Tennessee Representative Tim Burchett has taken the trending extraterrestrial conversation to the depths of Earth’s oceans.
According to a report from WREG Memphis News Channel 3 (via The Hill), The Republican congressman has openly declared his belief that aliens might be operating secret underwater bases right here on our planet. Burchett’s claims are now making waves in Washington and beyond due to the interesting intersection between religion and science that his beliefs clash on.
During a recent appearance on former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s One America News show, he clearly states that he arrived at this point base on his thought process of the unlimited power of the most high. “I just think travelin’ light years, I think it happens,” Burchett said. Burchett also pondered the unimaginable distances aliens might travel to reach Earth.
“The light from those stars that we see at night left there before the time of Christ,” he added, mixing astronomy and theology in his explanation.
Burchett’s fascination with the unknown isn’t new. Last year in April, following a classified briefing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), he hinted that the U.S. government is deliberately withholding information about these mysterious occurrences.
“I think there’s a cover-up,” Burchett alleged. “We’ve had departments tell us that they have recovery units, but they won’t release full reports. Everything’s covered up.”
The congressman’s interest in aliens gained momentum in the summer of 2023, when whistleblowers came forward during a series of UAP hearings. These insiders alleged that the government has long concealed evidence of advanced crafts of either foreign or extraterrestrial origin.
Burchett took action by requesting the intelligence community’s inspector general investigate these shocking claims. Burchett described one case that had him particularly spooked. “When they tell me something’s moving at hundreds of miles an hour underwater, and our capabilities…and these things, this one was, it was large as a football field underwater,” he said. “And this was a documented case, and…and I have an admiral telling me this stuff.” he said.
Burchett has even led efforts to establish a UAP caucus in the House, joining a bipartisan group of lawmakers demanding greater transparency from the military on all things alien. With tens of millions spent on mysterious investigations, Burchett believes Americans deserve the full story—even if it means unearthing secrets that sound straight out of a sci-fi movie.
Interestingly, Burchett isn’t the first U.S. lawmaker to explore the outer edges of plausibility. One prominent example of recent congressional conspiracy theories involves Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). In 2018, she speculated about a secretive “space laser” potentially being used to start wildfires in California.
The theory, which linked wildfires to a powerful and shadowy elite, was widely debunked and criticized but highlighted her willingness to amplify far-fetched claims. Her comments about various conspiracy theories, including QAnon, have sparked national debates and raised concerns about the influence of such ideas within government institutions.
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