Tennessee Representative Tim Burchett takes trending alien conversations to the depths of Earth’s oceans.
According to a report by Wreg Memphis NewsChannel 3 (via The Hill), the Republican congressman has publicly announced his belief that aliens may be operating secret underwater bases right here on our planet. Because of the interesting intersection between religion and science, Burchett’s claims are now in Washington and beyond.
During a recent appearance on former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s One America News Show, he made it clear that he arrived at this point with a thought process of supreme, unlimited power. “I think traveling light years is going to happen,” Burchett said. Burchett also pondered the unimaginable distances aliens might travel to Earth.
He added in his explanation: “Those stars we left there at night in the time of Christ.”
Burchett’s fascination with the unknown is nothing new. Last April, following a classified briefing on unidentified anomalies (UAPs), he suggested that the US government was deliberately withholding information about these mysterious events.
“I think there was a cover-up,” Burchett claimed. “We’ve had departments tell us they have recovery units, but they won’t release a full report. It’s all covered up.”
Members of Congress’ interest in foreigners gained momentum in the summer of 2023, when whistleblowers came forward at a series of UAP hearings. These insiders claim that the government has long concealed evidence of advanced foreign or alien artifacts.
Burchett took action by asking the intelligence community’s inspector general to investigate the shocking claims. Burchett described one case that particularly frightened him. “When they tell me something moves underwater at hundreds of miles an hour, and our capabilities…and these things are, it’s huge, it’s the size of an underwater football field,” he said. It’s a documented case…I have admirals telling me these things,” he said.
Burchett even led the effort to create a UAP caucus in the House of Representatives, joining a group of bipartisan lawmakers demanding more transparency from the military on all things alien. Burchett, who spent tens of millions on the mystery investigation, believed Americans deserved the full story, even if it meant unearthing the secrets of a science fiction movie.
Interestingly, Burchett is not the first U.S. lawmaker to explore the outer edges of plausibility. A prominent recent example of congressional conspiracy theories involves Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). In 2018, she speculated on the possibility of using secret “space lasers” to start wildfires in California.
The theory, which linked Wildfire to a powerful and shadowy elite, was widely debunked and criticized, but highlighted her willingness to amplify far-fetched claims. Her comments on various conspiracy theories, including QAnon, have sparked national debate and raised concerns about the influence of such ideas in government agencies.
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