Burlison Warns Midterms Could Halt UFO Disclosure Effort
The congressman says Democrats would investigate the Trump administration, forcing it to divert resources to defending itself.
Rep. Eric Burlison says a Republican loss in the midterms would bring the UFO disclosure effort to a halt because Democrats would investigate the administration, which would then focus on defending itself. The claim is political and unverified, and the administration has not confirmed the existence of nonhuman intelligence.
“If we lose the midterms, this effort will come to a complete stop.” Republican Rep. Eric Burlison of Missouri made the remarks on a podcast hosted by Chrissy Newton, according to the American news outlet AOL.
He wasn’t referring to the disclosure effort itself, but to which party controls Congress. Democrats have said, he noted, that if they take control, they will focus on investigating the Trump administration. The administration, which has devoted significant resources to the effort, would redirect them to dealing with the investigations, changing its priorities entirely.
The Team Could Be Reassigned, Too
Burlison said the team working on the effort could also be assigned other duties. Stephen Miller, who is leading the disclosure effort, would be reassigned to help the administration respond to investigators. For the next two years, Burlison said, Democrats would focus on political battles rather than releasing information about UFOs.
The caucus, a group of members of Congress working to promote transparency on UFOs, was founded in 2023, after David Grusch testified before Congress. Grusch claimed at the time that the U.S. government had aircraft of nonhuman origin and that the United States had tried to decipher their technology.
The Effort’s Timeline
The U.S. Department of War said the disclosure effort began on May 8, 2026, and that the seventh batch of documents was released on October 23, 2026. The administration has not officially confirmed the existence of nonhuman intelligence, and Grusch’s claims have not been verified. The prediction that the effort will be halted is a political assessment, not a description of something that has already happened.
Questions & answers
Why would the UFO disclosure effort stop if Republicans lose?
Burlison says Democrats would focus on investigating the administration, which would redirect its resources to defending itself. He also said Stephen Miller and the team supporting the effort would be assigned other work. These are his claims, and no evidence has been presented to support them.
Has the U.S. government confirmed the existence of nonhuman intelligence?
No. The government has not officially confirmed it, and David Grusch’s claims about aircraft of nonhuman origin have not been verified.