Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett, who did not elaborate on the alleged briefings he received, has pushed for the government to share what it knows about UFOs during his time in Congress
Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett shared a cryptic message to the public about his knowledge of unexplained phenomena and extraterrestrial life.
During an appearance on Newsmax on Wednesday, April 1, the Republican congressman — who is on the House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets — referenced briefings he’s received from government agencies about aliens and outer space.
Since he joined the legislative body, Burchett has been a vocal voice on Capitol Hill about investigating unidentified flying objects (UFOs), unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and outer space activity.
Despite saying he advocated for “full disclosure” of evidence, Burchett offered only suspenseful statements about the gravity of what he alleges he has heard.
“I’ve been briefed by just about every alphabet agency there is. And, I’ll just say this, if they were to release the things that I’ve seen, you’d be up at night, worrying about, thinking about this stuff.”
Burchett then claimed he was briefed two weeks prior on an issue that “would have set the Earth” on fire if revealed, trailing off at the end of the statement. “This country would’ve come unglued, I think, if they [the public] would’ve heard all that I heard. They would demand answers.”
Burchett alleged that the reason why information fails to be made public is that those who are briefed on the situation go missing or die, referencing Newsmax’s report about multiple defense scientists who have reportedly vanished or died in the last year. Burchett then shared, “For the record, I’m not suicidal.”
Regarding government transparency on aliens and UFOs, Burchett claimed he told President Donald Trump to “release it all,” he said.
Burchett’s comments come nearly three years after he spearheaded a rare bipartisan effort in Congress to more formally entertain the existence of aliens. At the time, he said the issue was important to him because people all over the country have approached him about it, at the “risk [to] their reputations and careers,” he said in a briefing.
Still, his colleagues Congress seemed reluctant explore the issue at the time, Burchett said.
“We’ve had a heck of a lot of pushback about this hearing,” Burchett said. “There are a lot of people who don’t want this to come to light.”
Trump has pledged to release UFO-related files while he is in office, and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency recently registered the domains for aliens.gov and alien.gov, though neither are active webpages yet.
When asked about what the websites will be used for, a White House spokesperson told PEOPLE, “Stay tuned!” with an alien emoji.
