Rep. Tim Burchett says the federal government is sitting on evidence tied to unidentified aerial phenomena, arguing officials have already seen enough to warrant public disclosure as President Donald Trump prepares to release classified files.
“We’ve seen too much. I’ve seen too much,” Burchett said during an interview on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” pointing to briefings he received from government officials that included video and photographic material.
“Not myself personally, but when I’ve been briefed by government officials, video, pictures. Some of the best-trained pilots in the world have described having close collisions with some sort of aircraft or apparatus, and so I think it’s time that they come clean,” he added.
When the titular host asked whether he believes extraterrestrial life exists, Burchett didn’t hedge. “Yes, sir, I do,” he said.
"We've seen too much, I've seen too much!"
Tim Burchett calls for transparency on what the US government are spending tens of millions of dollars on, as anticipation builds around the release of the UFO files.
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Burchett said his view has been shaped not only by government briefings but also by how he interprets religious texts, pointing to passages he believes could describe advanced technology.
“Genesis one, chapter one, ‘God created the heavens and the earth.’ You look at the Book of Ezekiel, Ezekiel saw the wheel, and it described a wheel within a wheel with some sort of landing craft,” he explained.
Morgan pushed back, questioning whether any of the information is verifiable proof rather than unexplained phenomena.
“So I guess the more difficult question for you is you’ve seen and heard about what we would describe as phenomena, but it’s unexplained phenomena. Have you ever seen any cold, hard, irrefutable factual evidence to support alien life?” Morgan questioned.
Burchett said he hasn’t personally seen anything he couldn’t identify, but he pointed to accounts from pilots and officials he says risk their careers by speaking out.
"If that makes me a target… so be it!"
Tim Burchett says he receives death threats “constantly” for speaking out about the UFO files, adding that he is "sick of the American people being lied to".
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— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) April 21, 2026
“Have I seen a craft or anything fly over me that was unidentifiable? No, sir, I have not personally,” he said. “I have to question why a pilot, some of the best in the world, would risk their reputations coming forth and telling me this stuff.”
He pointed to a separate account he said came from a former Navy serviceman, describing a massive object that moved overhead without making a sound.
“This craft flew over them and then it took off without any noise or any disturbance around them,” Burchett said. “The descriptions they gave were very vivid and very similar.”
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Burchett shifted to reports from underwater tracking, saying sensors have picked up enormous objects moving at high speed and raising the possibility that some of these encounters originate below the surface rather than in the sky.
“There’s five deepwater areas. We have a lot of sightings in the air over that,” he noted. “Something as big as a football field has been traced on our sonar that went over 200 miles an hour.”
He said individuals who report sightings can face scrutiny after coming forward.
“When they make a sighting like this, they’re pulled off the line and they will get a psych evaluation,” Burchett pointed out.
He accused federal officials of keeping key details about unexplained aerial encounters out of public view and questioned why details have not been made public.
“I feel like this is something that’s being held back for whatever reason,” he said. “I have no faith in our federal government will release any of this stuff.”
Morgan raised concerns about the broader implications of releasing classified material, asking whether the public is prepared for what could come out.
"It's not the government's job to decide what I can and can't handle… they look down upon people like me!"
Tim Burchett joins Piers Morgan to discuss the release of the UFO files. New episode live 👇
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“Is the world, is America, is the wider world ready?” Morgan said. Burchett dismissed the idea that officials should control that decision.
“It’s not the government’s job to decide what I can and cannot handle,” he said.
The debate comes as President Donald Trump has begun taking steps toward releasing government records tied to UFOs and unidentified aerial phenomena.
Burchett previously said the president should move forward with declassification, arguing the public should be allowed to review the information directly.
He urged Trump to “peel back the layers of that onion, let America decide if we can handle it. I think we can handle it.”
“It’s not about little green men, it’s not about dadgum flying saucers,” Burchett said during a separate appearance on Fox News.
“It’s about what are we spending tens of millions of your dollars on when some alphabet agency tells me they don’t exist and then again, another department within that department tells me they do exist.”
Trump said his administration has already begun reviewing materials tied to extraterrestrial life and UAPs, with initial releases expected soon.
.@POTUS: I recently directed @SecWar to begin releasing government files relating to UFOs and unexplained aerial phenomena. I am pleased to report this process is well underway. We've found many very interesting documents — and the first releases will begin very, very soon. 👽 pic.twitter.com/kmRTUOefWX
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“As you remember, I recently directed the Secretary of War to begin releasing government files relating to UFOs and unexplained aerial phenomena. And I figured this was a good crowd, because I know you people, you’re really into that. I don’t know [that] I am,” Trump said during remarks at a Turning Point USA event.
“So I’m pleased to report today — I thought I’d save it for this crowd — because you’re a little bit out there, you know, a little bit. That this process is well underway, and we’ve found many very interesting documents, I must say, and the first releases will begin very, very soon.”
Trump previously wrote on Truth Social that he had directed the Department of Defense to release files “related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters.”
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