Congressman Requests Trump Meeting on Underwater UFO Bases

Congressman Tim Burchett has gone on record stating he believes there are five or six underwater bases on Earth that are nonhuman. According to Burchett, Navy officials told him about objects the size of football fields moving at 200 miles per hour beneath the waves. He has now requested a meeting with President Trump to discuss the matter.

These claims emerged during NewsNation’s special “Reality Check with Ross Coulthart” focusing on underwater UFOs. What makes the claims noteworthy is the source. Burchett serves as co-chair of the bipartisan UAP caucus and has led multiple congressional hearings on the subject. He also worked on strengthening whistleblower protections following allegations made by David Grusch about a legacy crash retrieval program. As someone who sits on committees with access to classified briefings, Burchett is not speculating from the outside. He is describing what officials are telling him behind closed doors.

During the NewsNation interview, Burchett explained that his conversations with pilots revealed sightings consistently occurred over water. A chance conversation with a former admiral about five or six deep water areas shifted his focus to underwater phenomena. The speed of these objects raises significant questions. Water is roughly 800 times denser than air, and the fastest military submarines can only travel around 30 to 40 miles per hour. If the reports are accurate, whatever is being detected operates far beyond current engineering capabilities.

Burchett has requested a 15-minute meeting with President Trump to discuss the underwater UFO issue directly. During the 2024 campaign, Trump indicated he would support more transparency on UAPs, and Burchett believes that commitment still stands. The congressman has put faith in his personal relationship with the president, expressing confidence that if he can get Trump’s attention on this matter, real disclosure could finally happen. Burchett has stated that nothing will change until someone in the White House says enough is enough and orders full disclosure. He believes Trump may be the president willing to do exactly that.

Donald Trump (left) and Tim Burchett (right)

In a separate interview with Tucker Carlson in October 2025, Burchett elaborated further. He described these deep water areas as locations we know less about than the surface of the moon. According to Burchett, Navy sources believe whatever is down there may have been present for thousands of years. His reasoning for why this technology does not belong to the United States or foreign adversaries is straightforward. Pilots have reported near collisions with these objects, and Burchett argues the military would not risk its best pilots by putting unknown craft in their flight paths. He also pointed out that if Russia or China possessed this capability, they would not keep it secret. Russia would not be struggling in Ukraine, and China would already be dominant.

Burchett shared a particularly striking moment from his conversations with Navy officials. One official chose to leave his office through a back door to avoid being seen. Before leaving, the official looked at him and said, “Tim, they are real.”

When Ross Coulthart pressed Burchett directly on whether these underwater bases are nonhuman, Burchett confirmed that is his belief. He stated the United States does not have the capabilities to travel there or do anything else at those depths.

Burchett also addressed what he sees as a cover-up. According to his Tucker Carlson interview, he believes five or six major corporations have possession of retrieved technology. The information has been so compartmentalized that most government employees genuinely know nothing. The technology was moved to private hands decades ago, which means Congress cannot use Freedom of Information Act requests to access it. Burchett described being warned by colleagues to stop pursuing the issue, with one person telling him in a crowded hallway that he was kicking a hornets nest.

The Pentagon officially denies any knowledge of extraterrestrial engagement with Earth. However, according to Coulthart, members of Congress who receive classified briefings are making very different statements. Coulthart described this as a funny game where the Pentagon categorically denies everything while congressmen come out of private hearings well informed with contradictory information. Coulthart went as far as calling this the biggest story in human history.

Sources

Enigma Labs | Report a UFO sighting. (n.d.). Enigma Labs | Report a UFO Sighting. https://enigmalabs.io/

NewsNation. (2025, December 8). Reality Check with Ross Coulthart: Underwater UFOs [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbvorziWMm8

Tucker Carlson. (2025, October 10). New underwater UFO sightings and the Non-Human Tech the Government is hiding | Rep. Tim Burchett [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3eiFAl2JtQ