Republican Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett claimed Wednesday that he believes the federal government is hiding evidence of extraterrestrial life and technology on Earth.
Burchett was one of a handful of lawmakers invited to a secret briefing on UFOs (known to some as “unidentified anomalous phenomena,” or “UAPs”) on Wednesday, and spoke shortly afterwards. did. Said NewsNation “I think there’s a cover-up.”
Asked directly whether he was “satisfied” with what he heard at the meeting, Mr Burchett said: “No, it’s always piecemeal and I can’t go into specific things.”
Burchett said he didn’t think he or his colleagues were necessarily being fooled, but that he felt there was a lot of “arrogance” from the “so-called intelligence agencies.” The lawmaker appeared tired during the meeting, saying he was “tired” after listening to the “mundane” and “boring” press conference.
“This is complete disinformation,” he said of what the intelligence community was trying to share.
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“We’ve spent tens of millions of dollars investigating these things. We have recovery departments, but we’re having departments say they’re not going to release the full report. Everything is being covered up.” Mr. Bruchette continued.
Mr. Burchett also claimed that members of the intelligence community believe the public is not “entitled” to know what our tax dollars are being used for in these UFO departments. (Related: Aliens are ‘real’ and ‘hidden’, claims Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett)
“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve told senior officials that America really can’t handle this problem. It’s not their place to tell me who or what I can handle. We are Americans. , should be able to accept it and give it to us,” Burchett concluded, adding that he would continue to fight for transparency.
