Who?

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

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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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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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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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Who?

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

LISTEN: Laslo & Kelly

PSA:

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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WASHINGTON — Once again, Congress is on vacation. Enjoy.

1. New UFO Videos Released By the Pentagon, Fourth Batch of Files — TMZ (via Yahoo)*

   *fascinated-to-terrified that TMZ was first to pop up in Duck Duck Go search - Prof. Laslo

2. Are Aliens Real? NASA Chief Confirms Secret Photos of Unexplained Objects — International Business Times

3. Declassified intelligence map reveals where America’s largest UFO waves unfolded — Daily Mail

   Let us know what you’d ask Congress.

   We’re on it when they return next week!

4. Inside the Pentagon’s newly released UFO files—here is what was hiding in the 4th data dump — Breaking Now News*

   *know them? - Prof. Laslo

5. Pentagon releases new set of UFO files: “Unlike anything I had seen” — CBS

   1. BONUS: Astrophysicist Avi Loeb on Pentagon’s 4th UFO files release

   

6. Declassified ‘green fireball’ records raise questions about 1949 sightings — Newsweek

7. Haunting video of six-pointed object in latest Trump UFO file dump — as proof of alien life remains elusive — New York Post

8. UFO Disclosure 2026: Fourth Batch Of 40 Files Released By Department Of War; Here’s How To Download — Mashable India*

   *Mashable India!?! Is there still a Mashable? - Prof. Laslo

9. The Bay Area UFO….aliens — The Press Democrat

   

   Don’t even think about subscribing to them if you don’t rep us!

10. Trump’s bombshell UFO files expose creepy 8-point object that breached airspace — AOL

11. Pentagon Releases 4th Batch Of Declassified UFO Files, Including 19 Videos And A 1949 Conference About Green Fireballs — BroBible*

    *anyone ever read this? - Prof. Laslo

12. New videos released from declassified UFO files — KGW

13. ‘Unlike anything I had seen’: Pentagon drops new UFO videos and military reports — Mathrubhumi

14. 🎥 Pentagon releases 4rd batch of UFO files — Hays Post

15. Mysterious ‘green fireballs,’ Space Shuttle photos among newly released UFO files — KRCR (Sinclair)

    ICYMI — What’s this?*

    *stumbled on this so now have to watch it, in a bit. Seen it? Thoughts?

16. New Trump UFO file dump includes military footage of mysterious star-shaped object — Fox ‘News’ (via AOL)

    1. BONUS I: NASA chief confirms agency has unexplained UFO imagery: ‘We don’t know what it is’

    2. BONUS II (en español): La nueva filtración de archivos sobre ovnis de Trump incluye imágenes militares de un misterioso objeto con forma de estrella

17. Haunting star-shaped UFO spotted over Asia unclassified docs reveal — The Daily Telegraph

18. UFO files: Dr. Phil scolds gov’t for not getting real about alien craft — NewsNation

19. DOD Releases Fourth Tranche of Declassified UAP Files — MeriTalk

    *Huh. Ever hear of them? Guess they’re Alexandria, Virginia based. I used to be local DC reporter (WAMU), and I’ve never heard of em. - Prof. Laslo

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20. BREAKING: Star figure spotted near U.S. base revealed in Pentagon’s latest UFO FILE drop | RISING — The Hill

21. PENTAGON RELEASES NEW BATCH OF UAP VIDEOS AND HISTORICAL FILES, BUT CLARITY REMAINS ELUSIVE — The Debrief

22. NASA Boss Says Agency Has Captured UFO Images It Cannot Explain — 2OceansVibe (South Africa)

23. NASA boss admits agency has captured images of UFOs saying ‘we don’t know what it is’ — LADbible (Britain)

24. Pentagon releases new UFO files — USA Today

    VETTED’s take…

25. New videos from declassified UFO files — KXTV (Sacramento)

26. Pentagon releases new trove of eerie UFO files — ABC

27. New Pentagon UFO files show mysterious object spotted near Texas nuclear weapons plant — Interesting Engineering

28. Pentagon releases fourth batch of UFO files, includes video footage — Just the News

29. ‘Time the Americans see’: Declassified UFO files reveal mystery craft hovering over US nuclear base — Economic Times

30. Pentagon releases more declassified UFO files — Newsmax

31. Trump’s bombshell UFO files expose creepy 8-point object that breached airspace — Daily Express US

32. Pentagon Releases Fourth Batch of UFO Files — Verity*

    *anyone ever heard of them before? - Prof. Laslo

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33. NEW: Pentagon Releases 4th Tranche of UFO Files – Military Personnel Describe UFO as “Unlike Anything I Had Seen” in 28 years of Service (VIDEOS) — Gateway Pundit

34. War Dept. Unveils 4th UFO Files on WAR.GOV/UFO — Mirage.News

35. WTF (- Prof. Laslo): Tuttle Capital UFO Disclosure ETF (UFOD) — Stock Analysis*

    *again, WTF!?! Know about this and didn’t tell me!??!? - Prof. Laslo (also, WTF)

36. U.S. Releases New Batch of Declassified UFO Files — RKS News (Russia)

37. Did NASA just admit UFOs are real? Chief Isaacman says agency has ‘captured imageries…’ — The Economic Times

38. Department of War Publishes Fourth Release of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Files on WAR.GOV/UFO — Defcon Level

39. US releases new batch of declassified UFO files: Fourth release under Trump administration’s UAP disclosure program includes additional historical records, Pentagon says — US Muslims*

    *”This news has been read 61 times in total,” reads bottom of post at 10:39pm EST Friday, July, 10, 2026.

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*clicking I do not agree to terms sends you to…

Well played.

— Prof. Laslo

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) — Member, Energy & Commerce Committee

LISTEN: Laslo & AOC I

Ask a Pol asks:

Have you had time to look at any of these three batches of UFO or UAP files the Pentagon’s been dropping? Or is the topic less interesting to you now?

Key AOC:

“No, it’s not that. It’s that I’m not on the committee of jurisdiction. I’ve moved off of Oversight,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “When you’re not on the committee of jurisdiction, they don’t tell us when these things go out.”

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Caught our ear:

“If you try to see these for yourself, they give you a hard time,” AOC tells us. “They’re like, ‘why do you want to see this?’”

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BONUS: AOC II — from June 2nd*

“It reminds me when they first released the Epstein files, and they were just like binders with nothing in them,” AOC told Ask a Pol UAP in a separate exchange on June 2, 2026 right after the Pentagon dropped the first batch of UFO files.

*pardon the delay; the Senate Radio-TV Gallery Correspondents’ Association is still blocking Laslo from credentialing the Ask a Pol team, so he doesn’t have any help at the moment.

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TRANSCRIPT:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (6-25-2026)

SCENE: Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo catches Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as she’s walking from the US Capitol to her office across the street just ahead of Congress’ two week Fourth of July recess.

Matt Laslo: “Have you had time to look at these UFO or UAP files?”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “I have to. Are they in the SCIF?”

Laslo: “No, they’ve just been dropping ‘em.”

AOC: “I shouldn’t be asking you this. I should know.”

Laslo: “Pentagon dropped three different batches of ’em. Is it less interesting to you now?”

AOC: “No, it’s not that. It’s that I’m not on the committee of jurisdiction.”

Laslo: “Yeah.”

AOC: “I’ve moved off of Oversight. So what also happens is that they don’t — when you’re not on the committee of jurisdiction, they don’t tell us when these things go out.”

Laslo laughs.

AOC: “And if you’re not on the committee of jurisdiction when you try to see them for yourself, they give you a hard time. They’re like, ‘why do you want to see this?’”

Laslo: “That’s a decent excuse.”

AOC cracks up.

Laslo: “Have a good one.”

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TRANSCRIPT II: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (6-2-2026)

SCENE: In a shorter exchange weeks earlier, Laslo asks AOC for her take on the substance of the Pentagon’s UAP disclosures — and she draws an unexpected comparison.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “It reminds me when they first released the Epstein files, and they were just like binders with nothing in them.”

Matt Laslo: “Right?”

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WASHINGTON — The mainstream media has been transfixed on the sparse attendance at President Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair on the National Mall* this week, but the bigger story is the untold tens of millions of dollars corporations ponied up to get a seat at the head table.

*Laslo included (see: “Scorching heat and empty baptism pools: Inside Trump’s deserted American State Fair”) as he covers what his wire service, The LCB, clients want him to…

Everywhere you look at the event that stretches some 10 city blocks along the National Mall, you see a corporate logo.

It’s America, so what?

What particularly caught our eye are all the aerospace companies paying large (if mostly undisclosed) sums of money to show their support for the President as contractors jockey for a limited number of federal space contracts.

Of course, there are all the usual suspects, including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and GE Aerospace.

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But there are also new money millionaires — and “trillionaire,” on paper at least… — showcasing their aerospace acumen throughout the 16-day long event.

Of course, there’s Elon Musk’s SpaceX. But sponsors also include other next-gen space companies, like commercial space station construction company Axiom Space or artificial intelligence-fueled aerospace manufacturing consultants SAP.

At the very least, space seems to be en vogue in the nation’s capital these days, especially at the Department of War’s busy exhibit.

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Of course, the military-industrial complex is selling the President — and the nation through him — on more than just aerospace, like the Army’s new AI-powered robotic dog, fighter jets, B-2 bombers, real K-9 soldiers, more fighter jets, next-gen aircraft carriers, etc.

While there are lots of innovative bells and amazing American whistles on display, just underneath the surface there’s a dangerous commingling of the billionaire and political classes.

As friend of Ask a Pol, NOTUS editor Dave Levinthal, wrote this week:

“During a three-hour fairgrounds tour, NOTUS spotted the presence of dozens of corporations and special interest groups representing a who’s who of influence peddlers, many with serious money behind their lobbying efforts.

“These companies and organizations collectively spent more than $152 million in 2025 on formal efforts to lobby the U.S. federal government, according to a NOTUS analysis of federal lobbying disclosure records and data compiled by nonpartisan research organization OpenSecrets.

“Their executives and political action committees have meanwhile donated many millions of dollars more this decade to political candidates’ campaigns, national party committees and super PACs…”

BONUS: Cool documentary alert!*

*gets a tad Reality TV for me — needless drama heaped on actual drama — but overall it’s an intimate look inside America’s elite Thunderbird program.

Like, did you know pilot’s are only in the elite squadron two years and each year half the team is replaced? So each year, half the squadron are freshmen.

- Prof Laslo

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Who?

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

LISTEN: Laslo & Comer

Ask a Pol asks:

In the wake of the Pentagon declassifying all these “UFO files,” is there any plan for another UFO hearing?

Key Comer:

“I would like to have another — what I call UFO, you all call something else — hearing. I need to talk to them* about it,” House Oversight Chair James Comer exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “It’s hard to plan hearings when you don’t know when we’re going to be here and when we’re not, you know?”**

*Secrets Task Force, ie Congressional UAP Caucus

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“I think that would be popular,” Comer tells us.

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TRANSCRIPT: Rep. James Comer (6-25-2026)

SCENE: After a vote on the House floor, Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo catches House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer as he’s heading back to his office across the street from the Capitol.

Matt Laslo: “Have you caught any of these Pentagon releases on UFO files / UAP?”

James Comer: “I do, I read whatever’s written, but like I said before, [Chair Anna Paulina] Luna and [Tim] Burchett and [Eric] Burlison are the ones that represent the [Oversight] Committee on all that.”

Laslo: “Do you think — so there’s no plan for another hearing?”

Comer: “You know, I would like to have another hearing. I need to talk to them about it. It’s hard to plan hearings when you don’t know when we’re going to be here and when we’re not, you know?”

Laslo: “Yeah.”

Comer: “But I would like to have another — what I call UFO, you all call something else — hearing.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Comer: “Yeah, I think that would be popular.”

Laslo: “And especially after the release of these new files?”

Comer: “Since we’ve got stuff to talk about now.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Comer: “Yeah.”

Laslo: “Interesting. I’ll be watching.”

Comer: “Okay.”

Laslo: “Last question, cause they were initially only a select committee* for like six months, then they got the extension. How did you guys extend them again? Are they, like, extended indefinitely?”

*task force

Comer: “What, the [Secrets] Task Force?”

Laslo: “The UFO Caucus — yeah, Task Force.”

Comer: “Yeah, I just extended it. I don’t know — I don’t know that one’s ever been extended, but we were allowed to do it, we feel like, and we did it.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Comer: “It’s good. I mean, we’re getting stuff, you know?”

Laslo: “Yeah.”

Comer: “It’s actually doing its job. That never happens.”

Laslo: “Right? There you go.”

Comer: “Yeah.”

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

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Ask a Pol asks:

Any timeline — or blueprint for passage — for your UAP Disclosure Act with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer this year?

Key Rounds:

“Well, we’re going to introduce it. Put it as an amendment on the NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act]. Hopefully, the Senate will agree with us to do so. And if that’s the case, then the next step is going with the House and seeing if they would agree to some format of it,” Sen. Mike Rounds exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “I presume they’ll have concerns like they did last time.”

“Yeah?”

“Hopefully, we’ll be able to allay some of those concerns or work through those concerns,” Rounds says.

“So you’re convinced the concerns are with the House?” Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo pushes. “I still haven’t been able to find the voice of opposition.”

“Well, this is one way to find out — offer it again and then find out who will object to it,” Rounds says. “And it’ll be interesting to see whether or not the House has any provisions along the same line as our proposal, and if there is, then we’ll have a stronger case for putting it in the final version.”

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Special Access Programs I

Have you all still been looking for or found where these SAPs — Special Access Programs — are that whistleblower David Grusch alleges are hidden from Congress?

“It’s not so much that it’s hidden, it’s just a matter of the silos do exist,” Rounds says. “You may have the folks who are members of the armed services who might not know what the IC — the intelligence community — is actually doing.”

Special Access Programs II

We’ve been seeing the Pentagon release formerly classified UFO files but nothing from the Department of Energy or contractors, does the White House even know where to look?

“I can’t tell you why. Just that is the executive branch. And we’re getting more than we ever did before,” Rounds says. “So, step in the right direction. And maybe as they gain more confidence that the American public really want to see it, maybe we’ll see more of it in the future.”

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Caught our ear:

“It kind of represents the curiosity that’s natural for Americans. When we see something and we’ve got a curiosity, we want to get it satisfied. And that’s neat,” Rounds tells us of the growing interest in UFOs both inside and outside of Congress.

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mike Rounds (6-25-2026)

SCENE: After Sen. Mike Rounds addressed this week’s UAP disclosure forum at the US Capitol, he poses for some selfies and does an interview in the hall outside the event with NewsNation’s Ross Coulthart.

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As always, Ask a Pol founder Matt Laslo waited in the wings before proceeding to catch an elevator for the Senator and two of his aides before escorting them back to the Senator’s office.

Matt Laslo: “Did you reveal all the secrets in there?”

Sen. Mike Rounds: “Everything I knew, which is not much.”

Laslo: “What do you make of it?”

Rounds: “What?”

Laslo: “The issue — and now it’s growing and it’s an item of interest.”

Rounds: “Yeah. And I mean, it kind of represents the curiosity that’s natural for Americans. When we see something and we’ve got a curiosity, we want to get it satisfied. And that’s neat.”

Laslo: “And when your airspace is shut down over New Jersey and — [laughter] — Langley [AFB] and stuff like that.”

Rounds: “There’s lots of new technologies out there, as you are aware.”

Laslo: “Are we going to see the UAP Disclosure Act — your bill with [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer — this year?”

Rounds: “Well, we’re going to introduce it. Put it as an amendment on the NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act]. Hopefully, the Senate will agree with us to do so. And if that’s the case, then the next step is going with the House and seeing if they would agree to some format of it. I presume they’ll have concerns like they did last time.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Rounds: “Hopefully, we’ll be able to alleviate some of those concerns or work through those concerns.”

Laslo: “So you’re convinced the concerns are with the House? I still haven’t been able to find the voice of opposition.”

Rounds: “Well, this is one way to find out — offer it again and then find out who will object to it. And it’ll be interesting to see whether or not the House has any provisions along the same line as our proposal, and if there is, then we’ll have a stronger case for putting it in the final version.”

Laslo: “Now, has your office heard from new whistleblowers? Or has the Intel [Committee] heard from any more whistleblowers — since we’ve had “disclosure” from the Pentagon?”

Rounds: “Not really whistleblowers. We’ve simply — when we have people who have direct firsthand knowledge, a personal experience and who have a professional background with either a contractor or a former federal government — then I’ll take the time to sit down and visit with them and learn as much as I can.”

Laslo: “Are those voices more important now that we’re getting this release from the Pentagon or…?”

Rounds: “The voices have been there and they’ve talked to us, but we don’t really talk about who they are because we want them to be able to trust us — that we’re not going to disclose who they are. Most of them still work for either contractors or for the federal government, as they have for years. And we’ll do our best to protect them, so I really don’t want to get into specifics.”*

*we don’t want their identities! We were just asking if any new ones have come forward…

Laslo: “Do you think your Disclosure Act would help them?”

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Rounds: “Yeah, because I think the information that they have — or that is in the possession or of the government — would become a permanent official record outside of the existing agency structure.”

Laslo: “Have you guys still been looking, like, have you found where these SAPs are that are supposedly hidden from Congress — these Special Access Programs?”

Rounds: “It’s not so much that it’s hidden, it’s just a matter of the silos do exist. You may have the folks who are members of the armed services who might not know what the IC — the intelligence community — is actually doing.”

Laslo: “Yeah?”

Rounds: “And so — or you may have items that the armed services are doing that the Intel community may not be aware of. And so these silos are part of the challenge, because if something is observed and they’re a professional and they don’t know what it is, they’ll talk about the fact — in privacy or in a secure environment — about something that’s been observed that they might not be aware of. They also recognize that it may be something they’re not privy to. And so they’re very careful about talking about it.”

Laslo: “Yeah? Because right now we’ve been seeing the Pentagon release stuff, but nothing from the Department of Energy or other spots. Do you think…?”

Rounds: “I can’t tell you why. Just that is the executive branch. And we’re getting more than we ever did before.”

Laslo: “Yeah.”

Rounds: “So, step in the right direction. And maybe as they gain more confidence that the American public really want to see it, maybe we’ll see more of it in the future.”

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Who?

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

LISTEN: Laslo & Rounds

Ask a Pol asks:

With the White House moving on UFO disclosure on its own, is your UAP Disclosure Act with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer still needed?

Key Rounds:

“I think we can still work in tandem,” Sen. Mike Rounds exclusively told Ask a Pol UAP. “I think there’s a realization that if we’ve got information out there that can be released, it’s probably just a good thing to be released.”

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“I just want to make sure that if we are releasing stuff, none of it has to do with anything that would impact our national security in terms of our programs or our intel on other programs,” Rounds told us.

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mike Rounds (6-10-2026)

SCENE: Sen. Mike Rounds — an original sponsor of the UAP Disclosure Act alongside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer — is moving through the Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches him for a quick but substantive exchange.

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Matt Laslo: “Have you looked at any of these videos the Pentagon’s released?”

Sen. Mike Rounds: “Not in an organized fashion, no.”

ML: “Yeah? I’m just curious about the dynamics with your UAP Disclosure Act with Schumer — if the White House is moving on that on its own, do you guys not need your bill?”

Rounds: “I don’t know. I think we can still work in tandem. I think there’s a realization that if we’ve got information out there that can be released, it’s probably just a good thing to be released.”

ML: “Yeah?”

Rounds: “But I just want to make sure that if we are releasing stuff, none of it has to do with anything that would impact our national security in terms of our programs or our intel on other programs.”

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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.”

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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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Who?

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

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ICYMI — “whole conversation changed” from SCIF brief

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.”

Scalise and his security detail head to his office.

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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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Caught our ear:

“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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