On November 28, 2025, Bret Baier devoted a segment of Special Report to the long, strange trail of UAP research and the serious national-security questions those encounters raise. Baier pushed past the late-night jokes and celebrity hot takes to examine decades of official programs and the troubling suggestion that multiple past presidents have been quietly briefed.
What Baier did—what patriotic journalists should do—is treat this as a national-security story, not a sci‑fi sideshow. The Pentagon’s All‑Domain Anomaly Resolution Office has catalogued hundreds of incidents and acknowledged many remain unexplained, even as some reports concluded there is no evidence of off‑world technology. Americans deserve straight answers about what our military is seeing over U.S. airspace and who in Washington is responsible for accounting for it.
There have also been explosive allegations from insiders who told Congress the government hid programs and materials related to crash retrievals and even so‑called nonhuman biologics. Those claims were met with denials from the Pentagon, but the mere fact that credible witnesses have testified to lawmakers should alarm every patriot who cares about oversight of our intelligence and defense establishment. The House Oversight Committee has been right to press for documents and accountability rather than letting this be buried in bureaucratic secrecy.
Conservatives should be clear‑eyed: this isn’t about stoking conspiracy theories, it’s about defending the homeland and checking executive and bureaucratic power. Congress created AARO through the NDAA to force coordination and transparency, and that mechanism must not be allowed to become another black hole where taxpayers’ money and elected oversight vanish. If the administration truly has nothing to hide, declassification and public briefings would put skeptics to rest and restore trust.
Meanwhile, politicians who promise sweeping declassification if elected are tapping into legitimate frustration with a secretive national-security state that too often favors coverups and career protection over the public interest. Whether one finds the most dramatic allegations persuasive or not, the remedy is the same: open the files, let Congress do its job, and let the American people see the facts. No one should prefer the comfort of a closed door when our pilots, our airliners, and our military assets could be at risk.
Bret Baier’s sober treatment is a reminder that patriotism demands vigilance, not cowardice in the face of institutional inertia. Republicans and Democrats alike should stop playing politics with this subject: demand timely, documentable answers, fund the sensors and reporting systems our pilots need, and ensure any credible threat is confronted with American courage and muscle. The skies above this nation belong to hardworking Americans, and no amount of bureaucratic bureaucratic obfuscation should stand between the people and the truth.
