A U.F.O. Frenzy & Senate Republicans’ Money Bomb

Anna Paulina Luna
Last week, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, the chair of the House Oversight Committee Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, sent a letter to Pete Hegseth requesting dozens of alleged U.A.P. videos by April 14. Photo: Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Leigh Ann Caldwell
April 6, 2026

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Whatever is going on, it seems like there’s genuine momentum for the government to unveil… whatever it knows. Barack Obama recently declared that aliens are “real,” Trump has ordered government agencies to release files related to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, and one of the Senate’s foremost proponents of U.A.P. transparency, Marco Rubio, now serves as both secretary of State and national security advisor. Last week, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, the chair of the House Oversight Committee Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, sent a letter to Pete Hegseth requesting dozens of alleged U.A.P. videos by April 14.