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Tim Burchett: Americans should know what the government knows about UFOs
politico.com ^ | ANDREW ZHANG

Posted on 07/22/2023 1:40:45 PM PDT by RoosterRedux

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said he is 100% sure that the federal government is covering up documents about UFOs — and he’s not alone among members of Congress in trying to push for more information about what could be out there.

“We’ve requested documents, we’ve gone to interview pilots and been stonewalled by our Pentagon. It’s ridiculous, it’s been going on since the ‘40s,” Burchett said Saturday afternoon on Fox News. “We are taking the gloves off.”

Public interest in the possibility of extraterrestrial life, officially labeled as unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) in government circles, has bubbled for decades — often fraught with conspiracies — and seen a recent resurgence. Lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have ramped up their efforts for greater disclosures to allow Americans to better understand the phenomenon.

Burchett, one of Capitol Hill’s loudest voices for increased government transparency around UFOs, sits on the House Oversight Committee, where Republicans have pushed to host a long-anticipated hearing next Wednesday on the recent rise in reports of UFOs. The Pentagon has been investigating that trend since at least April. It said then that no proof of alien life had surfaced.

The Oversight hearing next week will feature David Grusch, a former intelligence employee who claimed in June that the government had a secret UFO recovery program that found a “partially intact craft of non-human remains.” While at least one Democrat has helped Republican colleagues push the issue, members say they have faced pushback from different corners and seen witnesses drop out.

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TOPICS: UFO's
KEYWORDS: burchett; fringe; ohsomysteriouso; timburchett; uap; ufo; ufos
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To: RoosterRedux

The Air Force admitted they exist in 1952.

“[T]here have been a certain percentage of this volume of reports that have been made by credible observers of relatively incredible things.

“It is this group of observations that we now are attempting to resolve. Our basic difficulty in dealing with these is that there is no measurement of them that makes it possible for us to put them in any pattern that would be profitable for a deliberate custom sort of analysis to take the next step.”

- John A. Samford, USAf
https://www.allreadable.com/ed388j2f


21 posted on 07/22/2023 2:20:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: mo
So, are you having trouble looking into UFOs and all other other news stories. I can assure you, I am processing all of it just fine. Doesn't that truly eliminate the notion that this is somehow taking people's attention from other matters? Nobody is saturated with any single story in the news. Besides, the UFO stuff really isn't in the news.

If this saturated your mind, consider staying in the other threads.

22 posted on 07/22/2023 2:21:36 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: RoosterRedux

Because it’s BS


23 posted on 07/22/2023 2:25:17 PM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: maddog55; Levy78; RoosterRedux

“Many seem to think UFOs are the devil’s work which is beyond bizzare but I guess UFOs threaten their beliefs if real. Can’t figure that one out either.”

Bingo... Here it is right here. The 12th century superstition that is perpetual.

“Never say the name or speak of the evil or we will be cursed”.


24 posted on 07/22/2023 2:25:52 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Magic Fingers; RoosterRedux

“It conflicts with their predetermined mindset.”

Some minds are like concrete: All mixed up and permanently set.


25 posted on 07/22/2023 2:26:45 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: MeganC

“Some minds are like concrete: All mixed up and permanently set.”

Lol, brilliant! May I steal that? :)


26 posted on 07/22/2023 2:28:56 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Fledermaus
Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.

Are you against free speech when it is about something YOU think is BS?

27 posted on 07/22/2023 2:30:01 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: MeganC

Heheh. Love it!


28 posted on 07/22/2023 2:31:18 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Openurmind; Churchjack; eastforker; Levy78; maddog55; Jonty30; GingisK; Mark17; spirited irish; ...
The only issue I have with Tim Burchett's comments is that most of the government does not know anything about the topic. UFO/ET information has been compartmentalized out of normal military and civilian channels to the point that most organizations are being honest when they say they don't have anything.

The real culprits are the "Unlisted Special Access Projects" that do not appear in any organization chart, funding channel, or project lists. The current legislation in progress is aimed at people who work in those. The question is, "What would make those people respond to the legislation?".

29 posted on 07/22/2023 2:32:13 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: eastforker

“believed, without fail, everything his daddy ever told him in life.”

And I was the exact opposite when it came to believing my father.


30 posted on 07/22/2023 2:33:15 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: MeganC
Some minds are like concrete: All mixed up and permanently set.

Oh, for crying out loud, Megan, that is priceless!!

31 posted on 07/22/2023 2:33:52 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: GingisK

I’m a Christian and believe in intelligent life somewhere out there, in the billions of galaxies which contain billions of stars, surrounded by billions of planets, the laws of probability dictate that somewhere a planet has intelligent life on it.

Like you I don’t think believing in intelligent life on other planets violates my Christian beliefs in the slightest.

Personally, in my lifetime I want to see the existence of alien life confirmed, I want to see what the government has and know what is true and what is false.

If some form of intelligent life has visited earth, clearly, they are using technology that we do not have any fundamental understanding of, which in my opinion means if they wanted to destroy us, they could at any moment, so why worry about it, welcome the intelligent life, maybe we could learn something from them, who knows.


32 posted on 07/22/2023 2:35:10 PM PDT by srmanuel
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To: RoosterRedux

Why would you ask that? Did I say people can’t talk about anything? No.

Assume much?

Burchett us the looniest Repub Congressman we have here in TN. At least he’s nit my representative.


33 posted on 07/22/2023 2:35:32 PM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: srmanuel

Well stated! I concur.


34 posted on 07/22/2023 2:37:02 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Openurmind

“Lol, brilliant! May I steal that? :)”

Enjoy!


35 posted on 07/22/2023 2:38:25 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Fledermaus

Fair enough.


36 posted on 07/22/2023 2:40:53 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: srmanuel

I agree. I too believe in Our Lord Jesus Christ yet I do not allow orthodoxy to trump reality.

If there are other civilizations in the universe this has not one iota of effect upon my faith.


37 posted on 07/22/2023 2:41:47 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: GingisK

I absolutely agree!


38 posted on 07/22/2023 2:43:00 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: MeganC

:)


39 posted on 07/22/2023 2:43:37 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind; All

Explain why it needs to be redacted? Unless Jonny the foreign spy found it and you redact that Jonny is a foreign spy. What is the justified for reacting anything? Joe Biden is stable enough to k own but the rest of the people are not?


40 posted on 07/22/2023 2:48:43 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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