Intelligence Agencies Can’t Find Who Controls UFO Clearances
- Cristina Gomez
- Sep 8
- 3 min read
A significant confrontation between Congress and intelligence agencies over UFO / UAP transparency has escalated into what journalist Ross Coulthart describes as a constitutional crisis. According to exclusive reporting by News Nation correspondent Joe Khalil, Representative Anna Paulina Luna revealed that intelligence agencies are actively obstructing congressional oversight by claiming they cannot identify which agency has authorization to grant UAP-related security clearances.
Representative Luna, who chairs the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, disclosed that her committee is “actively getting pushed back on our need to know clearances” from both the Department of Defense and intelligence agencies. According to Luna’s statements to News Nation, these agencies maintain “they cannot find the authorizing agency to actually give us clearance,” a situation she characterized as problematic given that intelligence agencies should possess this information. The congresswoman noted that this obstruction extends beyond congressional members to witnesses, stating that her task force has “been unable to confirm certain people in SCIFs” and cannot obtain SCIF briefings until clearance criteria are met.
The congresswoman revealed during her Sol Foundation interview that when attempting to schedule previous hearings, “every witness that she reached out to said they did not want to testify because they feared for their lives.” Luna emphasized these were not media personalities or public figures, but “legitimate former military or military contractors.” The intimidation extends to current witnesses, with Luna disclosing that “something really bizarre took place with David Grusch” prior to a recent SCIF meeting, an incident she noted is “being handled at the law enforcement level.”
Ross Coulthart framed this obstruction in constitutional terms, questioning why intelligence agencies would impede Congress when the Constitution explicitly grants Article One authority to oversee all federal spending. According to Coulthart’s analysis, this situation transcends standard classification procedures and ventures into potential constitutional violations. He expressed concern that the upcoming September 9th hearing titled “Restoring Public Trust through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection” could become “a dog and pony show,” revealing that intelligence community pushback has prevented at least one witness sought by Representative Eric Burlison from testifying.
The constitutional standoff has forced Luna’s task force to consider unprecedented measures. According to her statements in the Sol Foundation interview, the task force is “going to be going to basically the president to ask if we can get the access to programs that may exist within these different agencies.” Luna explained this presidential approach is necessary because agencies are “passing the buck” by directing the committee between different departments while maintaining over-classification policies. She noted that intelligence agencies hide programs “buried within these onions” with “layers of programs,” yet her task force was specifically “set up to be able to access that information.”
Coulthart used the case of Military official Caison Best to illustrate what he terms AARO’s investigative failures. According to his reporting “AARO’s inability to fairly and objectively investigate UAP cases is now transparently revealed with the evidence of Caison Best.” The case involved a UAP sighting at Cheyenne Mountain, one of America’s most sensitive military installations, yet AARO failed to conduct proper investigation procedures. Coulthart argued this represents more than bureaucratic resistance, calling for Congress to “develop a spine and start subpoenaing under oath the people who are obstructing.”
The September 9th hearing will feature three military veterans as firsthand UAP witnesses — Jeffrey Nuccetelli, Dylan Borland, and Chief Alexandro Wiggins — alongside veteran journalist George Knapp. According to Luna’s assessment reported across multiple sources, this hearing represents a critical test of whether Congress can assert constitutional authority over agencies that appear to operate beyond traditional oversight mechanisms.
This constitutional confrontation occurs against a backdrop of increasing UAP disclosure legislation, including the UAP Whistleblower Protection Act introduced by Representatives Luna and Tim Burchett. The systematic obstruction documented by Luna and analyzed by Coulthart suggests a fundamental clash between congressional oversight responsibilities and intelligence community classification authorities, with implications extending far beyond UAP transparency into core questions of democratic governance and constitutional separation of powers.
Sources
NewsNation. (2025, September 7). Ross Coulthart Q&A: Witnesses named for UAP hearing, rumors of psyop against Ross | Reality Check [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbPvjwSgg-E
The Sol Foundation. (2025, September 5). Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Dr. Avi Loeb: Breaking UAP Hearing News and 3I/ATLAS [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4RtDNkvJH0
