(OPINION) A congressman has claimed the US has wreckage recovered from a UFO as the phenomena takes center stage today in Washington. Rep. Tim Burchett – a long-term advocate for disclosure – told The Sun Online he has been informed by reliable sources that “material” has been recovered from the objects or craft that have been reported in skies over the US.

The Tennessee Republican declined to elaborate further as he said the information had been passed to him in a “classified setting”. “I’ve been told by multiple sources we have recovered something from these [crafts or objects],” Mr. Burchett told The Sun Online.

He was speaking as we are now just hours away from the first UFO hearing in Washington in decades as the topic steps from the fringe into the mainstream. UFO discussion in the US has shifted from conspiracy theories to a genuine national security concern after a string of servicemen and defense officials came forward regarding their strange encounters.


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And the most striking of which was the trio of leaked videos showing UFOs operating near US warships and being pursued by fighter planes, known as the Tic Tac, Gimbal, and Go Fast.

Mr. Burchett however warned he does not have faith in the upcoming Congressional hearing, believing that whatever the US knows will be continued to be covered up by institutions in Washington.

And he said full disclosure that revealed evidence of alien life visiting Earth could change the world – saying he believes it would help people put terrestrial differences to bed. “It would do away with the ‘bogeyman from overseas’,” he told The Sun Online. READ MORE