Who?
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) — Chair, Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets
LISTEN: Laslo & Luna (post-am SCIF & FBI briefings)
Ask a Pol asks:
How was the classified UAP briefing at the FBI’s headquarters?
Key Luna:
“Amazing. It was 10 out of 10,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “Makes us reconsider AARO.”
Why was this week’s public UAP hearing cancelled?
“We have two SCIF briefings this week,” Luna says. “By the way, [Christopher] Melon got sick, Lue Elizondo got sick and Mr. [David] Grusch also is not feeling well, but Grusch has been very helpful. My message is: We got the SCIF, you guys need to be here for the SCIF briefings.”
“My message is:
We got the SCIF, you guys need to be here for the SCIF briefings.”
— Chairwoman Luna
Luna confirms May 20th JFK hearing w/ 6 boxes of new files
We heard there’s gonna be a public hearing on the JFK assassination on May 20th?
“We do,” Luna says. “We have some great witnesses, and also ODNI [Office of the Director of National Intelligence] uncovered six boxes of the Joannides files.”
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Caught our ear:
When do you think we'll get another public UAP hearing?
“We actually have one being noticed currently,” Luna tells us. “So you guys will see all that information coming out.”
What should we ask Congress next?
Below find two rough transcripts of Ask a Pol’s interviews with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT I — Chair Luna post-am SCIF briefing
SCENE: Secrets Task Force Chair Anna Paulina Luna came jetting out of Thursday morning’s SCIF briefing on UAPs. Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo had to give mini-chase, and to get her attention before she could escape into her staffer’s waiting midsize SUV, Laslo started shouting questions from a long ways off…
Matt Laslo: “Hey, how'd it go, Madam Chair?”
They’re very far apart as Laslo jogs to catch up on a sticky humid DC day…
Anna Paulina Luna: “It went well.”
ML: “So I heard we're gonna get a JFK hearing on the 20th?”
APL: “We do. We have some great witnesses, and also ODNI [Office of the Director of National Intelligence] uncovered six boxes of the Joannides files,* so that could be a...”
Luna opens door to awaiting midsize SUV.
*HAT TIP: Thanks to new friend of Ask a Pol Craig Witton for helping us solve the Joannides — an undercover CIA offer who was based in Miami in the sixties — riddle.
ML: “When do you think we'll get a UAP hearing?”
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APL: “We actually have one being noticed currently, so you guys will see all that information coming out.”
ML: “What happened with this week's hearing?”
APL: “Well, we have two SCIF briefings this week — and by the way, [Christopher] Melon got sick, Lue Elizondo got sick…”
ML: “Yeah?”
APL: “And Mr. Grusch also is not feeling well. But Grusch has been very helpful.”
ML: “Yeah?”
APL: “So my message is: We got the SCIF, you guys need to be here for the SCIF briefings.”
ML: “Yep?”
APL: “Thanks.”
ML: “Awesome. Preciate ya, ma'am.”
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TRANSCRIPT II — Chair Luna post-FBI HQ UAP briefing
OPENING SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo sees Chair Luna and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) chatting while descending the Capitol steps, so he pulls out his phone to click pics as NewsNation’s Joe Khalil grabs a quick UAP interview with Luna.
REFRESHER: Rep. Mace chaired 2024 public UAP hearing
Mace is on the Secrets Task Force and a member of the Congressional UAP Caucus, but turns out she couldn’t make it because of a personal matter — which Ask a Pol’s Laslo proceeded to talk about with her way off-the-record — as Khalil got Luna to himself post-FBI UAP briefing.
Joe Khalil: “How many people showed up?”
Anna Paulina Luna: “We had three in there, but three of our main ones were sick. So we’re gonna get it back on the books and see if they show up. They had ‘SCIF Flu.’”
Khalil laughs as Luna opens passenger side door and hurriedly enters…
Matt Laslo: “Hey, how was FBI?”
APL: “Amazing. It was 10 out of 10.”
Khalil starts chatting with Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) who was meeting Timothy Alberino near Luna’s awaiting car.
ML: “Yeah?”
APL: “You can just — I literally…”*
Luna doesn’t want to repeat what she just told Khalil, so she’s trying to get him to agree to share their interview with Ask a Pol (not how this works, ma’am…), but then she notices Burlison standing on the curb.
ML: “Did it give you more direction?”
APL: “Hey!”
Luna shouts to Burlison.
APL: “I was gonna tell em — in regards to our FBI SCIF interview: 10 out of 10. Makes us reconsider AARO.”
Eric Burlison: “You guys need to meet this guy.”
APL: “Yeah, he’s great.”
EB: “He’s big in the UFO community.”
Laslo shakes his hand.
ML: “Matt Laslo.”
APL: “I gotta roll though.”
ML: “Cool.”
APL: “Thanks guys.”
ML: “Have a good one ma’am.”
JK: “How are you doing?”
Timothy Alberino: “I’m Tim — Tim Alberino…”
END SCENE: Laslo, Khalil, Burlison and Alberino then proceed to…scene picks up where Thursday’s Burlison post starts (see below)…
ICYMI — Listen to Burlison, Khalil & Laslo (May 15, 2025)
![FBI wants AARO's funding: "Different people on [the FBI's UAP] team have actually seen objects,” Rep. Burlison reports](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_140,h_140,c_fill,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-video.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fvideo_upload%2Fpost%2F163669854%2F426bbaa1-9d9e-47cb-9dc8-efd8344fc158%2Ftranscoded-1747358099.png)
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