1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,100 For more on all of this, we're bringing in NewsNation Special Correspondent Ross Coulthart. 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:06,100 Ross, it is always so good to see you. 3 00:00:06,580 --> 00:00:11,300 Let's start with what Representative Burchett says that an admiral told him, 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,460 an extremely fast-moving underwater UFO. 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:14,780 What do you make of this? 6 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:16,780 How does this line up with accounts that you have heard? 7 00:00:17,060 --> 00:00:19,700 And do you think we'll see more people in high-level positions 8 00:00:19,700 --> 00:00:21,700 coming out with these accounts of UFOs? 9 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:25,060 G'day, Natasha. Lovely to speak to you again. 10 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,420 Look, I've heard this story before. 11 00:00:27,420 --> 00:00:32,400 I've heard multiple accounts of objects moving at ridiculous speeds underwater. 12 00:00:32,900 --> 00:00:36,500 I've actually spoken to submariners in both the American military 13 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:38,340 and also the Australian military 14 00:00:38,340 --> 00:00:41,580 who've told me that they've recorded objects moving 15 00:00:41,580 --> 00:00:45,040 at over 1,000 kilometres an hour underwater. 16 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,000 That's faster than the speed of sound in the air. 17 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:49,460 I mean, it's quite extraordinary. 18 00:00:49,660 --> 00:00:53,160 There are weird, anomalous objects now being acknowledged 19 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:54,900 by the United States government, 20 00:00:54,900 --> 00:00:58,180 and we have this weird disconnect where, yes, 21 00:00:58,300 --> 00:01:01,340 they admit that these objects are real, whatever they are, 22 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,720 but they refuse to reveal the secrets that they have, 23 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,140 which we know they have, behind all of this. 24 00:01:07,220 --> 00:01:10,900 And obviously last week we went very public with a major story 25 00:01:10,900 --> 00:01:14,720 where we revealed a whistleblower who actually flatly alleged 26 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,980 that the US government is fully aware of these UAPs, 27 00:01:17,980 --> 00:01:20,760 these unidentified anomalous phenomena, 28 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,900 that they are some form of non-human craft. 29 00:01:25,100 --> 00:01:27,260 Hell of a claim, but he went public 30 00:01:27,260 --> 00:01:29,320 and he was backed by multiple colleagues. 31 00:01:29,820 --> 00:01:33,660 And the silence from the Pentagon on this in the last few days 32 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:35,100 has been deafening. 33 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,120 They've not said a thing. 34 00:01:37,260 --> 00:01:38,200 They haven't denied it. 35 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,980 All they've done is completely try and ignore it. 36 00:01:40,980 --> 00:01:43,480 Yeah, we have Representative Burschick coming on the show tomorrow. 37 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,040 Do you have a question for him in particular and others like him? 38 00:01:47,060 --> 00:01:49,360 I think the big thing for Tim is, 39 00:01:49,700 --> 00:01:53,940 does he think that there's the political will inside the Congress? 40 00:01:54,420 --> 00:01:56,200 I'm getting feel-outs at the moment 41 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,740 from very senior people in the Trump administration, 42 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,860 especially in the wake of my interview with Don Trump Jr. 43 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,460 before I did the primetime special. 44 00:02:04,460 --> 00:02:07,260 People are contacting me very discreetly 45 00:02:07,260 --> 00:02:09,660 from the very highest levels of defence, 46 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:12,520 new intelligence community appointees, 47 00:02:12,660 --> 00:02:14,220 and they're asking the question, 48 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,440 you know, can we speak to Jake Barber? 49 00:02:16,580 --> 00:02:19,220 Is it possible for us to get a briefing from this guy? 50 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:21,040 Can we see the evidence? 51 00:02:21,620 --> 00:02:23,320 I think there's been a timidity, 52 00:02:23,660 --> 00:02:24,960 there's been a stigma, frankly, 53 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,020 attached to this subject for decades, 54 00:02:27,020 --> 00:02:30,320 and the intelligence community that wants to suppress this story 55 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:32,160 has used that stigma 56 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,780 to try and stop politicians from engaging with it. 57 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,720 So the big question for Tim is, 58 00:02:38,100 --> 00:02:39,820 does he think he can get the numbers 59 00:02:39,820 --> 00:02:43,980 not just with the UAP caucus that he has in the House, 60 00:02:44,420 --> 00:02:46,760 but more importantly with the opinion makers, 61 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:48,320 with Marco Rubio, 62 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:50,500 who's previously spoken out about the issue 63 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:51,820 before he became, of course, 64 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,320 the Secretary of State in this new administration. 65 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,800 He's indicated that he's aware of first-hand whistleblowers, 66 00:02:57,960 --> 00:02:59,060 and now, of course, 67 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,720 one of those first-hand whistleblowers has come forward. 68 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,620 I'm aware, because I'm talking to some of them, 69 00:03:04,900 --> 00:03:07,680 there are senior people in defence and intelligence 70 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,340 who want you all to know the truth about this story, 71 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:13,840 but there's a logjam in the Congress. 72 00:03:14,300 --> 00:03:16,000 What's needed is for the Congress 73 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,280 to indicate that there's a political will, 74 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,400 and that's where Tim and his colleagues come in. 75 00:03:21,460 --> 00:03:23,040 They've done a great job in the House, 76 00:03:23,100 --> 00:03:26,100 but are the people who are the key influencers, 77 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,660 the key opinion leaders on the key committees, 78 00:03:28,660 --> 00:03:31,780 are they going to let these questions be asked 79 00:03:31,780 --> 00:03:34,160 in either private or public forum?