A sitting United States Congressman has just opened a new front in the UAP transparency fight, and this time the target is a private contractor.
According to the official statement from the Office of Congressman Eric Burlison of Missouri, formal legislative interrogatories and production requests have been transmitted to The MITRE Corporation, a Federally Funded Research and Development Center, demanding answers about classified UAP records, recovered materials, technologies of unknown origin, and alleged legacy crash retrieval or reverse engineering programs.
The legal foundation behind the inquiry is the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, which established a national UAP Records Collection at the National Archives under Record Group 615.
As noted in his statement, Burlison said federally funded research and development centers cannot become private vaults for federal records, especially records Congress has directed to be identified, preserved, reviewed, and transferred for public release.
The interrogatories cover Special Access Programs, Controlled Access Programs, classification guides, sponsor communications, and any internal disclosures or retaliation concerns. Burlison also issued a direct appeal to whistleblowers, naming the Inspector General, the United States Office of Special Counsel, the Government Accountability Office, and the House Whistleblower Ombuds as protected channels. MITRE is the first FFRDC to face this kind of formal inquiry. Others may follow.
