The Gap Between What Is Known And What Is Told

Three separate developments landed in the UAP disclosure space this week — a congressman negotiating directly with the White House on disclosure language, a secure briefing where a government source confirmed both non-earthly life and machinery to a sitting member of Congress, and a professor who walked into the Pentagon’s UAP office and came out with an admission the public has largely missed. Here is what happened and why it matters.

According to independent journalist Matt Laslo of Ask a Pol, Representative Eric Burlison of Missouri confirmed he is now working directly with the White House on the language of new UAP disclosure legislation. Burlison, who leads the House Oversight Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, told Laslo that conversations with committee chairs in both the House and Senate have advanced enough that the next round of talks will not be starting from zero. The critical development is the White House coordination itself. Burlison said he is asking the executive branch whether new disclosure legislation aligns with whatever release process is already being planned under President Trump’s February directive, and what mechanisms need to be in place to operationalize that disclosure in practice. Former House Intelligence Chair Mike Turner, who reportedly blocked this legislation across two consecutive National Defense Authorization Acts, is no longer in that seat. New Intel Chair Rick Crawford has signaled openness to the discussion, and David Grusch currently serves as a special advisor to Burlison’s task force.

In a separate interview with TMZ, Representative Tim Burchett described being inside a secure briefing where a government source gave specific details — addresses, times, dates, and names — about what has been known at the executive branch level under previous administrations. When asked directly whether the information involved non-earthly machinery, a form of non-earthly life, or both, Burchett said both categories applied.

The third piece came from Harvard professor and Galileo Project director Avi Loeb, speaking with NewsNation. Loeb revealed that during a personal visit to AARO — the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office — last year, staff told him that the reports they found hardest to dismiss came from FBI field agents. Those reports have not been made public. Loeb also confirmed he is aware that Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna holds knowledge of documents connected to the FBI that have never been brought before Congress, and that he hopes Trump’s February directive gives her access to that material. Loeb said publicly he would serve on an independent review board if one is established, and added that if he ever signs a non-disclosure agreement and goes silent afterward, that silence should be read as its own answer.

On the question of what counts as genuine proof. Testimony alone is not enough. The only things that qualify are data from instruments — imagery or physical materials. He also said he does not trust analysis conducted by private defense contractors on recovered materials, because classified research avoids the peer review process by design, meaning incorrect conclusions could have gone uncorrected for decades.

Sources

Laslo, M. (2026, April 3). Burlison wants to “work with White House” to update UAPDA in NDAA. Ask a Pol UAP. https://www.askapoluaps.com/p/burlison-workin-with-white-house-on-new-uapda

NewsNation. (2026, April 4). Trump’s UAP files, underwater UFOS and extinct aliens: Avi Loeb | The Truth of the Matter [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcdhmhFgZNo

TMZ Clips. (2026, April 6). Congressman Tim Burchett says aliens are real & there’s been human contact | TMZ [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7o1ZBE57HQ