Who?
Rep. James Comer (R-KY) — Chair, House Oversight Committee
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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.”
Caught our ear:
“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.”
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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol‘s exclusive interview with Rep. James Comer (R-KY), slightly edited for clarity.
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.”
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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