Burlison requests CIA and FBI records on the Varginha/Campinas UAP incident
U.S. Representative Eric Burlison sent letters to CIA Director John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Kash Patel requesting an accounting of government records and possible investigative equities related to the January 1996 Varginha/Campinas UAP incident in Brazil.
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Background
The official statement from Burlison's office describes the request as part of his work on the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets. The event is a contemporary institutional follow-up to a historical Brazilian UAP case by a U.S. representative toward the CIA and FBI.
Significance
Relevant to the timeline because a member of a U.S. declassification task force formally requested information from the CIA and FBI about a known international UAP case, highlighting possible U.S. government records or investigative equities.