During a Congressional hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) on September 9th, 2025, Representative Eric Burlison presented a previously unseen video depicting a US military MQ-9 Reaper drone firing a Hellfire missile at a luminous, fast-moving object off the coast of Yemen on October 30, 2024. The footage shows the missile striking the object, which then continues its trajectory unaffected, raising questions about the object’s nature and the effectiveness of current military technology.

The hearing also featured testimonies from former US Air Force personnel, including Dylan Borland, who recounted a 2012 encounter with a large, silent triangular craft near Langley Air Force Base. He described the craft’s molten-metal-like exterior and the disruption of nearby electronics during the sighting.