Stunning footage leaves lawmakers demanding answers about technology beyond human reach.
A congressional hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) took a shocking turn this week when lawmakers were shown explosive new footage of a U.S. drone firing a Hellfire missile at a mysterious orb over Yemen, only for the object to emerge unscathed.
The encounter, captured by military surveillance drones, defied explanation and left witnesses insisting that no known American technology could survive such a strike.
The Moment That Left Congress Stunned
At Tuesday’s House Oversight subcommittee hearing on UAP transparency and whistleblower protections, Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., revealed the remarkable footage.
The video showed one MQ-9 Reaper drone tracking a hovering orb while another launched a Hellfire missile directly at it. To the astonishment of lawmakers, the weapon struck the object and then appeared to ricochet away harmlessly.
“That’s a Hellfire missile smacking into that UFO and [it] just bounced right off, and it kept going,” journalist George Knapp testified.
“There are servers where there’s a whole bank of these kind of videos that Congress has not been allowed to see.”
Experts Say U.S. Arsenal Has Nothing Like It
Lawmakers pressed the witnesses on whether any existing American weaponry or defenses could account for such resilience.
“Are you aware of anything in the U.S. arsenal that can split a Hellfire missile like this…and do whatever blob thing it did, and then keep going?” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., asked.
Both U.S. Air Force veteran Jeffrey Nuccetelli and U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Alexandro Wiggins gave the same answer: nothing in the U.S. military is capable of withstanding a Hellfire strike.
When asked if the video scared them, Nuccetelli, Wiggins, and fellow witness U.S. Air Force veteran Dylan Borland all replied with a simple, chilling “yes.”
Witnesses Recall Other Disturbing Encounters
Beyond the Hellfire footage, several witnesses described their own harrowing encounters with unexplained craft.
Nuccetelli recounted the now-infamous “Vandenberg Red Square” incident at what was then Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in 2003. Chaos erupted over the radio as colleagues shouted warnings of an incoming object.
His friend screamed, “It’s coming right at us! It’s coming right for us!” Moments later, Nuccetelli said, the same voice cried out that the mysterious craft “shot off and was done.”
Wiggins also recalled a “Tic Tac”-shaped UAP encounter, describing how the craft displayed no “conventional propulsion signatures” before vanishing.
Congress Pushes for Answers
The hearing, featuring testimony from veterans, journalists, and government oversight advocates, underscored a growing bipartisan push for transparency.
While the origins of these phenomena remain shrouded in mystery, the explosive Hellfire video left lawmakers visibly shaken. Calls for the release of more footage and military data are mounting, with demands for the government to explain what many are now calling the greatest mystery of our time.
