Eric Burlison

Eric Burlison

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Eric Burlison is a U.S. representative from Missouri who has become a prominent House investigator of UAP programs, contractor allegations, and whistleblower access.

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Eric Burlison is an American Republican politician who represented southwest Missouri in the state legislature before winning election to the U.S. House in 2022. In Congress he joined the Oversight and Accountability Committee, where he became one of the lawmakers most actively pursuing classified briefings, witnesses, and records related to unidentified anomalous phenomena.

Before Congress, Burlison worked in software and business and served for years in the Missouri legislature, where he developed a reputation as a limited-government conservative. His technical background shapes the granular way he approaches alleged programs, sensors, contracting structures, and physical performance claims. In Washington he has used both public hearings and classified briefings to pursue the issue, becoming one of the lawmakers most willing to discuss how his own views changed as he encountered additional witnesses.

Burlison began from a publicly skeptical position but said briefings and interviews persuaded him that government transparency and program oversight warranted sustained attention. He has questioned witnesses at hearings, met with disclosure advocates, discussed alleged contractor and special-access leads, and pressed agencies on what they have investigated. He has also entertained highly speculative possibilities in interviews; those remarks should be distinguished from findings established by the committee.

Burlison represents the investigative wing of congressional UAP oversight. His influence comes from subpoena authority, briefings, legislation, and direct access to officials—not from personal observation of anomalous craft. He is closely connected to the post-2023 effort to follow David Grusch’s allegations and improve whistleblower access. Whether that effort produces public evidence is the key measure of his role in the disclosure record.

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Here's the guy Congressman Eric Burlison just added to his congressional team to help with UFO investigations.

https://t.co/fzG1MaNA1R [Quoted] CONFIRMED: UFO whistleblower Jake Barber is working in Congress. Barber has joined the staff of Rep. Eric Burlison to assist on UAP work, Burlison spokesman Nate Lucas confirmed to PARADIGM. Full story in today's Signs of Life: https://t.co/z5l3YCzSN2 https://t.co/QKsAIxgJiS

Why was @jakebarber2025 hired by @RepEricBurlison? My speculation... Maybe Barber was involved with the luring event that opened the eyes of Burlison even further? Did Grusch endorse the hire? If so, why would Grusch do that? Barber: "...it's been confirmed to me by ranking members of the UAP Task Force that what we were working with that night was in fact NHI and it was not a unique experience." Grusch was part of the UAPTF. What role, if any, did he play in "confirming" it was NHI? As I sai...

We will see nothing of significance from this. People will pretend (apropos) that good things are happening. Welcome to the Age of Delusion. It’s time to foc [Quoted] CONFIRMED: UFO whistleblower Jake Barber is working in Congress. Barber has joined the staff of Rep. Eric Burlison to assist on UAP work, Burlison spokesman Nate Lucas confirmed to PARADIGM. Full story in today's Signs of Life: https://t.co/o58Noqjkke

Jake Barber was recently hired on by Eric Burlison to join his investigation, replacing David Grusch due to Grush’s StardustX affiliation that created a conflict of interest investigating defense contractors and aerospace companies. I made a video on Barber and I’ll have it linked, but want to lay out why this is a bad look for disclosure, and Burlison. Barber has alluded to Dr. Steven Greer being one of his main connections with info about UAP, and Greer has confirmed it, but their stories c...

[Retweeted] A big congratulations to Jake Barber on his very well-deserved new role in the US Congress! Jake is not only a very brave and inspiring man who is carrying out the most amazing UFO research projects, but also a wonderful human being and a great friend. https://t.co/2yTTRolLtb @jakebarber2025 @EricBurlison

[Retweeted] Whistleblower Jake Barber has been hired by Rep. Eric Burlison to assist with UAP transparency efforts in Congress. https://t.co/dClJdh00Fc https://t.co/Kthbc5lSY3 https://t.co/Z2aT434lHu

[Retweeted] Back in May 2026 during one of Lue Elizondo's speaking events, Lue said that Trump’s now Chief of Staff Stephen Miller (effective 11/9/26) called Eric Burlison to discuss amnesty for those in the legacy UFO program . Burlison proposed a 60 day window to come forward. If Miller is running the White House now, there should NO HOLDUP on this. None.

Back in May 2026 during one of Lue Elizondo's speaking events, Lue said that Trump’s now Chief of Staff Stephen Miller (effective 11/9/26) called Eric Burlison to discuss amnesty for those in the legacy UFO program . Burlison proposed a 60 day window to come forward. If Miller is running the White House now, there should NO HOLDUP on this. None.

[Retweeted] A big congratulations to Jake Barber on his very well-deserved new role in the US Congress! Jake is not only a very brave and inspiring man who is carrying out the most amazing UFO research projects, but also a wonderful human being and a great friend. https://t.co/2yTTRolLtb @jakebarber2025 @EricBurlison

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