The UFO Phenomenon

Rep. Tim Burchett on UAPs: 'one was as large as a football field'

By T.K. Randall
April 23, 2026 ·  28 comments

Image: Tim Burchett (2012)
Credit: Danandrewsreporter / CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted) An increasing number of public officials and lawmakers have become vocal with regard to the topic of UFOs in recent years, with many unafraid to speak out and express their views on the matter.

One of these, Rep. Tim Burchett, has become particularly well known in this regard.

Speaking recently on Elizabeth Vargas Reports, he added further comments concerning the potential existence of aerial vehicles capable of maneuvers beyond those of any conventional aircraft.

"I've seen pictures and video of things that defy any reason that we have, and everybody says, 'Well, it's our stuff, it's the Russians, it's the Chinese,'" he said.

"If it's the Chinese, ma'am, they would own us."

"If it was the Russians, they wouldn't be bogged down in Ukraine.""If it was ours, we would never risk our military fighting men and women in half-a-billion-dollar aircraft out with these things that they're spotting."

"These things can hover for hours on end, then they can just shoot straight up, they can do angles."

Burchett also remarked on something an admiral had previously told him about an incident in which an enormous, fast-moving underwater object showed up on sonar.

The object, it was claimed, was the size of a football field and could move at 200mph.

"We don't have anything of that capability or that size," said Burchett.

As things stand, we are still waiting for the promised release of the government's UFO files that President Donald Trump recently described as "very interesting".

Whether the cases referenced here by Burchett will be among them, however, remains to be seen.

Source: The Hill | Comments (28)

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