I’ve now sent a personal letter to the Speaker, Minority Leader, Senate Leaders and each member of the Senate Rules Committee, begging them to intervene.

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My Bureau, The LCB, has provided clips, W-9s, proof of payments, etc. — yet nothing has been good enough to appease Senate Radio-TV Gallery Director Mike Mastrian and Executive Committee Chair Nate Reed of Scripps (a streaming service).

Please, someone, help!

- Laslo

PS - below find a link to some of what’s cited in the video.

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Who?

Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) — Congressional UAP Caucus; House Oversight Committee

LISTEN: Laslo & Burlison

Ask a Pol asks:

Is Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s bipartisan UAP Disclosure Act — or UAPDA — still needed even with the Pentagon and White House now declassifying UFO content?

Key Burlison:

“Oh, yes, absolutely. We’re going to keep trying to get that,” Rep. Eric Burlison exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “We’re in fact working on it right now, trying to get that on the [National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA].”

Caught our ear:

“It will probably happen in the committee, in the Rules process,” Burlison tells us.*

*Impromptu Rules Primer: The Speaker controls the House by controlling the Rules Committee, which currently has 9 Republican members compared to a mere 4 for Democrats.

Because there are 435 members of the House, no bill comes to the floor without an agreed-upon number of amendments for the entire House to vote on, along with a set amount of debate time divided between Republicans and Democrats.

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In choosing which amendments are in order, the Rules Committee plays a ton of defense on the Speaker’s behalf. So, while once again, the UAPDA wasn’t included in the House Armed Services-passed National Defense Authorization Act, if there’s broad bipartisan agreement among committee Chairs and the Speaker — historically called backroom dealing… — they can amend the underlying legislation without a formal vote of the entire House. Then that new amended measure would come before the full House for a vote.

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It’s early in the process, so there’s also a chance Burlison and the Congressional UAP Caucus fail to get the UAPDA inserted into the underlying bill. Then they could try to convince the Speaker and his allies on the Rules Committee to allow the UAPDA to be voted on by the full House as a standalone amendment to the NDAA.

The UAPDA could also still get tucked into the Senate NDAA, though its authors tell Ask a Pol UAP it’s still early in the process.

Mini aside, while the Rules Committee has gotten more ideologically diverse since Speaker McCarthy was run out of the Capitol, the new, more far-right conservatives on the panel — who Johnson had to agree to to garner the support needed to win the Speaker’s gavel — have proven a headache for Speaker Johnson and the GOP agenda.

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Eric Burlison (6-9-2026)

SCENE: After the bipartisan Congressional UAP Caucus press conference broke on Tuesday, Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo waited in the wings until Rep. Eric Burlison left the throngs of people amassed outside the US Capitol.

Laslo then accompanied Burlison to the historic House Carriage Entrance before the Congressman rushed to cast his vote on the floor of the US House of Representatives.

Matt Laslo: “UAPDA — is that still needed or not at this point?”

Rep. Eric Burlison: “Oh, yes, absolutely. We’re going to keep trying to get that. In fact, we’re working that right now, trying to get that on the bill.”

Laslo: “Yeah? Are you talking with [Schumer’s Republican co-sponsor Sen. Mike] Rounds?”

Burlison: “It will probably happen in the committee, in the Rules process.”*

Laslo: “Yeah?”

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What should we ask Congress next?

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) — Congressional UAP Caucus; Oversight Committee

LISTEN: Laslo & Moskowitz

Ask a Pol asks:

What are the next steps after today’s UAP presser at the US Capitol?

Key Moskowitz:

“We just got to keep talking about it and keep putting pressure on certain committees and the administration, obviously, to continue releasing files and releasing information, as well as providing whistleblower protection to folks in our military, airline pilots, things of that nature,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP.

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Does the White House get it?

“I think they get the whistleblower protection and the immunity piece,” Moskowitz tells us.

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Jared Moskowitz (6-9-2026)

SCENE: As today’s UAP press conference broke up on Capitol Hill, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo caught up with Rep. Jared Moskowitz as he made his way to the House of Representatives to vote…

Matt Laslo: “So, what’s next?”

Rep. Jared Moskowitz: “Well, we just got to keep talking about it and keep putting pressure on certain committees and the administration, obviously, to continue releasing files and releasing information, as well as providing whistleblower protection — whistleblower protection to folks in our military, airline pilots, things of that nature.”

Laslo: “Do you think the White House gets that? Do you need them on board further?”

Moskowitz: “I think they get the whistleblower protection and the immunity piece.”

Another reporter slides in with their own (non-UAP) questions.

Laslo: “Thank you!”

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

LISTEN: Laslo & Burchett

Ask a Pol UAP asks:

Since the Pentagon started releasing the ‘UFO files,’ have other members of Congress been talking to you more about it? Like, has it made it a little more mainstream?

Key Burchett:

“Yeah. Oh, absolutely,” Rep. Tim Burchett exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.
”Thanks to y’all, people like yourself, it’s been great.”

What’s next? Another hearing?

“We’ve had enough hearings. We just need disclosure,” Burchett says.

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How much are you talking to the White House?

“Every day, pretty much here this week,” Burchett says.

But disclosure advocates in the administration are feeling stymied?

“Yeah,” Burchett says. “And it is the ‘deep state.’ I think they realize what we’ve encountered.”

Caught our ear:

Why not finally do a hearing on the underwater stuff?

“You got one guy that’ll come in and talk about it,” Burchett tells us. “We need more than that.”

Let us know what to ask Congress next!

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Tim Burchett (5-21-26)

SCENE: After casting his last vote ahead of Congress’s Memorial Day recess, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo walks with UAP Caucus Co-Chair Tim Burchett as he heads back to his office across the street from the Capitol.

Matt Laslo: “Have other members been talking to you about it? Like, has this made it a little more mainstream?”

Rep. Tim Burchett: “Yeah. Oh, absolutely. Thanks to y’all, people like yourself, it’s been great.”

Laslo: “Now, what’s next? Do you guys know what you want for a hearing next?”

Burchett: “We’ve had enough hearings. We just need disclosure.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Burchett: “We need disclosure.”

Laslo: “How much are you talking to the White House?”

Burchett: “Do what?”

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Laslo: “How much are you talking to the White House or agencies on this?”

Burchett: “Every day, pretty much here this week.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Burchett: “You know.”

Laslo: “But they’re feeling stymied?”

Burchett: “Yeah.”

Laslo: “People that want to get it out?”

Burchett: “And it is the ‘deep state.’ I think they realize what we’ve encountered.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Burchett: “And it is so deep. Like, I told the President, it’s like layers of the onion.”

Laslo: “Why not finally do a hearing on the underwater stuff?”

Burchett: “You got one guy that’ll come in and talk about it, we need more than that.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Burchett: “We’re getting diminishing returns on those hearings. I think what we did with the hearing, the first one, was we lit the fuse.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Burchett: “People said, ‘wow, there is something going on. These are legitimate people. These are heroes.’”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Burchett: “These aren’t like some Tim Burchett’s of the world that just pull something out of the hat. They are the real deal.”

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In an attempt to avoid bias, we used DuckDuckGo to search “UFO files.”

Below find what the internet showed us, in the order the internet showed us.*

*As always, we’d love to know your takeaway. What stands out to you in the UFO files? With the release of this second batch, do we have disclosure? Or merely a headfake? Any new questions we should ask policymakers? Anyone out there change their opinion — one way or the other — based on new evidence?

1. Pentagon releases new batch of UFO files — The Hill

2. WATCH: Pentagon releases second batch of UFO files with videos of unexplained objects — Washington Examiner

3. Pentagon releases more UFO files with many cases still unresolved — NonStop Local (ABC, Fox “serving central & western MT”)

4. Pentagon UFO Files Video Shows F-16 Encounter Over Lake Huron In MI: The incident happened on Feb. 12, 2023 over Lake Huron near Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, according to the files — The Patch

5. Declassified UFO files: Video of Lake Huron encounter with F-16 near UP released by Pentagon — Fox 2 Detroit*

   * see: Fox 9 Detroit below (34)

6. Pentagon releases more declassified UFO files, including intelligence officer’s account of ‘orbs’: Friday’s release included more than 50 videos and other documents — ABC 7 Eyewitness News

7. UFO files: See the pictures the Pentagon released — MSN

8. Pentagon Releases Files on U.F.O.s — New York Times (paywalled)

9. See the Pentagon’s new UFO image release: The Pentagon has started releasing files related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), also called UFOs. Here are the images released so far — Scientific America

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10. Pentagon releases latest batch of UFO files and videos including intelligence officer who saw ‘orbs’: The latest release includes a file detailing 209 sightings of ‘green orbs, discs and fireballs’ in New Mexico — Independent

11. Pentagon releases new batch of UFO files — NewsNation

12. Pentagon releases second batch of UFO videos and first-hand testimony: Videos in this batch show unidentified aerial phenomena but offer few clues to existence of alien life — The Guardian

13. Pentagon declassifies Apollo 12 audio of astronauts describing unexplained ‘streaks of light’ in space: Release also includes Cold War-era records on ‘green fireballs’ near military and nuclear installations — Fox “News”

14. Newly released secret government files detail UFO encounter with 13 fighter jets — New York Post

15. Unexplained Flying Discs and Green Orbs: Pentagon Releases New Batch of Declassified UFO Files And Videos: Trump’s declassification initiative unveils mysterious UFO footage and documents, sparking global intrigue — International Business Times

16. UFO Files: Trump Admin’s New Release Reveals Object Shot Down — Newsweek

17. What does the sec…………Pentagon contain? — The Baltimore Sun

18. New UFO files: Pentagon reveals ‘green fireballs,’ mysterious orbs and more — 5 shocking details released today: The Pentagon’s latest UAP release features 64 files, revealing encounters with unidentified phenomena, including orbs and aerial sightings — Hindustan Times

19. Pentagon’s second UFO files reveal aerial sightings over conflict zones, witness accounts: Second UAP file release adds videos and testimony but no proof of alien life, Pentagon says — Interesting Engineering

20. UFO files: US Defense Department releases fresh trove of declassified reports on unexplained sightings — The Economic Times

21. US releases more images, videos of UFO-related sightings: What’s inside newly declassified files? The Pentagon has released 222 additional declassified UFO files under a transparency initiative ordered by President Donald Trump — Financial Express*

    * “read to lead” - their tagline caught Prof. Laslo’s heart…though first time we’re hearing of em, so we ain’t vouching for em…

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22. New UFO files reveal bombshell reports of ‘unexplained green orbs’ and ‘flying discs’: Newly-released material from the so-called UFO files includes reports of unexplained green orbs, discs and fireballs zooming across the sky, with investigators yet to find an explanation for the sightings — Mirror

23. ‘UFO Files’—Here Are The Most Popular Alien Theories, Explained: The Pentagon has released another batch of ‘UFO Files’ with footage of unknown objects in the sky—here are the most common alien theories, explained — Forbes

24. ‘Green orbs, discs and fireballs’: Pentagon releases second batch of declassified UFO files — WION*

    *never heard of this outlet; appears to be published in India - Prof. Laslo

25. DT Phone Home* -- Eerie Videos Released in New Trump UFO Files Dump: Another round of never-before-seen files from the Pentagon has been released — Daily Beast

    *Hate to admit it cause I hate puns with my news, but that’s cleaver - Prof. Laslo

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26. UFO Shot Down Over Lake Huron: Watch Pentagon’s Newly Released Video: The Pentagon has unveiled new footage and documents concerning unidentified anomalous phenomena, notably a February 2023 incident where a US fighter jet shot down an object over Lake Huron — Times Now News*

    ** Who? Know this outlet? I don’t! - Prof. Laslo

27. Additional UFO files released by the Pentagon — NBC 5, Vermont

28. US releases second batch of declassified UFO files, reviving debate over unexplained sightings: At the order of President Donald Trump, the first batch ​was made public on May 8. ​He is the latest president to release ⁠US government reports on unidentified flying ​objects, a disclosure process that began in the ​late 1970s — Firstpost

29. Trump administration releases new batch of declassified UFO files: Trump released second batch of declassified UFO files includes 51 videos and eyewitness accounts of glowing orbs, erratic objects, and unexplained sightings — PrimeTimer

30. The Pentagon Just Released Even More Weird Videos And Reports From The UFO Files: The latest data dump from the Pentagon includes videos of unidentified objects shape-shifting, multiplying, and traveling “in and out of water” — HuffPost

31. US releases 2nd batch of UFO files with Apollo 12 crew’s ‘streaks of light’ audio: The Pentagon released a second batch of declassified UFO files, including Apollo 12 astronauts’ audio describing mysterious “streaks of light” seen in space during the 1969 mission — India Today

32. Pentagon UFO Dump Includes Apollo Mystery Lights — Newsmax

33. Highlights From 2nd Batch of Declassified UFO Files: The latest release includes video of an Air Force F-16 downing an unidentified object over Lake Huron — NTD

34. Pentagon releases second set of UFO videos: The Pentagon on May 22 released a second batch of videos on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) sightings as part of President Donald Trump’s directive aimed at increasing government transparency around reported UFO sightings — Fox 9 Detroit

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35. Pentagon releases huge new batch of UFO files: including videos showing them interacting with aircraft: The Department of War’s latest batch of files were released today — Uniland

36. Alaska again at center of mystery as Pentagon releases UFO files and videos — The Alaska Story

37. Apollo 12 crew saw mysterious ‘streaks of lights’ in space: Pentagon’s new batch of declassified UFO files — India TV

38. Pentagon insider left ‘speechless’ after terrifying orb encounter revealed in latest UFO files dump — The Times of India

39. US government releases UFO sighting reports - ‘Orbs swarming in all directions’ — BBC

40. Pentagon UFO videos: 64 files released with clearer UAP footage, 51 videos included — Art Threat

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41. UNEXPLAINED SIGHT: Chilling audio reveals Apollo 12 crew saw mysterious ‘streaks of light’ while in deep space as new UFO files drop — The Sun

42. Pentagon releases more UFO files: The Pentagon on Friday released a new batch of 64 files related to UFOs, or UAPs, unveiling a second tranche of records — AOL / CBS

43. U.S. releases second batch of government declassified UFO files: One of the 222 files released ‌on Friday (May 22, 2026) contains 116 pages of documentation relating to a series of reported sightings and investigations in a top-secret facility in Sandia, New ‌Mexico, from 1948 to 1950 — The Hindu

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44. TAKEN OUT: Eerie footage of F-16 shooting down UFO over Great Lakes just 3 years ago released in Trump’s latest bombshell file drop — The Irish Sun

45. Pentagon releases 2nd batch of declassified UFO files: 1st collection of documents was released on May 8 under orders from President Trump, continuing government disclosure effort on unidentified flying objects — US Muslims

46. Pentagon releases second batch of declassified UFO files — WQAD-TV 8 Davenport, Iowa

47. Pentagon releases hundreds of classified UFO files, renewing debate over alien life — KENS 5 San Antonio

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WASHINGTON — True to form, Congress is on recess, so here’s 35 headlines from mostly mainstream media outlets reacting to today’s historic release of some of the federal government’s UFO files.

1. UFO files reveal Apollo 17 crew saw mysterious objects, lights during 1972 mission: “Looks like the Fourth of July” — CBS

2. Thanks for the UFO Files, but Just Answer the Obvious Question —

   1. BONUS: UFO Files Reveal ‘Unusual’ Sightings by Astronauts on 1969 Moon Mission

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3. Bright lights and hot orbs: UFO files shed light on sightings but leave interpretation to the public —

4. The Pentagon just started releasing UFO files, but skeptics say they’re not impressed —

5. UFO files released, with no green men but lots of new hints — Axios

6. ‘Orbs,’ ‘Saucers,’ and ‘Flashes’ on the Moon: Pentagon Drops New UFO Files: The Defense Department has released a new trove of declassified documents about government UFO sightings. — WIRED

7. UFO files: See the pictures the Pentagon released —

8. Are aliens real? US releases declassified ‘UFO’ files, photos — Florida Today

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9. UFO Files Breaking: US Govt Releases Decades Old Declassified Files; Aliens Really Visited Earth? — Roanoke Times

10. MOON BEAMS: Apollo mission pics in UFO files show orbs over the moon – astronauts say lights looked like ‘Fourth of July’ fireworks — The US Sun

11. Many UFO sightings concentrated near active military sites, newly released files show — ABC

10. Trump Hypes UFO Doc Release—’What The Hell Is Going On?’: Here’s What’s Revealed — Forbes

11. Greene says UFO files release ‘shiny object propaganda’ as ‘they wage foreign wars’ —

    1. BONUS: Rogan: UFO file dump could be distraction from Iran war that’s ‘not going very well’

12. Trump Opens UFO Files in Historic Government Release — Military.com

13. ‘Never-before-seen’ UFO files released by Pentagon – see the photos —

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14. Trump admin releases highly anticipated files documenting UFOs, ‘extraterrestrial life’: Release includes Apollo operator transcripts describing ‘jagged, angular fragments’ seen from the spacecraft — Fox News

    1. BONUS: FBI received tip Nazis built secret UFO craft, bombshell declassified documents reveal

15. Embattled Trump Tries New Distraction With UFO Files Dump — The Daily Beast

16. Trump Releases Classified UFO Files, Including Apollo Mission Photos — Modern Diplomacy

    

17. Pentagon releases UFO records on new website — Spectrum News

18. Pentagon Releases UFO Files for Americans to Decide What's Real — Bloomberg

19. Pentagon releases UFO files. When was the last sighting in Wisconsin? — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

20. Pentagon releases swath of UFO files: The government gave no analysis of the files, suggesting it is up to Americans to draw their own conclusions. — Politico

21. Pentagon Releases UFO Files: Moon Landing Sighting, “Orbs Launching Orbs” Among Claims — Hollywood Reporter

22. Pentagon releases first batch of ‘top secret’ UFO files — FRANCE 24

23. Pentagon releases UFO files with Texas sightings going back to 1948 — yahoo! news

24. Pentagon releases dozens of UFO files offering transparency on ‘alien and extraterrestrial life’ — New York Post

    1. BONUS: ‘Even cooler’ UFO files coming in next tranches — as videos show unexplained phenomena

    2. BONUS II: The top 10 UFO encounters revealed throughout the decades as Pentagon declassifies files

    

25. DEPARTMENT OF WAR: SEE THE SHOCKING UFO FILES!!! — TMZ

26. Are aliens real? US releases declassified ‘UFO’ files, photos: Department of War releases roundup of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena files, photos, videos — Sarasota Herald-Tribune

27. Pentagon begins releasing UFO files: “It’s time the American people see” — AOL

28. Trump’s ‘very interesting’ UFO files out: Pentagon releases over 160 ‘never-before-seen’ UAP records — Times of India

29. UFO Files update: Bombshell FBI files reveal ‘four-foot’ beings in ‘space suits’ near mysterious craft — Hindustan Times

30. Pentagon drops new UFO files ... raising even more questions — Fox 5 New York

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Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) — Member, Secrets Task Force & Oversight Committee

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Ask a Pol asks:

Is the FBI involved with the Trump administration’s release of UFO files and the “missing” scientists?

Key Burlison:

“Yeah,” Rep. Eric Burlison exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “I mean, they’re on the investigation on the missing people, the FBI is fully involved. But you also have people that are working the issue to release all the documents and files.”

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“Just a logical person would look at these and say some of these people that have been lumped in by the press, mostly, there’s not a connection,” Burlison tells us. “They’re all sad circumstances, but there’s not a connection. But it is worth looking into General McCasland and his disappearance.”

Will there be a hearing?

“We’ll try,” Burlison says.

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Eric Burlison (4-27-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo cuts Rep. Eric Burlison off before the cable networks pounce and drag him in front of their cameras at the base of the Capitol’s East Front steps.

Matt Laslo: “Any update?”

Rep. Eric Burlison: “From the people I’m talking to on the inside in this administration, there is a very — the Trump administration is taking this investigation seriously...”

As they enter the House Carriage Entrance — where horses and buggies used to drop lawmakers off at the Capitol — Burlison gets distracted.

Burlison: “Hold on.”

Burlison peeks around the corner to where producers for cable “news” networks are calling for him to address their cameras.

Burlison: “Hold on a second.”

Laslo: “Yeah.”

Burlison: “They’re taking it very seriously. And so they’re really turning over every stone they can.”

Laslo: “Is that FBI?”

Burlison: “Yeah, I mean, they’re on the investigation on the missing people, the FBI is fully involved. But you also have people that are working the issue for — to release all the documents and files.”

Burlison starts heading to cable camera crews.

Laslo: “Are you convinced that…?”

Burlison: “Thank you, Matt.”

Laslo: “Are you convinced, though, that some of these people have been killed, targeted?”

Burlison: “What I don’t — what I want people to know is that there are a lot of these people — and sadly they’re all a loss to this country and to their families — but there isn’t, I mean, just a logical person would look at these and say some of these people that have been lumped in by the press, mostly, there’s not a connection.”

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Laslo: “Yeah?”

Burlison: “They’re all sad circumstances, but there’s not a connection. But it is worth looking into General McCasland and his disappearance.”

Laslo: “Yeah? Should you have a hearing to get that out in public?”

Burlison: “We’ll try.”

A Fox “News” producer — one who trained Laslo in public radio two decades ago this month! — is quietly wooing Burlison to their camera crew.

Laslo: “I mean, now that Fox “News” is covering it?”

Burlison: “We’ll try to.”

Fox Producer: “Who?”

Burlison: “We’ll see.”

Burlison’s led out to the gaggle of network reporters.

Fox Producer: “Who?”

Laslo: “That’s right — Fox, Fox. We don’t say “news” anymore...”

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Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) — Majority Leader, US House of Representatives

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Ask a Pol asks:

Rep. Eric Burlison says you had a classified UAP briefing recently — was it eye-opening?

Key Scalise:

“We had a classified briefing that some of us went to,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “Obviously, you can’t talk about what was discussed at the briefing.”

Was it eye-opening?

“Well, you know, whenever you go to a briefing like that, there’s some things you see that are eye-opening,” Scalise says. “And that’s about as far as I’ll go.”

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Was the information you learned in the classified SCIF briefing unsettling?

“Well, no,” Scalise tells us. “I’m just going to leave it at that.”

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Steve Scalise (4-28-2026)

SCENE: As some tourists click pictures, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and his security detail are walking through the historic Old House Chamber on their way to the Leader’s office when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches the No. 2 House Republican for a rare exclusive on the recent classified UAP briefing he attended.

Rep. Steve Scalise: “Hey!”

Matt Laslo: “Hey, how are you, sir?”

Scalise: “Good.”

Laslo: “Hey, what’s this we hear from Congressman Burlison that you were in a UFO / UAP briefing — that you had asked to be in?”

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Scalise: “Well, we had a classified briefing that some of us went to.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Scalise: “Obviously, you can’t talk about what was discussed at the briefing.”

Laslo: “Was it eye-opening for you?”

Scalise: “Well, you know, whenever you go to a briefing like that, there’s some things you see that are eye-opening — and that’s about as far as I’ll go.”

Laslo: “Was it unsettling?”

Scalise: “Well, no. I’m just going to leave it at that.”

Laslo: “Would you — the information you got, would you be okay with the American people getting that same information?”

Scalise: “Obviously, you know, you don’t know certain things. There some things you can kind of get some idea of what’s going on. Some things you still don’t know all the answers.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Scalise: “I’ll just leave it at that.”

Laslo: “Did it feel like foreign adversaries or extraterrestrial?”

Scalise: “You can’t discuss what happens in a classified briefing.”

Laslo: “I gotta try! Thank you, sir.”

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Who?

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

LISTEN: Laslo & Burchett

Ask a Pol asks:

Any update on the missing scientists?

Key Burchett:

“I had word last night that maybe the FBI’s gonna start looking into it,” Rep. Tim Burchett exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “Hoping that’s the case.”

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“I just want the president to release it,” Burchett tells us. “I get worried when they start talking about websites and stuff.”

What would you ask Congress?

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Tim Burchett (4-29-2026)

SCENE: After spending a few minutes answers questions from TV networks, Rep. Tim Burchett’s making his way up the steps of the US Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches him for a quick update.

Matt Laslo: “Mr. Burchett.”

Rep. Tim Burchett: “Yeah.”

Laslo: “We got any update on these missing scientists?”

Burchett bends down to pick something up.

Burchett: “Do what?”

Laslo: “You got any update on these missing scientists?”

Burchett: “No. I had word last night that maybe the FBI is going to start looking into it.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Burchett: “Hoping that’s the case.”

Laslo: “Do you know — have you guys heard what they’re going to do with aliens.gov?”

Burchett: “No. No. I just want the President to release it. I get worried when they start talking about websites and stuff.”

Laslo: “So still no word?”

Burchett shakes head no.

Laslo: “Thank you.”

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Who?

Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) — Chair, Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care & Financial Services (119th Congress)*

*Chaired David Grusch’s 2023 hearing from his then-perch as Chair of the Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border & Foreign Affairs (118th Congress)

LISTEN: Laslo & Grothman

Ask a Pol asks:

Are you and other GOP leaders* having any conversations about these 11 “missing” scientists?

Key Grothman:

“Oh, that’s a good question to ask. I talked to Mr. [Oversight Committee Chair James] Comer about it, and we’re going to do things,” Rep. Glenn Grothman exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “He’s very, very conscious of it, so that’s something we gotta do.”

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Will the hearing be the full Oversight Committee or the Secrets Task Force?

“I think bigger than them,” Grothman said.

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Glenn Grothman (4-22-2026)

SCENE: Rep. Glenn Grothman, a member of the House Oversight Committee, is moving through the Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo asks him about the 11 missing scientists — and whether Congress is ready to investigate.

Matt Laslo: “Have you had any conversations about these missing scientists?”

Rep. Glenn Grothman: “Oh, that’s a good question to ask…”

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Grothman cont’d: “I talked to Mr. Comer about it and we’re going to do things.”

Laslo: “Is that going to be a full Oversight hearing, maybe?”

Grothman: “I don’t know whether it’ll be full or what it is or behind the scenes — I don’t know, but we’re going to do something. He’s very, very conscious of it, so that’s something we gotta do.”

Laslo: “Yeah? What are you guys hearing on it? Like, it’s just strange, right?”

Grothman: “Very strange. We got to have a hearing.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Grothman: “Number one priority.”

Laslo: “Would you trust the Secret Task Force with that? Or is this bigger than them?”

Grothman: “I think bigger than them.”

Laslo: “Yeah? Preciate ya.”

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Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) — Congressional UAP Caucus; Oversight Committee

LISTEN: Laslo & Burlison

Ask a Pol asks:

Any update on the Secrets Task Force's effort to publicly release these 40+ classified videos?

Key Burlison:

“I have heard from people within the intelligence community that they are collecting these. They’re gathering the videos for a presentation to us,” Rep. Eric Burlison exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “That means they’re taking it seriously.”

But possibly not publicly released?

“Right,” Burlison says.

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Caught our ear, per “missing” scientists:

Do you think the focus needs to go to these “missing” scientists? It’s getting a lot of attention.

“To me, there’s enough bandwidth to focus on both,” Burlison tells us. “The missing scientists, I think there’s clearly an overlap, there’s a connection. But in and of itself it’s worth the investigation even if it has nothing to do with UAP.”

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Burlison’s staying skeptical:

“I’m totally dubious. I don’t trust this town at all,” Burlison says. “But it still doesn’t mean you don’t try.”

Let us know what to ask Congress next!

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Eric Burlison (4-22-2026)

SCENE: As UAP Caucus member Rep. Eric Burlison was heading to vote on the floor of the US House of Representatives, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo got this update from the rushed Congressman.

Matt Laslo: “These videos — are they going to be declassified?”

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Rep. Eric Burlison: “I have heard from people within the intelligence community that they are collecting these. They’re gathering the videos for a presentation to us.”

Laslo: “For a presentation to you, but possibly not…?”

Burlison: “That means they’re taking it seriously.”

Laslo: “But possibly not publicly released?”

Burlison: “Right. And keep in mind, I sent a joint letter about a month before [Secrets Task Force Chair Anna Paulina] Luna made it public.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Burlison: “So they’ve been working on it since that time.”

Laslo: “Where do you — do you think the focus needs to go to these missing scientists? It’s getting a lot of attention.”

Burlison: “To me, there’s enough bandwidth to focus on both.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Burlison: “And I think, the missing scientists, I think there’s clearly an overlap, there’s a connection. But in and of itself it’s worth the investigation even if it has nothing to do with UAP.”

Laslo: “Now are we gonna see — like, are you convinced that some of the stuff you’ve seen in classified settings is classified for no reason? That it should be out there for the public?”

Burlison: “That’s absolutely part of our effort.”

Laslo: “Do you think that will change the national debate?”

Burlison: “I think the fact that Trump is saying he wants these released is the real impetus and helpful in getting these things disclosed.”

Laslo: “Now, some people are a little dubious about that. Like when he relaxed cannabis, it was an executive order...”*

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Burlison: “Oh, I’m totally dubious. I don’t trust this town at all.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Burlison: “But it still doesn’t mean you don’t try.”

Laslo: “Yeah.”

Burlison: “Alright. Thanks.”

Burlison turns and heads into the US Capitol.

Laslo: “I’ll be watching. Preciate ya.”

Laslo heads back to Capitol steps to find more members of Congress to hound.

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) — Chair, Secrets Task Force; Co-chair, UAP Caucus

LISTEN: Laslo & Luna

Ask a Pol asks:

What do you make of Vice President JD Vance saying that the extraterrestrial might be demons?

Key Luna:

“That’s JD’s opinion,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “If you’re looking at it through a religious perspective, that’s pretty in line.”

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“I don’t think they call them extraterrestrial per se,” Luna tells us. “People say inter-dimensional, whatever it might be.”

What should we ask next?

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (April 2026)

SCENE: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and an aide are walking from the US Capitol to her office across the street when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches up with them for this quick interview.

Matt Laslo: “What do you make of JD Vance saying that the extraterrestrial might be demons?”

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna: “That’s JD’s opinion. I’ve been pretty straightforward on my perspective based on the stuff that we’ve seen and these things. I don’t think they call them extraterrestrial per se; people say inter-dimensional, whatever it might be, but I think if you’re looking at it through a religious perspective, that that’s pretty in line.”

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Rep. James Comer (R-KY) — Chair, House Oversight Committee

LISTEN: Laslo & Comer

Ask a Pol asks:

Are you thinking about holding hearings into these 11 or so “missing” scientists?

Key Comer:

“Well, we want to get the information first and go from there,” House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “I don’t want to create a big spectacle if there’s nothing there, but no one’s investigated this.”

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“I’m not sure I believe that.”

“I’m not convinced some of these agencies, you know, they said they’ve been investigating, I’m not sure I believe that,” Comer says. “If the FBI just was made aware of it in the last seven days, I don’t think the Department of Energy’s been investigating anything or NASA. And they don’t even have personnel to do that.”

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“I was just talking to a senior member of Intel and they were like — I was like, ‘hey, do you know this missing General,’” Laslo tells Comer. “And they were like, ‘I’m going through a list of everyone I know [in field] and calling them to make sure they’re okay.’ That’s pretty ominous.”

“I know. I know,” Comer says. “And the fact that nobody in these agencies knew about it, had put it together.”

What should we ask your lawmaker next?

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. James Comer (4-23-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer just before he bypasses a 2nd floor security checkpoint at the US Capitol.

Matt Laslo: “Are you thinking about holding hearings into the missing scientists, the 11?”

James Comer: “Well, we want to get the information first and go from there.”

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Laslo: “Yeah?”

Comer: “I don’t want to create a big spectacle if there’s nothing there, but no one’s investigated this. I mean, the FBI just has become aware of it in the last week.”

Laslo: “Would you want the whole committee to handle this, not the UAP Task Force specifically?”

Comer: “Yeah, no, I think it’s bipartisan. I think the Democrats are concerned too. Nobody knows. And again, it could be a coincidence, but I think the odds are slim that it is a coincidence.”

Laslo: “Would you think, make it the entire Oversight Committee, not just the Task Force?”

Comer: “No, it’d be the whole Oversight Committee, but we got to see what they — I’m not convinced these agencies have anything.”

Laslo: “Yeah.”

Comer: “Because I’m not convinced some of these agencies, you know, they said they’ve been investigating, I’m not sure I believe that.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Comer: “If the FBI just was made aware of it in the last seven days, I don’t think the Department of Energy’s been investigating anything or NASA. And they don’t even have personnel to do that.”

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Laslo: “I was just talking to a senior member of Intel and they were like — I was like, ‘hey, do you know this missing General’ and they were like, ‘I’m going through a list of everyone I know [in field] and calling them to make sure they’re okay.’ That’s pretty ominous.”

Comer: “I know. I know. And the fact that nobody in these agencies knew about it, had put it together.”

Laslo: “Yeah? Curious.”

Comer: “Yeah.”

Laslo: “Curious, curious.”

Comer: “Okay.”

Comer heads inside the Capitol, as Laslo darts back down the Capitol steps. .

Laslo: “Good to see you. Have a good one.”

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Who?

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

LISTEN: Laslo & Burchett

Ask a Pol asks:

What was this week’s SCIF — Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility — briefing on?

Key Burchett:

“It’s in SCIF, dude, I can’t tell you,” Rep. Tim Burchett exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.

Was it on UAP?

“Oh, yeah,” Burchett says. “I was in one last week and it was…pretty intense, and I’m hoping they’ll get some more to some more members...”

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Caught our ear:

”Trump doesn’t know the questions to ask,” Burchett tells us.

What should we ask Congress next?

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Tim Burchett (4-22-2026)

Rep. Tim Burchett: “I’ve been in a couple SCIF meetings here — I was in one today as a matter of fact.”

Matt Laslo: “What was that on?”

Burchett: “It’s in SCIF, dude, I can’t tell you.”

Laslo: “Was that on UAP?”

Burchett: “Oh, yeah…”

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Burchett: “…I was in one last week and it was…”

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Burchett: “Ahhh, last week, it was pretty intense and I’m hoping they’ll get some more to some more members...”

Laslo: “Well that’s interesting, you guys haven’t had…but like, you guys were rebuffed from the SCIF like two years ago and then last year you couldn’t get in there. Has that changed?”

Burchett: “A little bit. Yeah, but…”

Laslo: “Today was it AARO?”

Burchett: “There was some of those guys in there. Look, I just think…”

Laslo: “Have they changed their tune at all?”

Burchett: “A little. They’re more receptive, but I just don’t — I think they’re, they’re limited on — they send the people in there that are limited on what they know.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Burchett: “And that’s why they do it. That way they don’t have to lie to us.”

Laslo: “That feels on purpose?”

Burchett: “Oh, absolutely. 100%. 100%.”

Laslo: “Do you — does it seem from those briefers like they understand it’s a new day in Washington?”

Burchett: “Do what?”

Laslo: “Does it feel like a new day in Washington with Trump?”

Burchett: “Uh, yeah, but you know, Trump doesn’t know the questions to ask, and I think the intelligence people around him are going to try to buffalo him and lead him in a different direction.”

Laslo: “Yeah? And especially the underlings who you guys are dealing with?”

Burchett: “Absolutely. 100%.”

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Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ)

LISTEN: Laslo & Kim

Ask a Pol asks:

Curious if your delegation has ever gotten an answer on the “drone” incursions over New Jersey?

Key Kim:

“I personally have not gotten any satisfying response, because I feel like I keep hearing different things,” Sen. Andy Kim exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.

“I hear from, you know, FAA side, there’s nothing to see — that it was just a lot of public hysteria. But then like, I don’t know, I saw a videotape of this one company talking about how they were doing some drone testing and they were responsible for some of it. And I’m just like, ‘What is this,’ you know?”

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“I’m certainly personally intrigued by this,” Kim tells us. “But I don’t really know what to make of it in terms of what access they’ll actually provide and whatnot.”

What should we ask Congress next?

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Andy Kim (4-16-2026)

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Matt Laslo: “Have you see Trump’s promising to release these “UFO files” or whatever?”

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Laslo: ”I’m curious if you guys have ever gotten an answer on the drone incursions over Jersey?”

Sen. Andy Kim: “I personally have not gotten any satisfying response because I feel like I keep hearing different things.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Kim: “I hear from, you know, FAA side, there’s nothing to see — that it was just, you know, a lot of public hysteria. But then like, I don’t know, I saw a videotape of this one company talking about how they were doing some drone testing and they were responsible for some of it. And I’m just like, ‘What is this,’ you know?”

Laslo: “But you guys have never really…?”

Kim: “I’ve never gotten a clear answer from this at all, which we’re still pushing on it.”

Laslo: “Because when you guys were briefed, it was by [former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro] Mayorkas and he said, ‘We don’t know what it is.’”

Kim: “Yeah, so I was briefed by that administration. They weren’t certain, but a lot of what they were telling me was like, you know, if there was anything, it was isolated — but then it kind of grew much larger. But like, then this administration, you know, Trump said it was something real and then they said it was not. So like I really don’t know.”

Laslo: “So with him promising to open up the UFO files for decades, are you a little wary that they’ll be honest with us?”

Kim: “So is that what they say? That they’re going to…?”

Laslo: “Something like that.”

Kim: “I mean, I’m certainly personally intrigued by this, but I don’t really know what to make of it in terms of what access they’ll actually provide and whatnot.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Kim: “Yeah, thanks though.”

Laslo: “Preciate ya.”

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) — Chair, Secrets Task Force; Co-chair, Congressional UAP Caucus

LISTEN: Laslo & Luna

Ask a Pol asks:

What do you make of the chatter that the CIA might be the ones blocking your UAP investigation?

Key Luna:

“No, I don’t think the CIA is blocking it, because — you read the directive — we’ve been working and having conversations with all the powers that be,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “I think it’s lower level.”

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“I want to do [a hearing on] the 10 scientists,” Luna tells us. “That’s crazy.”

What the hell is up with that?

“I have no idea,” Luna says.

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (4-16-2026)

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

Matt Laslo: “[Rep. Jared] Moskowitz said he wouldn’t mind hearings into [the missing Los Alamos scientists]...”*

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna: “I want to do the 10 scientists. That’s crazy.”

Laslo: “What the hell is up with that?”

Luna: “I have no idea. I’ve been flagging it for a while. I think after the 6th scientist went missing I posted about it, so it’s obviously disturbing.”

Laslo: “And now there’s chatter that the CIA might be the ones blocking your UAP investigation?”

Luna: “No, I don’t think the CIA’s blocking it, because — you read the directive — we’ve been working and having conversations with all the powers that be so I think it’s lower level.”

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Who?

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — Member, Intelligence & Armed Services Committees; co-author, UAP Disclosure Act (with Sen. Chuck Schumer)

LISTEN: Laslo & Rounds

Ask a Pol asks:

Remember that former Congressman Matt Gaetz? Well, he’s out there saying he was briefed by a military guy who claimed that there was like a human-alien hybrid program…

Key Rounds:

“A what?” the senior member of the powerful Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committees says.

“I don’t f***ing know, sir,” Laslo replies.

Rounds laughs.

But basically, humans and aliens being, like, bred together by the government. What do you make of that?

“That’s a new one on me,” Sen. Mike Rounds exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.

That’s someone through your party.

Rounds laughs.

“Well, I don’t think they’re part of the Congress anymore,” Rounds says. “Maybe there’s a reason for that.”

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What are you hearing from the White House about President Donald Trump saying he’s going to release all the UFO files?

“Haven’t heard a word,” Rounds says. “Nope. Haven’t heard a word.”

Does that make you dubious that UFO disclosure’s coming?

“No,” Rounds tells us. “The President probably has the same curiosity the rest of us do.”

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“Way back in the 1960s, the SR-71 Blackbird was not a known commodity. A lot of sightings out there were of that,” Rounds tells us. “I suspect that the Air Force might very well have been using the UFO interest to hide a number of national security products that were being tested.”

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mike Rounds (4-14-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo spots Sen. Mike Rounds and two aides hopping one of the Senate’s underground trams, so he slides onto the tram car — before realizing the other half of it is overflowing with Spring tourists.

Sen. Mike Rounds: “Hi! How are you guys doing?”

Tourist I: “Good.”

Tourist II: “And you?”

Rounds: “Good.”

Rounds turns to Laslo.

Rounds: “What are you up to?”

Matt Laslo: “Who knows?”

Rounds: “Chasing stuff down yet?”

Laslo: “A little bit.”

Rounds: “Ahhh.”

Laslo: “What are you hearing from the White House about Trump says he’s going to release all the UFO files?”

Rounds: “Haven’t heard a word.”

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Laslo: “No?”

Rounds: “Nope. Haven’t heard a word.”

Laslo: “Does that make you skeptical of the claim…?”

Rounds: “No.”

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Rounds: “No. I just think the President probably has the same curiosity the rest of us do.”

Laslo: “Yeah? But why…have you guys brought up — your UAP Disclosure Act with [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer — to the White House liaison or anything the past couple years?”

Rounds: “Not that I recall.”

Laslo: “It just never got to that level?”

Rounds: “No. It’s not like we’re visiting with the White House regularly, because it’s more along the lines of we’ve got communication with them based on specific activity or items that are currently in the news, more or less.”

Laslo: “Did you see the House, I guess the UAP Caucus, they sent a list to the administration of like 40, 46 different videos that they say they’ve seen, I guess, in classified settings and they say they want these released publicly? I’m like, how do you remember all those names coming out of a SCIF [Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility]?”

Rounds: “Well…”

Laslo: “I think they’ve got someone giving them a list.”

Rounds: “I can’t tell you that.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Rounds: “I don’t know.”

Laslo: “Have you seen 46 different videos?”

Rounds: “I’ve never counted.”

Laslo: “Yeah? Do you think a lot of this stuff that you guys have seen should be made public?”

Rounds: “It will depend on whether or not we’ve identified as to whether or not it’s our product or an adversary’s product or one that we simply don’t know.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Rounds: “Look, my concern is that as we move through this and we make disclosures, let’s make disclosures on those items that aren’t going to impact our national security activities. And that’s the sensitive part of this. Way back in the 1960s, the SR-71 Blackbird was not a known commodity. A lot of sightings out there were of that. I suspect that the Air Force might very well have been using the UFO interest to hide a number of national security products that were being tested. So I just don’t want us to get in the position of saying we have to disclose stuff that might be products of our own making or of our adversary’s making that we prefer not to have out and about.”

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Laslo: “Do you remember the name Matt Gaetz?”

Rounds looks at a loss as his staff whispers in his ear.

Laslo: “Matt Gaetz, he’s now got his own show on OAN.”

Rounds: “Oh, okay.”

Laslo: “He’s out there saying that he was briefed by a military, by military personnel, a guy who claimed that there was like a human-alien hybrid program.”

Rounds: “A what?”

Laslo: “I don’t f***ing know, sir.”

Rounds laughs.

Laslo: “But basically, humans and aliens being, like, bred together by the government. What do you make of that?”

Rounds: “That’s a new one on me.”

Laslo: “That’s someone through your party, right?”

Rounds laughs.

Rounds: “Well, I don’t think they’re part of the Congress anymore. Maybe there’s a reason for that.”

Laslo: “Yeah? Fun times.”

Rounds: “Have a good one.”

Laslo: “Preciate ya.”

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) — Chair, Secrets Task Force; Co-chair, Congressional UAP Caucus

LISTEN: Laslo & Luna

Ask a Pol asks:

So you guys are going to get a briefing now from the Pentagon?*

*Apologies. We misheard Luna on her way into the vote, which is why we triple check!

Key Luna:

“I requested documents and so if we have to subpoena the documents, we will,” Secrets Task Force Chair Anna Paulina Luna exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP.

Have you reached out to Hegseth personally?

“I have his number. I reached out to the White House directly,” Luna says. “I am going to be calling if I start getting pushed back.”

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“Someone at the Pentagon was trying to be cute, and it’s not going to work,” Luna tells us.

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (4-16-2026)

SCENE: After voting on the House floor, Secrets Task Force Chair Anna Paulina Luna and an aide are joined by Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo as they walk from the US Capitol to the Congresswoman’s office across the street.

Matt Laslo: “So you guys are going to get a briefing now from the Pentagon?”

Rep. Luna: “No, I haven’t requested a briefing. I requested documents and so if we have to subpoena the documents, we will…”

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Luna cont’d: “…and whoever at the Pentagon decided to not pass our letter, I am asking that they get fired. I have a very clear understanding of the directive, not just from the President, but [I] also understand that [Defense Secretary Pete] Hegseth is in line with the President on all his policies, to include this one. So we’ll be getting the documents. It just goes to show the crap that we have to deal with for us to get information.”

Laslo: “Have you reached out to Hegseth personally or…?”

Luna: “I have his number. I reached out to the White House directly. I am going to be calling if I start getting push back.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Luna: “But I know for a fact he wasn’t like, ‘don’t give those documents over.’”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Luna: “So, someone at the Pentagon was trying to be cute, and it’s not going to work. And we’re not asking for briefing, we’re asking for the documents.”

Laslo: “Yeah.”

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

Ask a Pol asks:

What do you make of the Pentagon breezing through your guys’ April 14th deadline?

Key Burchett:

“They’re just going to delay, delay, delay until they can get everything covered up,” Rep. Tim Burchett exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP. “The president’s just got to say do it.”

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Ask a Pol asks:

What do you make of the Pentagon breezing through your guys’ April 14th deadline?

Key Burchett:

“They’re just going to delay, delay, delay until they can get everything covered up,” Rep. Tim Burchett exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “It’s just got to come from the top. The President’s just got to say do it. They’ve had 28 days now for them to cover everything up.”

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Now the Pentagon says they’re working with AARO on disclosure — what do you make of that?

“I don’t trust them as far as I can throw that dome off the Capitol,” Burchett tells us.

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Tim Burchett (4-15-2026)

SCENE: Rep. Tim Burchett is making his way to the US Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches the Tennessee Republican before the rest of the press corps does.

Rep. Tim Burchett: “Yo.”

Matt Laslo: “What do you make of the Pentagon breezing through your guys’ April 14th deadline?”

Burchett: “See, that’s par for the course, dude. They’re just going to delay, delay, delay until they can get everything covered up.”

Burchett: “I just don’t have much faith. It’s just got to come from the top. The president’s just got to say do it. Heck, in that 28 days right now for them to cover everything up, it’s got to happen right then.”

Laslo: “Well, now they see they’re working with AARO. What do you make of that?”

Burchett: “I don’t trust them as far as I can throw that dome off the Capitol.”

Reporter: “Hey Tim…”*

*why the f*ck would any member of the press corps call a lawmaker by their first name? - Prof. Laslo

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Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) — Congressional UAP Caucus

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Ask a Pol asks:

Pentagon’s now saying they’re going to go through AARO — the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office — to release what the federal government knows about UFO, according to Liberation Times. Does that make you a little dubious?

Key Moskowitz:

“We now have 10 people, by the way, that are missing or dead dealing with our nuclear program,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “So, I think the Pentagon needs to come clean.”

Do you want to see an investigation into the missing Los Alamos scientists?

“Well, first of all, I think Luna should probably hold a hearing on that,” Moskowitz says. “I think she will. But if the Pentagon doesn’t release this stuff in compliance with Representative Luna’s letter, then I think ultimately we’re going to have to have a hearing on that as well.”

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“Listen, I think the Pentagon’s going to try to find every excuse not to release more information,” Moskowitz tells us. “The American people know there’s stuff being hidden from them on these UAPs.”

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Jared Moskowitz (4-15-2026)

SCENE: After a vote on the House floor, Rep. Jared Moskowitz is walking back to his office when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches up with the Congressman.

Matt Laslo: “What do you make of Trump saying he’s going to release these UFO files or whatever?”

Jared Moskowitz: “I hope he does.”

ML: “Do you — have you seen any evidence that he’s gonna?”

JM: “Well, I mean, some of my colleagues have been talking to the White House and feel encouraged that we might see some sort of release coming out.”

ML: “Yeah?”

JM: “As you know, Representative Luna sent a letter to the Pentagon, and now the Pentagon says they lost the letter. Which makes sense because, you know, the Pentagon is missing trillions of dollars in their audits over the last several years.”

ML: “Fair.”

JM: “So, you know, look, that’s just another roadblock we run into when we try to get to the truth. But it’s time. I think it’s time. I think the President needs to release it.”

ML: “Well, now Pentagon’s saying they’re going to go through AARO. Does that make you a little dubious?”

JM: “Listen, I think the Pentagon’s going to try to find every excuse not to release more information. The American people know there’s stuff being hidden from them on these UAPs. You know, we now have 10 people, by the way, that are missing or dead…”

ML: “Yeah — what’s up with that?”

JM: “…okay, dealing with our nuclear program. So, I think the Pentagon needs to come clean.”

ML: “Do you want to see an investigation into that? The Los Alamos scientists?”

JM: “Well, first of all, I think Luna should probably hold a hearing on that.”

ML: “Yeah?”

JM: “I think she will. But if the Pentagon doesn’t release this stuff in compliance with Representative Luna’s letter, then I think ultimately we’re going to have to have a hearing on that as well.”

ML: “Yep?”

JM: “Thanks.”

ML: “Preciate ya.”

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