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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Caught our ear:
“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.”
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), slightly edited for clarity.
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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