New Oversight Subcommittee Chair Timmons: UAPs will "come up" but focused on "drone incursions”

US Capitol Rotunda. Photo: Matt Laslo

Who?

Rep. William Timmons (R-SC) — Chair, House Oversight Subcommittee on Military & Foreign Affairs

LISTEN: Laslo & Timmons

Ask a Pol asks:

Do you think the restructuring of the Oversight Committee will have any impact on the UAP investigation?

Key Timmons:

“We are considering a hearing on drone incursions into military airspace,” Rep. William Timmons exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “It's not really a UAP hearing. That will, at some point come up, for sure, but it's more drone incursions.”

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Caught our ear:

“I don't necessarily agree with that,” Timmons tells us.

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. William Timmons (R-SC), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Rep. William Timmons

SCENE: Ahead of the last House vote of the week, Rep. William Timmons and Andy Ogles are walking through the underground tunnels connecting House Office Buildings to the US Capitol.

Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo proceeds to catch up with them just as they’re entering the quiet basement of the actual US Capitol fore hopping an elevator with them.

Matt Laslo: “Congratulations.”

William Timmons: “Thank you.”

ML: “You're now chair — I wrote it down…”

Laslo’s flipping through his notebook.

WT: “Military & Foreign Affairs.”

ML: “So when it comes to the UAP issue, do you think the restructuring of Oversight is gonna have any impact on that?”

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WT: “We are considering a hearing on drone incursions into military airspace. It's not really a UAP hearing.”

ML: “Yup?”

WT: “That will, at some point come up, for sure, but it's more drone incursions.”

ML: “This is where I'm intrigued on how you guys bifurcate this, cause when I heard FBI, DHS and DOJ testifying in front of Homeland [Security Committee] in, like, November [correction: December]…”

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ML: “They had no idea what the stuff over America's skies were. So, like, that, by definition, is UAP.”

Timmons is shaking his head in disagreement.

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