Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday he believes aliens have underwater bases on Earth.

“I just think travelin’ light years, I think it happens. I think it’s possible in the vastness of God’s great universe. I mean, light years, you know, the light from those stars that we see at night left there before the time of Christ,” Burchett said, joining former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) One America News show, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite

In April, Burchett implied in the wake of a classified briefing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) that the government is purposefully concealing information on them from the American public.

“I think there’s a cover-up,” Burchett said at the time.

“There are tens of millions of dollars that we’ve spent investigating these things. We’ve had departments tell us that they have recovery units, but they won’t release full reports. Everything’s covered up,” Burchett added.

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In 2023, Burchett also headed up an effort to start a UAP caucus in the House, and he is a part of a group of lawmakers from both parties that have consistently pushed for greater transparency from officials in the military on government knowledge on UAP.