(NewsNation) — A U.S. congresswoman has expressed interest in interviewing UFO whistleblowers to learn more about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), but one investigative journalist is doubtful the effort will succeed.
Ross Coulthart says Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., seems well-intentioned, but he notes her Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets has only a six-month lifespan, no significant powers and a full plate that also includes looking for files surrounding the deaths of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, among other topics.
“She doesn’t even have the powers of subpoena,” Coulthart said of Rep. Luna. “A lot of people, myself included, are getting increasingly skeptical that the administration is promising a lot to get a quick headline, but are they actually going to follow through?”
Coulthart has interviewed a former U.S. Airforce airman and government contractor who claims to have taken part in a government program to handle and retrieve nonhuman technology. Helicopter pilot Jake Barber said he transported a white, egg-shaped object the size of an SUV. On another occasion, he observed a flying disc with eight discernible edges, something he referred to as an “eightgon.”
Coulthart’s continuing reports on the issue of UAPs come amid renewed interest in the topic based on new documentation about unexplained sightings. Last year, residents in the Northeast reported seeing large drone-like objects overhead.