Putin ‘would have landed UFO on White House steps’ to show ‘superiority’ if Russia was behind sightings, GOP rep says
VLADIMIR Putin "would have landed a UFO on steps of the White House" to show "superiority" if Russia was behind the sightings, a Republican congressman claims.
Rep. Tim Burchett said the Russian president is "an egomaniac" adding: "If they had a UFO he would have landed one on the steps of the White House just to show his superiority."
His comments come as intelligence experts prepare to publish the findings of the Pentagon's highly anticipated report into this week.
Burchett told : "Something clearly is going on. It's undeniable that that is something is out there."
He claims Navy pilots have seen an orb that has either been sent by “somebody on this planet” or is of alien origin.
Ahead of summit with in Geneva, there was speculation that the if he suspected the Russian strongman was sending hypersonic technology to bug US Navy vessels.
last week and they refused to confirm if the findings concluded that extra-terrestrial life exists.
Rep. Burchett said: “Clearly, something’s going on that we can’t handle. I mean UFOs were in the Bible. Read Ezekiel, it talks about the wheel flying around.
"So, I mean they’ve been around since we’ve been around, and somebody needs to come up with some answers."
He added: "They haven't been truthful to us about Roswell, New Mexico in ’47. When the Air Force finally briefed us, I remember the report, I was a young man, but I remember the guy was sort of smirking.
"You know, more people believe in UFOs than believe in Congress right now.";
UFOs, which were once a fringe conspiracy, have turned into a genuine
The Sun on Monday exclusively reported on claims that in a bizarre incident at a US military base.
Gary Heseltine, vice president of ICER, a new organisation set up ahead of the Pentagon report to call for full disclosure on the topic, believes the UFO story starts with man's first nuke bomb tests in 1945.
Mr Heseltine told The Sun Online: "It is likely that when the US detonated the first atomic bomb that it literally sent shockwaves out into space and alerted other civilisations that life on earth has evolved technologically to the point that it could split the atom and create atomic fusion.
"From that point on it seems that UFOs began to show up near US military installations and worldwide."
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney told the : “We take the issue of unexplained aerial phenomena seriously to the extent that we’re dealing with the safety and security of US military personnel or the national security interests of the United States, so we want to know what we’re dealing with."
Rep. Andre Carson, who chaired the classified briefing, said it was a “significant and timely topic” amid fears that unidentified aerial phenomena could pose a national security risk to Americans.
Democratic congresswoman Val Demings said: "You know it's always about our safety and security — our national security is [priority] number one."
The UAP debate soared up the political agenda after Pentagon officials released three videos that appeared to show US Navy encounters with UFOs.
Footage appeared to show a mysterious orb that looked like a "Tic Tac" buzzing around a US ship in 2004 off the coast of San Diego.
And, an unusual orb was also caught stalking the in July 2019.
then claimed she saw a craft matching the description of the "Tic Tac" buzzing in Leicestershire, England.
Last month, intelligence agents appeared to rule out that the vast majority of reported sightings were not American military or other government technology, according to leaked conclusions published by .
But, they appeared to leave open the theory that unmanned hypersonic technology might have been sent by or to harass US vessels.
An unclassified report must be presented to Congress by June 25 as lawmakers mandated intelligence experts in December to report back within 180 days.
The dossier will be unclassified and is expected to contain everything the US Government knows about "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena."
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It's expected that recommendations for further UFO research and funding will be included in the report.
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But, it will still include one classified annex which is unavailable for the public and the media to read.
Nick Pope, a former Ministry of Defence official, previously told The Sun that the when the findings are presented.