Aliens are real and the US government is hiding the proof,Congressman Tim Burchetthas claimed in a series of interviews in Washington, warning that what he has been told in classified briefings is so serious it would leave the public 'up at night worrying' if it were fully revealed.
Burchett, a Republican member of the US House of Representatives, has become one of the most outspoken voices in Congress on unidentified flying objects and alleged extraterrestrial technology.
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He has repeatedly accused American intelligence and defence agencies of withholding key information from elected officials and is now using his platform to demand full disclosure of what he calls decades of secret work on UFOs and alien craft. His latest remarks, reported by Metro and The Hill, come as fascination with government secrecy on the topic continues to spill from conspiracy forums into mainstream politics.
Speaking to conservative network Newsmax, Burchett said he has been briefed by 'just about every alphabet agency there is' on unexplained aerial phenomena. The picture he painted is not the familiar internet folklore of grainy lights in the sky, but something he describes as structurally hidden from public view.
'I've been briefed by just about every alphabet agency there is, and I'll just tell you this, if they would release the things that I've seen, you would stay up, you'd be up at night worrying about or thinking about this stuff,' Burchett said, according to Metro.
He went further, claiming that a recent classified update left even him shaken. 'I will just tell you this, I was briefed two weeks ago on an issue, and it would've set the earth, this country would've come unglued, I think, if they had heard all that I'd heard.'
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He did not specify what that 'issue' involved, and there is no independent confirmation of the content of those briefings. No US agency has publicly corroborated his claims.
What is clear is that he is trying to move the UFO debate from fringe speculation into a matter of public spending and democratic oversight. In another appearance, reported by The Hill, Burchett told Fox News viewers it was 'about time' for the government to 'disclose it all' and stop treating the subject as a taboo.
Source: International Business Times UK
