grusch maybe getting his NDA waived?

Burlison: It needs to get — well, they’ll waive it, but what he needs is his clearances all brought back, so...

Laslo: Are you talking with Stephen Miller and them about that?

Burlison: Yes. I’ve been tenacious about that.

Laslo: Do you think it’ll come?

Burlison: Because to me, if you don’t clear his record and demonstrate that you’re able to make him right, you’re sending a message to everybody else who might want to come forward that you’re going to get punished if you come forward.

Laslo: Yeah? Would that be the President himself giving him that waiver? Or what would that look like?

Burlison: Yeah. I mean, honestly, the administration and I’ve talked to them, they will readily admit that it was probably, they probably went too far with him.

Laslo: Interesting.

Burlison: Yeah.

Laslo: Who would admit that? FBI?

Burlison: I’m not going to say, because I, yeah, just out of a level of confidence.

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Laslo: Yeah? I hear that you guys are in regular talks now with this FBI unit on UFO?

Burlison: I’m having regular talks with all of these people.

Laslo: Do you trust any? Like, are you making headway with any?

Burlison: Um. I would — that is a very open-ended question.

Laslo: I know.

Burlison: We’re trying to make progress.

Laslo: So, like, are you also investigating, like Department of Energy or is this Pentagon-focused still?

Burlison: Yeah. I mean, the DOE [Department of Energy] is definitely part of this. They, I made sure that they did not exclude the DOE, because there’s just, there’s so much lore about them and their involvement.

Laslo: Yeah? Do you think that’s where it might be? Or do you still think the Pentagon has the most?

Burlison: I think that the CIA and I think that the FFRDCs* are where that has the most information and the private contractors.

*Federally Funded Research & Development Centers (FFRDC)

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Laslo: And you’re communicating that with Miller and them?

Burlison: Yeah.

Laslo: Game on.

Burlison: Game on. Thanks, Matt.

Laslo: Appreciate ya!

Burlison walks up the Capitol steps on his way to cast one of his last votes until after November’s elections now that House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled the remaining legislative days previously scheduled after Labor Day.

Laslo: Good to see ya.

Who?

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) — Chair, Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets

LISTEN: Laslo & Luna

Ask a Pol asks:

What’s this chatter about whistleblower David Grusch maybe having his NDA waived?

Key Luna:

“Well, the White House can give that if they come in, and I think he’s already talking with them directly,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “We want anyone who has information to be able to share that without facing retribution.”

And right now it has to be case by case?

“Yes. It’s not a blanket waiver, because then people can just make stuff up, right? But yeah, he’s definitely one of the ones that we’re considering,” Luna tells us. “And he’s also directly talking now with the White House.”

Caught our ear:

“Well, there’s a division that’s headed up by Stephen Miller that works with us and the Pentagon and AARO, so we’re all working together,” Luna said. “It doesn’t have a name per se, but I will show you the coin…”

You got a coin?

“It’s called SIG — Special Investigations Group,” Luna tells us. “That’s the division at the FBI that does investigations.”

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Huh. And how much have you guys been talking with them?

“We work directly with them for our investigation, so we’ve had several briefings,” Luna says. “We’re over there, you know, open lines of communication. It’s extensive.”

“The rollouts have been largely because of those meetings,” Luna exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.

Oh yeah?

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (9-1-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo walks with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and her aides from the US Capitol to her office across the street.

Matt Laslo: “What’s this chatter about [whistleblower David] Grusch maybe having his NDA waived?”

Anna Paulina Luna: “Well, the White House can give that if they come in, and I think he’s already talking with them directly.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Luna: “And so we want anyone who has information to be able to share that without facing retribution.”

Laslo: “And right now it has to be case by case?”

Luna: “Yeah. It’s not a blanket waiver, because then people can just make stuff up, right? But yeah, he’s definitely one of the ones that we’re considering.”

Laslo: “And…?”

Luna: “And he’s also directly talking now with the White House.”

Laslo: “Oh, interesting. Is that about where to look?”

Luna: “Say again?”

Laslo: “Is that like him telling the White House where to look?”

Luna: “Well, there’s a division that’s headed up by Stephen Miller that works with us and the Pentagon and AARO.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Luna: “So we’re all working together.”

Laslo: “What’s that division called?”

Luna: “Well, it’s, I guess your informal UAP task force that’s within the White House. So it doesn’t have a name per se. But I will show you the coin. Hold on.”

Laslo: “You have a coin?”

Luna: “No, I have — you’re actually going to be one of the first journalists to see it. I showed it to VICE earlier. It’s called SIG — Special Investigations Group. That’s the division at the FBI that does investigations.”

Laslo: “Huh. And how much have you guys been talking with them?”

Luna: “We work directly with them for our investigation, so we’ve had several briefings. We’re over there, you know, open lines of communication. It’s extensive.”

Laslo: “When does the public get let in? Because like AARO…”

Luna: “The rollouts have been largely because of those meetings.”

Laslo: “Oh yeah?”

Luna: “But specifically for the other stuff that’s going to be something that’s more or less framed around — I’m going to go outside this side one [door] — framed around if we can locate said materials, etc. I mean, this is — we’re… People are saying that they know, so we’re, you know, we’re following up on it.”

Laslo: “And is the FBI kind of talking to the Pentagon?”

Luna: “We’re all in this together — we’re all working together.”

Laslo: “Interesting.”

Luna: “Yeah.”

Laslo: “Do you think we’ll have another hearing after the election or start of next year or…?”

Luna: “Well, the [Secrets] Task Force is not permanent, but it does help having people at the White House that are actually assisting. There’s also potentially a joint effort that’s going to take place specifically on investigating this stuff between two countries, but that’s going to be further discussed later on down the line.”

Laslo: “Interesting.”

Luna: “So, thank you.”

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Who?

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)

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Ask a Pol asks:

When’s the last time you talked to AARO — the Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office?

Key Gillibrand:

“Supposed to have another briefing,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “And they’re supposed to give us an update. I don’t know when it’s on the schedule, though. I would have thought I would have had it.”

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Ask a Pol UAP informs Gillibrand that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s UAP Disclosure Act — which she’s been a sponsor of in previous years — was included in the House NDAA for the first time.

“Good,” Gillibrand tells us. “Wait — is it not in our version?”

ICYMI — 2nd Senator to learn UAPDA’s fate from Ask a Pol

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (8-7-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo peeks his head outside of the Capitol to see if any Senators are getting dropped off at the historic Carriage Entrance.

Within seconds, the first people he runs into are Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and an aide. Gillibrand stops right in front of the Capitol’s entrance, so they end up blocking some senatorial foot traffic...

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Matt Laslo: “When’s the last time you talked to AARO?”

Kirsten Gillibrand: “Supposed to have another briefing.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Gillibrand: “And they’re supposed to give us an update. I don’t know when — it’s on the schedule, though. I would have thought I would have had it.”

Gillibrand’s schedule — nothing public yet*

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Laslo: “Kind of updating you now that they’ve released the four tranches of [UFO] files?”

Gillibrand: “And now that you have a new [AARO] head.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Gillibrand: “And just to hear what they’ve seen, you know, what they’ve seen, what they found.”

Laslo: “Do you — did you know that Schumer’s UAP Disclosure Act was included in the House NDAA for the first time?”

Gillibrand: “Oh, no. Good.”

Laslo: “Congressman Burlison...”

Gillibrand: “Wait — is it not in our version?”

Laslo: “I don’t believe so.”

Gillibrand: “I’ll look into it.”

Laslo: “But [Senator Mike] Rounds was telling me the problem’s always been with the House...”

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Who?

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — Original sponsor, UAP Disclosure Act

LISTEN: Laslo & Rounds

Ask a Pol asks:

Did you hear Rep. Eric Burlison got your UAP Disclosure Act with Sen. Chuck Schumer included in the NDAA — National Defense Authorization Act — over in the House of Representatives?

Key Rounds:

“No, I hadn’t heard that,” Sen. Mike Rounds exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP — before adding, “Well, if it is, it’s old news.”*

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Caught our ear:

Have you looked at any of the newly declassified “UFO files” the Pentagon’s been releasing yet?

“We’ve been busy on other stuff,” Rounds tells us. “No.”

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mike Rounds (8-6-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo recorded Sen. Mike Rounds updating reporters on a host of issues — from government funding to a stalled crypto measure — but Laslo left the scrum early when the staffer’s aides boarded a Senators Only elevator.

Laslo slips onto a different elevator and rushes to the 2nd floor of the US Capitol, just off the Senate floor. When the Senator and his aides finally arrive, Laslo’s waiting outside their elevator.

Mike Rounds: “Hey, you’re quick!”

Rounds laughs.

Matt Laslo: “Did you hear [Rep. Eric] Burlison got your UAP Disclosure Act with [Senate minority Leader Chuck] Schumer included in the NDAA over there [in the US House]?”

Rounds: “No, I hadn’t heard that.”

ICYMI — Burlison’s announcement (July 22, 2026)

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Laslo: “You hadn’t?”

Rounds: “Well, if it is, it’s old news.”

Laslo: “Oh yeah? But with the NDAA do you think you guys would be able to keep that in?”

Rounds: “I hope so. I hope so. I think we’ve done everything we can to keep it in the right, you know, with the right approach. And once again, I’m just concerned that we do this in such a fashion that we don’t release anything which would be considered to be any breach of security in terms of the other projects that we work on regularly.”

Laslo: “Have you talked to AARO at all — those folks — since the Pentagon started releasing stuff?”

Rounds: “No, I have not.”

Laslo: “No?”

Rounds: “I have not.”

Laslo: “Have you looked at the UFO files yet?”

Rounds: “We’ve been busy on other stuff.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Laslo: “Have you looked at what the Pentagon’s been releasing?”

Rounds: “No.”

Laslo: “No?”

Another congressional reporter steps in.

Other Reporter: “Senator, has there been any movement on…”

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Who?

Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) — Ranking Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI)

LISTEN: Laslo & Himes

Ask a Pol asks:

Have you looked at any of these UFO files the Pentagon’s been dropping?

Key Himes:

“I think I’ve looked at what I understand to be almost all of the compartments that, you know, are relevant, but I’m not current on what the [Defense] Department has been doing lately,” Rep. Jim Himes — the top Democrat on HPSCI — exclusively tells Ask a Pol Politics.

They’ve released four batches of recently declassified UFO videos and documentation that are new to the rest of us. But that hasn’t really gotten on your radar?”

“Not really,” Himes says. “I haven’t been tracking it, but I’ll take a look.”

UAPDA — UAP Disclosure Act marches on (for now…)

Have you heard about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s UAP Disclosure Act getting included in the House-passed version of the NDAA?

“Yeah, no, I can’t remember,” Himes replies. “I’ll take your word for it.”

But the UAPDA didn’t come up in NDAA talks in HPSCI?

“Didn’t come up in Intelligence, no,” Himes says. “We were really focused on the IAA [Intelligence Authorization Act].”

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Caught our ear:

“Uh, oh,” Himes quips to Laslo. “I thought I was gonna get out of here without some question about UFOs or whatever, psilocybin.”

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Jim Himes (7-23-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo catches Rep. Jim Himes as he’s walking from the US Capitol to his office across the street.

Matt Laslo: “Mr. Himes.”

Jim Himes: “Uh, oh — I thought I was gonna get out of here without some question about UFOs or whatever, psilocybin.”

Laslo: “Watch out now, I’m going to put you on video.”

*GRRR — Laslo’s phone was out of storage the last day the House of Representatives was in session until September. We’re still not over it. First and last time that happens.

Laslo: “Have you looked at any of these files? The ‘UFO files’ that the Pentagon’s been dropping?”

Himes: “I think I’ve looked at what I understand to be almost all of the compartments that, you know, are relevant, but I’m, I’m not current on what the department has been doing lately.”

Laslo: “They’ve released like four batches of videos, some that are new — well, new to the rest of us, I guess, a lot of them are declassified, but that hasn’t really gotten on your radar?”

Himes: “Not really. I haven’t been tracking it, but I’ll take a look.”

Laslo: “Have you heard about the UAP Disclosure Act? I guess it got included in the NDAA here.”

Congressman Himes gets a message on his phone.

Himes: “Sorry.”

The Congressman answers a text from an aide before slipping his phone into his pocket.

Himes: “Yeah, no, I can’t, I can’t remember.”

Laslo: “Yeah? It wasn’t really debated.”

Himes: “I’ll take your word, I’ll take your word for it.”

Laslo: “But I guess — but it didn’t come up?”

Himes: “Didn’t come up in Intelligence, no. We were, we were really focused on the IAA.”

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Laslo: “Yeah?”

Himes: “Which we’ll hopefully tag on to the NDAA.”

Laslo: “What’s that?”

Himes: “What’s that?”

Laslo: “What’s the IAA?”

Himes: “The Intelligence Authorization Act.”

Laslo: “Oh, that’s right. That’s right.”

Himes: “Yeah.”

Laslo: “The one I’m never allowed to hear about.”

Himes: “No, no, you can you can see. You can’t see the classified annex.”

They laugh.

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Himes: “Sorry about that.”

Laslo: “I can’t see the fun stuff!”

Himes: “But you can see most of it.”

Laslo: “Hey, have a good August.”

Himes: “Alright, take care — you too.”

Laslo passes some Capitol Police officers.

Laslo: “Have a good one, man.”

A Congresswoman waves to Laslo from the passenger seat of her aide’s car.

Laslo: “Have a good August.”

Laslo crosses the street back to the Capitol.

Who?

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) — Co-chair, Congressional UAP Caucus; Oversight

LISTEN: Laslo Burchett

Ask a Pol asks

How much are you guys talking with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller these days?

Key Burchett

“Regularly, yeah,” Burchett exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “He’s running into problems, though. The “deep state” is blocking a lot of this stuff that the President’s trying to get to.”

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ICYMI — Now you get why we hounded Stephen Miller?

Caught our ear:

How does the Congressional UAP Caucus get past these secretive “deep state” blockers?

“Well, there’s some legislation that moved on some whistleblower stuff that was in one of the bills so, I hope maybe that’ll help clear up a lot of it,” Burchett tells us. “But it’s a fistfight. It’s been that way since 1947, and we’re not going to do it overnight.”

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Tim Burchett (7-23-2026)

SCENE: After members of the US House of Representatives cast their last votes Thursday — the last votes the chamber is scheduled to take until September! — chaos descended on the Capitol steps.

Aides sat idling in cars as many confused lawmakers were heard on their cells trying to figure out where their taxpayer-funded chauffeurs were so they could rush to the closest airport.

All the while, the congressional press corps frantically chased lawmakers as they locked in the final interviews they need for their annual August recess features that need to hold as smart, forward-looking pieces despite Congress being MIA.

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Matt Laslo: “How much are you guys talking with [White House Deputy Chief of Staff] Stephen Miller these days?”

Tim Burchett: “Regularly, yeah. He’s running into problems, though. The “deep state” blocking a lot of this stuff that the President’s trying to get to.”

Laslo: “How do you get past that?”

Burchett: “Well, there’s some legislation that moved on some whistleblower stuff that was in one of the bills…”

ICYMI — The US House passed the “Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act” this July

Burchett: “…so, I hope maybe that’ll help clear up a lot of it. But it’s a fistfight. It’s been that way since 1947, and we’re not going to do it overnight.”

Laslo: “Does he now get [President Donald] Trump at the table a little bit more in these talks?”

Burchett: “Oh, he’s in it. He’s in it, but he’s the one that’s being denied. I mean, the “deep state” is real and it crosses party lines, and it’s crooked as a dog’s leg.”

Burchett and his small entourage of aides hop in his staffer’s awaiting SUV, as they rush the Congressman out of town for Members’ annual summer vacation.

Who?

Stephen Miller — White House Deputy Chief of Staff for policy and Homeland Security Advisor

WATCH: Laslo & Miller (short)

SCENE:

Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo bumped into White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller — along with his wife, children and large Secret Service detail — at the US Capitol this week.

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Ask a Pol asks:

How’s UAP disclosure going?

Key Miller:

“Hmm,” Miller smirks.

WATCH: Full video*

*of note, especially to aspiring journalists: the herd of congressional reporters and photographers stay grouped together, but Laslo positions himself between Miller and the Capitol entrance. While we didn’t get an answer, Ask a Pol was the only outlet to get a question in.

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Who?

Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) — Oversight & Government Reform Committee; Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets

LISTEN: Laslo & Burlison

Ask a Pol asks:

Are you worried the Senate is going to try to strip the UAP Disclosure Act out of the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act [NDAA]?

Key Burlison:

“I am,” Rep. Eric Burlison exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “The public has to fight to keep it in.”

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“Diligence,” Burlison tells us. “Diligence, and like absolute relentlessness.”

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Eric Burlison (7-23-2026)

SCENE: After a quick interview with TMZ, Rep. Eric Burlison’s rushing up the US Capitol steps to cast his last votes before the US House left Washington for its monthslong summer recess.

While Burlison asks to do the interview later,* Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo peppers the second-term Congressman with some quick questions on how he got the UAP Disclosure Act included in the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA.

*PHEW: Laslo didn’t see Burlison in hectic start of summer for the US House of Representatives after the vote series.

Eric Burlison: “I have to go vote. I don’t want to miss this.”

TMZ: “Okay, go go vote. Go vote. Thank you, sir.”

Matt Laslo: “Wait, real quick. You got the UAPDA…?”

Eric Burlison: “Can I talk on the way back?”

Matt Laslo: “But you got the UAPDA…?”

Eric Burlison: “I know.”

Matt Laslo: “…in there?”

Eric Burlison: “High five.”

Laslo awkwardly laughs and waves his notepad at Burlison’s hand.

Matt Laslo: “How’d you do that?”

Eric Burlison: “Diligence. Diligence, and like absolute relentlessness.”

Matt Laslo: “Yeah?”

Eric Burlison: “And so, it’s a longer story. I’ll tell you later.”

Matt Laslo: “Are you worried the Senate’s going to try to strip it out?”

Eric Burlison: “I am. They — the public has to fight to keep it in.”

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Matt Laslo: “Yeah?”

Who?

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) — Senate Minority Leader; original co-sponsor, UAP Disclosure Act

LISTEN: Laslo & Schumer

Ask a Pol asks:

Have you been able to check out any of these Pentagon UFO files?

Key Schumer:

“Not yet, no,” Sen. Chuck Schumer exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.

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ICYMI — Find Ask a Pol on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram!

Caught our ear:

Are we going to see your UAP Disclosure Act?

“Hope so,” Schumer tells Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo.

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Chuck Schumer (7-15-2026)

SCENE: An elevator opens on the first floor of the US Capitol and Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo sees it’s packed with uniformed Capitol Police, a photographer, comms aides and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Laslo apologizes and says, “How are you Mr. Leader?” as he scrambles to call another elevator. When Laslo gets to the basement of the Capitol, he quietly rushes to catch up with Schumer, an original co-sponsor of the UAP Disclosure Act.

Matt Laslo: “Have you been able to check out any of these Pentagon UFO files?”

Sen. Chuck Schumer: “Not yet, no.”

Laslo: “Are we going to see your UAP Disclosure Act?”

Schumer: “Hope so.”

Laslo: “‘Hope so?’”

Schumer nods as his entourage heads towards the Senate Recording Studio — a bipartisan underground studio outfitted with green screens and the latest video cameras, professional lighting and studio-grade microphones.

Schumer: “Thank you, sir.”

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Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) — fmr. NASA astronaut, US Navy combat pilot

LISTEN: Laslo & Kelly

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Congress is out; interview predates 4th UFO file dump

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Ask a Pol asks:

Have you looked at any of the newly declassified UFO files videos the Pentagon’s been disclosing this summer?

Key Kelly:

“I had my staff print out all the UFO files,” Sen. Mark Kelly exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP. “We have them in binders, so people can look through them. There’s some interesting stuff in there: Drawings of aliens.”

Laslo laughs.

Is there anything that’s moving your staff or you?

“On this?” Kelly said. “No.”

Caught our ear:

“It’d be good if we had more information,” Kelly told us.

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mark Kelly (6-10-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo catches Sen. Mark Kelly — a former NASA astronaut and Navy combat pilot — at the Capitol in June ahead of Congress’s two-week July Fourth recess.

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Matt Laslo: “You looked at any of these videos — the UFO disclosure stuff?”

Sen. Mark Kelly: “I had my staff print out all the UFO files.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Kelly: “We have them in binders, so people can look through them. There’s some interesting stuff in there: Drawings of aliens.”

Laslo laughs.

Laslo “Is there anything that’s moving your staff or you?”

Kelly: “On this?”

Laslo: “No?”

Kelly: “No.”

Laslo: “No?”

Kelly: “No.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Kelly: “But, you know, I’ve been in meetings about this.”

Laslo: “Yeah.”

Kelly: “The only compelling thing I’ve ever seen — and you can go online and find the 60 Minutes interview with the guy who’s the squadron F-18 squadron commander…”

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Laslo: “Yeah, yeah.”

Kelly: “…and the wingman. That is hard to explain.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Kelly: “And I just don’t — I mean, it’d be good if we had more information.”

Laslo: “Yeah? Do you think it’s adversaries with advanced tech?”

Kelly: “I have no idea. No idea. I’ll tell you what, he doesn’t think it is.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Kelly: “Cause I’ve talked to that guy a couple times.”

Laslo: “Oh, yeah?”

Kelly: “And he thinks it’s somewhere else.”

Kelly enters a room.

Laslo: “Have a good one, sir.”

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