Who?
Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) — Congressional UAP Caucus; Oversight Committee
LISTEN: Laslo & Burlison
Ask a Pol asks:
Any update on the Secrets Task Force's effort to publicly release these 40+ classified videos?
Key Burlison:
“I have heard from people within the intelligence community that they are collecting these. They’re gathering the videos for a presentation to us,” Rep. Eric Burlison exclusively tells Ask a Pol UAP. “That means they’re taking it seriously.”
But possibly not publicly released?
“Right,” Burlison says.
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Caught our ear, per “missing” scientists:
Do you think the focus needs to go to these “missing” scientists? It’s getting a lot of attention.
“To me, there’s enough bandwidth to focus on both,” Burlison tells us. “The missing scientists, I think there’s clearly an overlap, there’s a connection. But in and of itself it’s worth the investigation even if it has nothing to do with UAP.”
ICYMI — Ask a Pol broke news on the scientists yesterday…
Burlison’s staying skeptical:
“I’m totally dubious. I don’t trust this town at all,” Burlison says. “But it still doesn’t mean you don’t try.”
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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol‘s exclusive interview with Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Eric Burlison (4-22-2026)
SCENE: As UAP Caucus member Rep. Eric Burlison was heading to vote on the floor of the US House of Representatives, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo got this update from the rushed Congressman.
Matt Laslo: “These videos — are they going to be declassified?”
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Rep. Eric Burlison: “I have heard from people within the intelligence community that they are collecting these. They’re gathering the videos for a presentation to us.”
Laslo: “For a presentation to you, but possibly not…?”
Burlison: “That means they’re taking it seriously.”
Laslo: “But possibly not publicly released?”
Burlison: “Right. And keep in mind, I sent a joint letter about a month before [Secrets Task Force Chair Anna Paulina] Luna made it public.”
Laslo: “Yeah?”
Burlison: “So they’ve been working on it since that time.”
Laslo: “Where do you — do you think the focus needs to go to these missing scientists? It’s getting a lot of attention.”
Burlison: “To me, there’s enough bandwidth to focus on both.”
Laslo: “Yeah?”
Burlison: “And I think, the missing scientists, I think there’s clearly an overlap, there’s a connection. But in and of itself it’s worth the investigation even if it has nothing to do with UAP.”
Laslo: “Now are we gonna see — like, are you convinced that some of the stuff you’ve seen in classified settings is classified for no reason? That it should be out there for the public?”
Burlison: “That’s absolutely part of our effort.”
Laslo: “Do you think that will change the national debate?”
Burlison: “I think the fact that Trump is saying he wants these released is the real impetus and helpful in getting these things disclosed.”
Laslo: “Now, some people are a little dubious about that. Like when he relaxed cannabis, it was an executive order...”*
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Burlison: “Oh, I’m totally dubious. I don’t trust this town at all.”
Laslo: “Yeah?”
Burlison: “But it still doesn’t mean you don’t try.”
Laslo: “Yeah.”
Burlison: “Alright. Thanks.”
Burlison turns and heads into the US Capitol.
Laslo: “I’ll be watching. Preciate ya.”
Laslo heads back to Capitol steps to find more members of Congress to hound.
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