Congress continues to seek answers on UFOs

Some lawmakers are hoping for more transparency on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), more commonly known as UFOs, as whistleblower David Grusch heads to Washington for a new role.

Grusch will be a senior adviser for Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), helping the lawmaker with issues related to UFOs and will hold that position for a four-month period.

In June 2023, he made claims that the Pentagon was operating a UAP retrieval program that was being hidden from lawmakers and the public.

A House Oversight Committee hearing on the issue of UFOs was held in July of that year. Grusch and others who said they were former members of the retrieval program testified.

Journalist Ross Coulthart said Burlison hiring Grusch for this role was a great move toward getting transparency on UFOs from the government.

"There's nothing quite like being in the Congress to be able to get in the ear of different lawmakers to let them know what to ask for," Coulthart said during his Tuesday appearance on NewsNation's "The Hill."

Burlison is part of the House Oversight Committee and on a subcommittee for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Coulthart said if the claims of the Pentagon's UAP program are true, DOGE could possibly look at it as something to review with government spending.

With the release of files on the assassinations of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., former President Kennedy and former Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-N.Y.), Coulthart said he hopes to see classified files on UFOs released by the Trump administration soon, as President Trump expressed his support for disclosing UFOs.

"The ball is now in President Trump's court," Coulthart told host Blake Burman.