KLAS-TV journalist George Knapp of Las Vegas, takes his seat for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Knapp said Russian officers began "panicking," but the UFOs soon disappeared, and the launch control systems went back to normal.
The personnel at the time could not figure out what caused the issue, he said. Knapp said the personnel did not blame EMPs (electromagnetic pulses), or power surges, or offer "the bologna excuses that the United States has given for similar events involving our nuclear missiles." Rather, he said, they believed it was a message from wherever the UFOs had come from.
"That's a chilling thing. I mean, that was. We were a couple of seconds away from World War III starting, and the UFOs were responsible for it," Knapp said.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., called for greater transparency into UFOs, also called UAPs. (Department of War (formerly, Department of Defense)/Getty Images)
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Additionally, Chief Alexandro Wiggins, an active-duty U.S. Navy officer who testified in his personal capacity, recalled what's known as the "Tic Tac" incident. He testified that the UAP showed no "conventional propulsion signatures" when leaving the scene.
While it is unclear where these objects came from, some lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee’s task force are curious as to why they have been hidden from the American people. Several demanded more transparency on issues of UAPs.
Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.
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