Overview

• In a cellphone video posted to X, the Tennessee lawmaker speculates that nonhuman “entities” may reside in five or six deep‑water locations on Earth.
• He cites unnamed naval personnel who allegedly reported underwater craft moving at “hundreds of miles an hour,” far faster than U.S. systems he said top out at just under 40 mph.
• The clip circulated after a Sept. 9 House session where Rep. Eric Burlison showed an MQ‑9 Reaper video said to track an orb off Yemen as a missile appeared ineffective.
• News outlets including Vice, Futurism, Raw Story, and OutKick amplified the remarks while emphasizing unclear sourcing, disputed video provenance, and a lack of corroborating evidence.
• Burchett has voiced similar ideas before, including a January claim that an unnamed admiral described an ocean craft as large as a football field, which remains unverified.