2025 Congressional UAP Hearings
Throughout 2025, Congress held multiple hearings on UAPs, including the first session of the House Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets in December. Witnesses testified about military encounters, whistleblower retaliation, and objects surviving weapons strikes. The FY2026 NDAA mandates Pentagon briefings on UAP intercepts.
The year 2025 marked an unprecedented level of congressional engagement with the UAP phenomenon, with multiple hearings producing dramatic testimony, contentious exchanges with Pentagon officials, and legislation that may force greater transparency about unexplained aerial encounters.
The December Task Force
In December 2025, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets convened its first UAP-focused hearing. This new task force represents Congress’s most direct effort yet to extract information about UAPs from a Defense Department that lawmakers increasingly accuse of stonewalling.
The hearing came as NORAD and U.S. Northern Command confronted a concerning increase in unexplained drone and UAP incursions near sensitive military installations and critical infrastructure. Members demanded answers about incidents that have occurred across North America, from the drone swarms over New Jersey to encounters at military bases.
September 2025 Testimony
Earlier in the year, a September 9 hearing produced some of the most dramatic UAP-related congressional testimony to date. Representative Eric Burlison presented video showing an MQ-9 Reaper drone striking an unidentified orb off the coast of Yemen - an orb that allegedly continued flying after being hit by a Hellfire missile.
Air Force veteran Dylan Borland testified about alleged whistleblower retaliation he faced after reporting a UAP event at Langley Air Force Base involving a triangular aircraft that hovered above him. His testimony highlighted concerns that military personnel are being discouraged from reporting UAP encounters.
Legislative Action
The FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act includes provisions requiring the Pentagon to brief lawmakers on UAP intercept operations conducted by military commands since 2004. The legislation represents the most aggressive congressional push for UAP transparency in history.
Key provisions include:
- Mandatory briefings on all UAP intercepts over North American airspace
- Requirements for reporting on any recovered materials of unknown origin
- Whistleblower protections for military personnel reporting UAP encounters
- Deadlines for declassification of UAP-related documents
Pentagon Position
The Pentagon has maintained its position that there is no evidence UAPs are extraterrestrial in nature and has denied the existence of crash retrieval programs. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) continues to state it has found no verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial technology.
However, this official stance has done little to satisfy congressional investigators who point to the volume of credible military witnesses, radar data, and now video evidence of anomalous encounters. The gap between official denials and the testimony of military personnel has become a central tension in the ongoing UAP disclosure effort.